PEOPLE have had a chance to find out more about any unusual objects they may have found or dug up in their back gardens.

Weymouth and Portland Spirit of the Sea Festival held a workshop at Portland Museum for the public to bring any finds that they have discovered and learn about their history and archaeological value.

The museum contains finds from 8,300BC to the 14th century and beyond. They include Medieval coins, Roman pottery, Iron Age coins and also common Dorset finds such as work-stone flint.

Archaeologist Ciorstaidh Hayward-Trevarthen, said: “I’ve been doing this since 1999 and I never get bored of my job.

“There are new artefacts to record each day. It is my third or fourth year doing this on Portland, it’s good to have a presence on Portland, there’s a good atmosphere.”

Ciorstaidh and Gordon Le Pard, a local historian and maritime archaeologist, enjoy recording new finds and seeing people bring in different finds to them each day.

During the four years of open days on Portland, the most interesting find they have discovered was a flint-cutting blade.

They organise the event to publicise work they do and to encourage the community to bring in any finds that they have to be recorded.