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In 2008 a man using a metal detector found a hoard of 840 gold coins, this hoard has since become known as The Wickham Market Hoard.
The Wickham Market Hoard contained coins that belonged to the Iceni Tribe and are believed to be from 40 BC to 15 AD. This would date these coins to Pre-Queen Boudicca the warrior queen who led the revolt against Roman Rule which destroyed Colchester in 60 AD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NixU...&frags=pl%2Cwn
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A Viking ship was discovered by archeologists in Scotland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WxjKV42HS8&frags=pl%2Cwn
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I need a metal detector and to go to England XD
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28th August 2019
Detectorists Find Huge Chew Valley Norman Coin Hoard
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The hoard is the largest Norman treasure find since 1833
A huge hoard of silver coins dating back to the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings could be declared as treasure.
The 2,528 silver coins were found in the Chew Valley, north-east Somerset, by a group of metal detectorists.
Lisa Grace and Adam Staples, who unearthed the bulk of the hoard, said: "We've been dreaming of this for 15 years but it's finally come true."
The British Museum said it was the second largest find of Norman coins ever in the UK.
Mr Staples, from Derby, added: "It was totally unbelievable - to find one would be an exceptional day metal detecting.
The coins, which date from just after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, depict both the defeated King Harold II and the triumphant William the Conqueror.
If the hoard is officially declared as treasure, the Roman Baths in the World Heritage City of Bath in Somerset, south-west England, hopes to acquire the coins.
Stephen Clews, from the Roman Baths, said: "If you look at the true value of this, it's about 500 sheep - that's what you would have been to able to buy with them about 1,000 years ago.
"So what we need to do is translate that into some sort of modern value."
The Chew Valley hoard contains 1,236 coins of Harold II, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England, and 1,310 coins of William I, as well as several coin fragments.
Mr Staples, 43, said he and his girlfriend were training five friends to use their metal detectors on a weekend trip when they made the discovery.
The first coin, of William the Conqueror, was found by a friend, with the bulk of the hoard found by Mr Staples and his partner.
While the coins have not been officially valued, they could be worth about £5m which would be shared among the whole group and the landowner, Mr Staples added.
Mr Staples said of the dig: "We didn't leave the site until we thought we'd got all the coins...
"We had a massive thunder and rainstorm. We were all soaking wet by the time we finished."
See more (including news clip videos of the treasure find): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-49487078
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