Metal detectorist unearths a stash of 99 immaculately preserved Anglo-Saxon coins

[eman1000]

Not sure if this has been posted yet but a coworker sent me a link.

Interesting that he says he found the coins with a DEUS but is clearly pictured with an Equinox.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...-stash-99-Anglo-Saxon-coins-worth-50-000.html

https://www.foxnews.com/science/metal-detector-enthusiast-finds-1000-year-old-coins

 

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[smokeythecat]

The Deus is such a small machine, the phototographer probably thought the other physically bigger machine would make for a better photograph.

 

[A2coins]

I saw that I thought it was Cru

 

[BLK HOLE]

Makes me kick myself for not picking up MDing when I was stationed over there! I find it interesting that it seems very rare to see a cache posted on this site found in U.S.A. We all dream about finding one and it is without doubt that T-Netters find incredible stuff but we are cacheless

 

[Jason in Enid]

Makes me kick myself for not picking up MDing when I was stationed over there! I find it interesting that it seems very rare to see a cache posted on this site found in U.S.A. We all dream about finding one and it is without doubt that T-Netters find incredible stuff but we are cacheless

200 years vs 3,000 years of habitation with metal working technology and coin production.