[SunkenCiv]

SWNS

[1010RD]

The guy who left it there is going to be awfully mad.

Actually, why do the British have such crummy property rights?

[VanDeKoik]

Just breathtaking.

And imagine that there are tons of these things still just sitting under the grass in the U.K.!

[Born to Conserve]

“...A museum will then be able to bid for the coins with the money from the sale being split between the land owner and the individual who made the discovery....”

One museum will than be able to bid...

If you find something, SHUT UP!

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Gives new meaning to “get the lead out”.

[libstripper]

I’m so glad to have named my Great Dane after Canute, one of the kings depicted on the coins.

[Jack Hydrazine]

“...coins are precious metal over 300 years old they fall within the remit of the Treasure Act.”

What does this mean? That they can be taxed?

[NoCmpromiz]

near Aylesbury, Bucks

Your backyard perchance?

[ozzymandus]

Good old Ethelred the Unready. I laughed at his name in a history class and PO’d the professor.

[SamAdams76]

I would like to purchase a coin with an image Æthelred the Unready (The "Ill-Counseled King") on it.

[colorado tanker]

Absolutely amazing condition. They must have been buried just after they were minted.