How do people keep finding treasure in British fields that is hundreds of years old and why is it scattered there in the first place?

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How do people keep finding treasure in British fields that is hundreds of years old and why is it scattered there in the first place?

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Fun fact. The English diarist Samuel Pepys buried a Parmesan cheese in his garden, during the Great Fire of London in 1666. It was incredibly valuable at that time.
His house and his valuables survived.
The fate of the cheese is unknown.