Treasure trove found

ricko

Something we all dream about... and it happened to these two guys ...Cheers, RickO
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/03/16/medieval-pot-o-gold-discovered-by-construction-workers.html

Paradisefound

Do you think the coins will be featured in the upcoming Coin magazine? I am curious to see those old ancient ones. Thank you for sharing.

ShadyDave

"It's unclear at this point who will keep the coins."

I think we all know who will take possession of the coins and it won't be the two construction workers. They might get a tiny fraction of the find. Socialism is wonderful, no?

ms70

@ShadyDave said:
"It's unclear at this point who will keep the coins."

I think we all know who will take possession of the coins and it won't be the two construction workers. They might get a tiny fraction of the find. Socialism is wonderful, no?

It happens enough over there that they should've known better than to say anything.

PhilLynott

I wonder if my 1423-73 Netherlands-Gelderland gold Florin will still be pop 1 after this

dpoole

Sounds like some truly exciting finds in that hoard!

BAJJERFAN

@ms70 said:

@ShadyDave said:
"It's unclear at this point who will keep the coins."

I think we all know who will take possession of the coins and it won't be the two construction workers. They might get a tiny fraction of the find. Socialism is wonderful, no?

It happens enough over there that they should've known better than to say anything.

One would think so.

stevek

@ms70 said:

@ShadyDave said:
"It's unclear at this point who will keep the coins."

I think we all know who will take possession of the coins and it won't be the two construction workers. They might get a tiny fraction of the find. Socialism is wonderful, no?

It happens enough over there that they should've known better than to say anything.

<<< During the construction work, they dug up a medieval cooking pot that contained 12 gold and 462 silver coins. >>>

"Hey boss, sorry but I've been a bit sick with the flu, i'm just too tired to continue working, my wife made me this pot of chicken soup but it just isn't doing any good, so i'm going to need to take the rest of the day off, take my pot with me, and go home. BTW that rattling sound in the pot is just the metal spoon rubbing against the pot."

BuffaloIronTail

WOW. And St. Patrick's Day is tomorrow.

Pete

Jimnight

I love these kinds of stories.

asheland

Very cool find!

messydesk

@Jimnight said:
I love these kinds of stories.

So do I, but I tend not to like the way they end.

DBSTrader2

Reported by Fox News, so I'd be leery of it...............

bolivarshagnasty

Who here would have put a few in their pocket before calling the Archaeologists?

1Mike1

Now we can all stop arguing about what NT vs AT is.

RogerB

We rarely consider the wide extent of trade during the past 5,000 years.

LJenkins11

Way cool, imagine the excitement that must have ensued once they realized what they had found.

yosclimber

Utility workers in the Netherlands struck gold while laying drain pipe at a construction site earlier this month.

The employees of Oasen, a water supply company, unearthed a collection of nearly 500 coins in a glazed cooking pot dating back to the 15th century, the NL Times reported — 12 of them gold and the remaining silver. It was found on March 1 while pipes were being laid for the residents of a new town. The crew contacted the local Utrecht archeological hotline and experts were dispatched to the site to collect their findings.

Textiles believed to have served as money bags were also found with the treasure, archaeologist Peter de Boer said. His team discovered the coins were from the 1470s and 80s, some of them displaying the image of King Henry VI of England, Pope Paul II and the Bishop of Utrecht, David of Burgundy.

"Every coin in this treasure is a story in precious metal," de Boer told RTV Utrecht. "Every gentleman gave out his 'business card' by way of a coin, and therefore, there is a lot to discover… we now have a 'pot full of stories.'"

The coins are currently being appraised but will be returned to Oasen and the people who own the land where they were found — the rightful owners, Dutch broadcaster NOS reported.

Alternative link.
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-life-pot-gold-discovered-construction-site-article-1.3879013

blitzdude

@yosclimber said:

Alternative link.
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-life-pot-gold-discovered-construction-site-article-1.3879013

Thank you very much. Almost clicked on the original link, good thing I read the address before I did. No fake newz for me. Awesome story, someone's 15th century stack.

keets

I think we all know who will take possession of the coins and it won't be the two construction workers. They might get a tiny fraction of the find. Socialism is wonderful, no?

should we really politicize an interesting event like this and judge it through the American lens??? since these guys were working for a Company on an infrastructure program it seems like they did the responsible thing. people who aren't Americans quite logically have different ideas about "Social" responsibility, ideas that don't always have their origin in personal greed.

I heard about this earlier today and my first thought was how long before there coins are conserved and displayed somewhere.

AuroraBorealis

Very cool thanks Rick...

Timbuk3

Wow !!!

northcoin

" The crew contacted the local Utrecht archeological hotline and experts were dispatched to the site to collect their findings.

Textiles believed to have served as money bags were also found with the treasure, archaeologist Peter de Boer said. His team discovered the coins were from the 1470s and 80s, some of them displaying the image of King Henry VI of England, Pope Paul II and the Bishop of Utrecht, David of Burgundy.

"Every coin in this treasure is a story in precious metal," de Boer told RTV Utrecht."

That is so cool. I have ancestors who lived in Utrecht. When I was in the Netherlands for business several years ago my train passed through Utrecht and I recall looking out the window as we approached the station and making a mental connection as I contemplated that this was once the home of some of my ancestors.

Now I will have to go back and search the genealogical records to see if they were contemporaries of those who buried the coins in the late 1400s. Likely the vagaries of war and political unrest were motivating factors for the burial of the coins in that era, events that were repeated again as recently as World War II as shown in one of my photos (third photo below) showing the destruction of the Netherlands city I was staying in, Nijmegen.

Another view from the train window - This of "A Bridge Too Far"

For those interested in the movie made based on the subject bridge at Arnhem over the Rhine, here is some commentary from Wikipedia with regard to my above pictured bridge:

"The scenes around the 'Arnhem' bridge were actually shot in Deventer, where a similar bridge over the IJssel was still available. Although a replica of the original road bridge in Arnhem still existed, it was, by the mid-1970s, sitting in modern urban surroundings which could not be used to portray a 1940s city. A few scenes were shot in Zutphen, where the old municipality house and the main church can be seen.
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Shooting of the American-led assault on the Bridge at Nijmegen was dubbed the “Million-Dollar Hour”. Because of the heavy traffic, the crew had permission to film on the bridge between eight and nine o'clock on October 3, 1976. Failure to complete the scene would have necessitated rescheduling at a cost — including Redford's overtime — of at least a million dollars."

Some added pictures I took while there in the Netherlands

CCGGG

Remember this one back in 1982?

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/31/us/workers-unearth-old-coins.html

ricko

Yep.... there have been a few treasures unearthed that make the news.... makes one wonder how many have been found that never made the news... You know there have been some.... Cheers, RickO

ricko

Yep...There have been a few that made the news... in England and other countries.... These finds are always newsworthy.... Makes you wonder though... how many did NOT make the news.... You know there have been some..... Cheers, RickO

1940coupe

Maybe like Oak Island Treasure ? may have been found years ago ?

Cougar1978

One can admire their social responsibility but there is such a thing as looking out for number one especially in this age where most wealth is in the hands of the top 1 pct.

What happens these people blurt out the find before developing a strategy on how sell / get most out of it.

Of course the finds where it’s finders / keepers u never hear about them.

ms70

@keets said:
I think we all know who will take possession of the coins and it won't be the two construction workers. They might get a tiny fraction of the find. Socialism is wonderful, no?

should we really politicize an interesting event like this and judge it through the American lens??? since these guys were working for a Company on an infrastructure program it seems like they did the responsible thing. people who aren't Americans quite logically have different ideas about "Social" responsibility, ideas that don't always have their origin in personal greed.

I heard about this earlier today and my first thought was how long before there coins are conserved and displayed somewhere.

I think of it more in terms of two hard working fellows getting lucky and the government making sure it's snatched from them.

I see it as David and Goliath story or a school yard bully more than a matter of social responsibility.

WillieBoyd2

Stealing the coins is a pretty fantasy, but...

Justacommeman

Who’s land was it found on? The construction companies? The workers land? Public land?If it were my land they found it on I’d say It was mine. Certainly I would cut them in

Now if I found it on public land I probably would keep the info to myself

m

1940coupe

Oldest rule of all finders keepers !

keets

just as the thinking is different from Culture to Culture and Nation to Nation, so it is different within American Society as expressed here. I know people that take honesty to both sides of the extreme, some that if they find something valuable they try to figure out who it might belong to, others who figure they have struck some jackpot. I have always felt this forum was populated by the former but maybe I am wrong. after a decade plus of sending multi-thousands of dollars worth of coins to total strangers I should perhaps re-think things.

but I won't, no one has disappointed me yet.

while some might find it surprising to believe, there is a large chunk of the American population that doesn't know what The Golden Rule is. I can almost hear the Beatles singing in the background --- I, Me Me, Mine!!!

1940coupe

Something buried 500 years ago has no right for owners accept who ever finds it

Justacommeman

@1940coupe said:
Something buried 500 years ago has no right for owners accept who ever finds it

I’m 100% sure that if a construction worker found this on property you owned you would feel differently

m

1940coupe

50 50 finder land owner nobody else ! if it was buried with in this century I would try and find family ! anybody disagrees you probably you dont have any coins I want to buy anyway

keets

OK, out comes the "I'm right and that's the end of it" defense. Nice!!! there are lots of dangerous things in the World but none quite like a closed mind.