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Around midday on Saturday 16 December 2006 two metal detectorists strolled onto a field near Buckingham and within a few minutes picked up a valuable gold coin that was lying on the surface.
By the end of the weekend 42 had been found. By 11 March this year a total of 70 iron age gold staters, mostly minted by the local Catuvellauni tribe over 2,000 years ago, had been harvested from ...
Full Article: Buckingham gold hoard - CoinsWeekly.com
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by The Web on September 7, 2009
One of the largest hauls of Roman coins ever discovered in Shropshire has been unearthed after nearly 1,700 years underground by a metal detector enthusiast on his first treasure hunt, it was revealed today.
The collection of more than 10,000 coins, most of which were inside a pot, was uncovered by Nick Davies from Ford during a search of land in the Shrewsbury area - just a month after he took up the hobby.
Full Article: 10,000 Roman Coins Unearthed - shropshirestar.com
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by The Web on August 31, 2009
The economy is down, the price of gold is up and I've got a kid who needs to go to college someday. So one hot Sunday afternoon, I did what any sensible working stiff might do: I rented a metal detector and hit Coney Island.
For years, I'd seen leathery old men scanning the sand with their wands, and I'd heard tales of treasure hunters finding Rolexes gone missing on the beach...
Full Article: Scavengers scan beaches seeking valuable trinkets; reporter digs up coins... - NYDailyNews.com
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by The Web on August 29, 2009
They are known in the trade as "grot pots" – buckets and Tupperware boxes that amateur archaeologists and metal detectorists fill with battered, corroded, base-metal coins and other finds. And in these murky vessels our history is being rewritten.
As the money that funded an unprecedented explosion of professional archaeology during the economic boom years runs out, public hunger to peel back the past beneath our feet is helping to fill the gap. So the grots are identifying lost villages and settlements, Roman forts and temples, previously unknown trade routes; even mapping the slow ebb of the Roman empire from Britain...
Full Article: Digging deep - The Guardian
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by The Web on August 15, 2009
We've all been there: a week until payday, the rent is due, and you're rummaging in your parents' attic to find Dad's Mickey Mantle rookie card.
If you're in need of some quick cash, here are six stories of people who found a fortune when -- and where -- they least expected it...
Full Article: How 6 people accidentally found a fortune - CNN.com
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by The Web on May 11, 2009
A metal detector enthusiast who claimed to have discovered hoards of valuable antiquities during years of treasure hunting has been convicted of selling modern fakes.
David Hutchings, known to fellow users as “Coldfeet”, was renowned for finding rare items. But his reputation lies in tatters after he pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud and was jailed for six months...
Full Article: Metal detector user David Hutchings jailed for selling fake coins - Times Online
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by The Web on February 13, 2009
A METAL detector who dug up an invaluable hoard of Roman coins in a South Devon field has been told: "You can't keep them." The 243 coins were thought to have been stashed away by Roman Britons more than 1,500 years ago just as the Empire was on the verge of collapse.
Newton Abbot metal detector enthusiast Geoff Fox, 38, and his friend Shaun Pitts discovered the haul of copper coins in woodland in Denbury and then took them to Exeter Museum on the bus.
Full Article: Rare Roman coins a 'find of a lifetime' - Herald Express
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by Numismatic News on February 10, 2009
Even back in 1980 when gold was over $800 I had the same point of view as I do today.
Looking at a double eagle or other gold coin of the United States or anywhere else for that matter is deceptive. The coin is nice, but it does not tell the whole story. Behind the gold in that coin there is a lot of very hard work and that is the tip of the iceberg.
Seeking gold has been one of the goals of many people for ages, but actually finding gold is a very tough job that requires not only skill but also luck. For every story of success there are usually hundreds of stories of failure.
Full Article: Metal detector spurs dreams of gold finds - Numismatic News
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by The Web on September 18, 2008
METAL detectorist John House claims ancient coins found near Dorchester have been lost after being handed to the authorities for a treasure hearing.
He says he is still waiting to find out about silver coins dating back to the Celts that he dug up at Muckleford in 1994.
Read article: Who has lost my treasure? - Thisisdoreset
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