Posted on 07/13/2022 8:17:45 AM PDT by Red Badger
Experts believe that the "exceptional" treasure trove could lead to more discoveries in the area.
The front and back of a gold coin from the ancient Roman empire. The front shows Augustus Caesar and the back shows his grandson on a horse.
One of the gold coins from the Roman empire found in the English countryside. Augustus Caesar is featured on the front, and his grandson Gaius on horseback is depicted on the back. (Image credit: Two of the 11 gold coins from the Roman empire found in the English countryside. Photo by Adrian Marsden) A cache of gold coins found buried on farmland in the United Kingdom has caught the attention of coin experts, who have linked the treasure trove to the Roman Empire.
So far, metal detectorists have discovered 11 coins on a remote stretch of cultivated field located in Norfolk, a rural county near England's eastern coast, and experts remain hopeful that more could be unearthed in the future.
Damon and Denise Pye, a pair of local metal detectorists, found the first of several gold coins in 2017, after local farmers finished plowing the soil at the end of the harvest season, which made the land prime for exploration. The haul has been dubbed "The Broads Hoard" by local numismatists (coin specialists and collectors), for its geographic location near The Broads, a network of rivers and lakes that run through the English countryside.
"The coins were found scattered around in the plow soil, which has been churned up year after year, causing the soil to be turned over constantly and led to them eventually coming to the surface," said Adrian Marsden, a numismatist at Norfolk County Council who specializes in ancient Roman coins.
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How do you know they didn’t keep their mouths shut.
Maybe they really found 111 coins.
no one ever buries Bitcoin for safe keeping.....
I worked for a guy who had a large grindstone and grinding plate. He found the plate part in a creek and looked around a bit more and found the matching grinder part.
It becomes buried forever when the accidentally lose their wallet password.
I always laugh at archaeologists who get all upset at people who keep found arrowheads and such. I tell them that if I find out who owned those things, of course I’ll return them. Until then, finders keepers, and if you want to study artifacts, get out there and find them yourself.
I don’t, however, approve of dealer types who will mine an entire site just to sell the stuff. If that’s inconsistent, too bad.
This was actually 5 years ago. Which is always my complaint about this “news”.
It is so unexpected when a show humanizes the characters to the point you would love to meet them. Detectorists not only did that, but made me appreciate 2-3 season British TV even more by telling a story that involved multiple interesting characters with their own unique quirks. While I wish it would have continued, I’m glad it ended and left me wanting more. There are too many shows in the U.S. which are pure crap that I wish had ended after one or two seasons, but they keep it plugging along year after year for some reason.
My dad found gobs of arrowheads all over west texas on our/our relatives ranches in the 30-50’s including a lot of really old and rare stuff and I’ve managed to keep up with most of it.
Frankly I despise the “you MUST hand over any little scrap of artifact from a battle site”, or anything found on “federal” land including paleontological fossils.
Q: Why are so many ancients so far off center?
A: Because they knew that one day, thousands of years later, there would be collectors who cared about such things and they wanted to annoy them.
Exactly what I was thinking as I read this! Outstanding series.
Beveled? How are our coins beveled?
Reeded - but not all of them. The precise manufacturing process DOES give them sharp corners.
Better check the value!
You may have a valuable treasure!........................
Maybe it’s repatriation of wealth found in the tunnels under the Vatican, from when the Vatican went dark and soldiers entered, Jan 10 2021.
“Whenever I see one of these stories about a cache of coins turning up after 1500, 1800, 2000 years, whatever, I wonder, “How did that happen?”
At one schoolyard I found over $10 in quarters, all in one grassy 10 x 10 spot. I figured it was where a ticket booth or refreshment stand was set up, year after year.
One guy I know found a gold bridge, quite elaborate, in the middle of a field. We figured the farmer took it out (probably to put in a chew of tobacco), meant to stick it in his pocket and missed.
I figure these caches from Roman England are lost savings, perhaps even something hidden from the tax man, and not something hastily buried while fleeing. Because, unless I’ve got more gold than I can carry, I’m taking it with me!
One of the least useful facts I somehow remember is that a quarter has 119 reeds around its edge, while a dime has 118. I don’t know about half dollars or the various dollar coins, and I’m not going to count them.
That is EXACTLY what a AC guy said about our HVAC system last month!.................
So it was a high capacity hoard then.
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