[GeronL]

wow.

[GeronL]

wow.

I guess he found the local Roman Treasury

[dragnet2]

The coins were buried in a large jar about a foot (30 centimeters) deep and weighed about 160 kilograms (350 pounds) in all. Crisp said a "funny signal" from his metal detector prompted him to start digging.

Fascinating...

[FreePaul]

I’ll bet that he has no claim to them. Maybe he will get a thank you from the government when they take them.

[sinanju]

Isn’t this Carausius guy one of the real-life historical figures whose stories were morphed together over the centuries to form the King Arthur legend?

[bgill]

Hey, that’s where I dropped my bag of old coins!!!

[oh8eleven]

Cool ...

[Pan_Yan]

Very noble of him to call the proper authorities and hand it over knowing that he will get nothing and instead it will be locked up somewhere or sold to pay for more fabulous British health care.

[Beowulf9]

Mint condition.

[Da Coyote]

I just unearthed a group of coins which are apparently constructed of cow dung and have the latin name “Obamus” on one side and “Idiotus” on the other.

Any opinion on the worth?

[Pearls Before Swine]

I wonder when a Barack coin will be proposed. Maybe a dollar piece, like the Susan B. Anthony octagonal coin,.

[primeval patriot]

I always enjoy reading about these discoveries.

The Hoxne and Staffordshire hoards are magnificent.

And I’ll have to say the U.K. has a pretty fair compensatory scheme for the finders.

[sodpoodle]

That should cover the British deficit;)

[Mannaggia l'America]

Must be fun to do some treasure hunting in places like the UK, where there is the potential for something like this.

As a kid I had a cheap Radio Shack metal detector, and collected coins, and dreamed of finding something like this.

Of course, about the biggest find I ever had was spoon in my grandmother's back yard...

[Red Badger]

Avoidance of taxes is a long tradition...................

[anglian]

Carausius was the commander of the Roman North Sea Fleet who siezed control of Britain in AD286 and proclaimed himself emperor. He was treacherously slain later that same year by his trusted first-minister and treasurer Allectus. Allectus, whom he had put in charge of his treasury, assassinated him and assumed power himself.[10] His reign would last only three years, after which he was defeated and killed by Constantius’s subordinate Julius Asclepiodotus.[11]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carausius

[edzo4]

Good news you found 52000 thousand of old roman coins bads news they are worth less because there are 52000 more of them on the market.

I would have kept my mouth shut and sold them off a few at a time to keep the value high

[csvset]

Here's a short video clip of Mr. Crisp, the happy hobbyist.

Metal detector finds buried Roman treasure