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A Fisherman Went Digging For Worms—He Found 13 Pounds of Ancient Treasure
Popular Mechanics ^
| October 29, 2025
| Tim Newcomb
Posted on 10/29/2025 8:53:17 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv
Swedish Hoard....................not Greta.............
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posted on
10/29/2025 8:53:41 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
"Our best guess? He walks away with far more than worms."My best guess? He walks away with worms.
To: Red Badger
I collect ancient coins and have come across my share of medieval ones. They made them wafer thin, you feel like they should roll up under a little bit of stress but they hold up. I was not familiar with the bishop types, pretty interesting.
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posted on
10/29/2025 8:57:46 PM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
To: Red Badger
King Knut Eriksson, the 12th-century ruler referenced on many of the coins from the hoard.
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posted on
10/29/2025 8:58:24 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: pepsi_junkie
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posted on
10/29/2025 8:59:11 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: pepsi_junkie
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posted on
10/29/2025 9:02:20 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: pepsi_junkie
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posted on
10/29/2025 9:04:45 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
I’m sure they will offer him a fair price.
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posted on
10/29/2025 9:07:46 PM PDT
by
Frank Drebin
(And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
To: Red Badger
He was going to catch some Swedish Fish.
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posted on
10/29/2025 9:09:20 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
To: SunkenCiv
Maybe he had a Diet of Worms.................
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posted on
10/29/2025 9:11:17 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: pepsi_junkie
Wafer thin or not, how can 20,000 coins be only 13 pounds?
That's over 1,500 coins per pound, or nearly 100 per ounce or 3.39 per gram if you want to go metric! A gram weighs about as much as a standard paper clip. 3 coins weighs LESS than a paper clip? The math seems funny.
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posted on
10/29/2025 9:15:17 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
To: Red Badger
It won’t catch any fish. Sounds like a wager. I could beat those coins into fish-catching spoons.
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posted on
10/29/2025 9:33:56 PM PDT
by
gundog
(The ends justify the mean tweets. )
To: Red Badger
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10/29/2025 10:07:16 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
To: Dr. Sivana
Wafer thin or not, how can 20,000 coins be only 13 pounds? Let's check it out: Since I collect ancient coins, I happen to have a subscription to a service that lists auction results and a search of auctions for 12th century bishop coins yields this:
This is only a fraction of the results, and is only for that type. But you can see though that most of them, it turns out, are a fraction of a gram, typically between 0.5 and 1.0g. I can tell you that if you scan many more, it holds up that this is typical weight. So let's say average of 0.75g just to simplify.
A gram = 0.002204623 lbs. The author says it's estimated there are as many as 20,000 coins. So that's 20,000 coins x 0.75 g/coin * 0.002204623 lb/g.
This yields 33.1 pounds.
I'd say that your instincts are sound, they are indeed vastly overestimating the number of coins.
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posted on
10/29/2025 10:36:54 PM PDT
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pepsi_junkie
("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
To: gundog
I coulda beat those coins into fish-eating forks, so let’s split the haul!
To: Red Badger
Somebody tell the Oak Island guys the treasure has been found.
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posted on
10/29/2025 10:42:48 PM PDT
by
Nachoman
(Proudly oppressing people of color since 1957.)
To: Red Badger
He will probably be fined for digging up worms.
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posted on
10/30/2025 12:17:45 AM PDT
by
Organic Panic
('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower.)
To: Dr. Sivana
Metric pounds maybe?
Government maffs?
Or crappy AI writing / translating
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posted on
10/30/2025 12:19:44 AM PDT
by
Organic Panic
('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower.)
To: Red Badger
seek. shovel. shut up.
he will get far too little for his hoard.
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posted on
10/30/2025 2:45:55 AM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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