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- Jul 3, 2018
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Over four days the group of successful metal detectorists; Andrew Winter, brothers Tobiasz and Mateusz Nowak, and Dariusz Fijalkowski scoured a field near Hambleden, a village recorded in the 1086 AD Domesday Book. They excavated a total of 557 coins and among the first finds made in what has been nicknamed the ‘Hambleden Hoard’, were “12 ornately decorated silver Edward I and II coins” created in the reign of Edward I and II - 1272 to 1327 AD.
On the first day they also found nine gold nobles and 276 silver coins which are described as a “rare mintage mix from Lincoln, Birmingham, Ireland, and Scotland.” Mr. Winter, a forklift and crane driver from Blyth, said “I swung around my machine and all the silver coins were coming in at number 16 on the screen - this indicates a hammered silver coin.” Then, his appliance showed the elusive ‘21’ signal for gold and when they dug up the turf they first discovered two coins but could see many more in the pit.
