Anglo-Saxon coins worth more than £1m discovered in field by metal detector...

garryson

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After 40 years of fruitlessly wandering the fields - a metal detector from Southampton hit it big by stumbling on one of the largest hordes of Anglo-Saxon coins, now believed to be worth £1 million.
Until that day Paul Coleman had only found a musket ball and had been moving from one field to the next when by 'pure fate' his metal detector gave a signal.
And when he dug down he found 5,200 silver coins wrapped in a lead sheet - which are now set to go on display until they are sold.

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Read more: Anglo-Saxon coins worth more than £1m discovered in field by metal detector set to go on display at British Museum | Daily Mail Online

 

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