Lucy Parkes, who regularly jogs, swims and hunts for fossils along the beach between Mundesley and Overstrand, spotted the tooth just as she was about to take a dip in the sea.

The juvenile mammoth tooth (Image: Lucy Parkes) By counting the number of ridges on a mammoth's molars, palaeontologists can determine which species the tooth belonged to (Image: Lucy Parkes)

She said: “I was jumping for joy, it was very exciting.

"I feel like the sea delivered it to me. I’m very honoured and privileged to be the recipient.”

Lucy Parkes found the fossil on the shoreline (Image: Lucy Parkes) Mrs Parkes, a dog........

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