Detectorists find huge Chew Valley Norman coin hoard.
WDH
Posts: 163 ✭✭✭
Not US coins but still intersting.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-49487078
9
WDH
Posts: 163 ✭✭✭
Comments
The finders are likely to be criticized for disturbing the ground around the find (possibly upsetting the archaeological context which might have been interpreted further), but at least it was properly reported! Neat video!
That is an amazing trove of coins and an interesting story. Cheers, RickO
The government over there will undoubtedly keep the coins and put the finder's in jail. As it should be. LONG LIVE THE KING!
They should be BEHEADED!!
Pretty amazing condition considering almost 1000 years in the ground. And some significant new discoveries from a pivotal point in English history and coinage.
Interesting "Broken" piece in the lower left corner.
The first rule in finding hoards of coins is like "Fight Club."
You dont talk about "Fight Club."
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
The finders will recieve very significant monetary compensation. Because of the exactness of the law, and the formula for dividing the compensation, there will not be any lawsuit between the finders and the landowner. England is one of the fairest places on earth to make such a historically important and financially jvaluable find. Finally, you don't need to use an apostrophe when you are making a simple plural spelling.
Perhaps true in U.S.A., but not true in England. The finders will get more for this kind of properly declared and reported rarity, out of the public purses and museum and art/lotteries funds than if they ran the gauntlet of dealers and auctioneers - many who would not believe such a spectacular Find in the first place. The landlords are also a included in the division of the monies, which greatly encourages them to allow detectorists. To my knowledge, the Treasure Valuation Committees have been most generous.
The British Museum presently has on display several of the most spectacular hoards of coin and precious metal treasure found over the last forty years, and numismatics and archaeology are much better off for the way in which they were systematically recovered and preserved.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Act_1996
I love stories like this. How awesome it must have felt to hit the mother lode.