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The River Chew and Chew Valley By User:Rodw - Own work by the original uploader, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49176924

Additional information from the linked article in the "Derby Live" website:

Derby couple find £5 million treasure hoard

"Coins in the 1,000-year-old hoard show signs of being illicitly tampered with.Experts say this is evidence that the person striking the coins was avoiding paying a fee to obtain an up-to-date design."

"Gareth Williams, a curator at the British Museum, said that making false coinage risked the severe penalty of having a hand cut off, at the time.
"The hoard shines fresh light on the aftermath of the Norman invasion and shows evidence of early tax evasion in Britain."

"Mr Williams said: "We can see from these coins that that wasn't a deterrent. It may even be that it was buried under a tree to mark the spot and the tree blows down in the storm and the person can't find it there."" "Evidence showed that whoever buried the hoard was involved in some way in the Battle of Hastings", he added."
"The coins would have bought a flock of more than 500 sheep and so belonged to "someone relatively wealthy"."
It is the largest Norman treasure find since 1833."

Wonder what evidence led him to conclude that who ever did this was involved in the battle of Hastings. While burying valuables in a field or under a tree does not seem the best way to do your banking, neither is having your silver in a bank where some derivative trade failure results in demand for physical delivery and they use your silver leaving you with a paper promissory note!