Gaius 77 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 BBC News Today - Devon treasure hunter discovers 22,000 Roman coins A treasure hunter from Devon has discovered the biggest hoard of 4th century Roman coins recorded in Britain. Laurence Egerton, a builder, took up metal detecting seven years ago and found 22,000 Roman coins dating from AD260 to AD348.Source - http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29399437Cheers, Beer, & GoldChuckKG6SYX Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kaimi 29 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 And I can just see the Local IRS agent drooling! IMUA! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaius 77 Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 Seems to me when they have discoveries like these Roman coins in the UK the museums have first shot at buying the coins, or what ever that discovery is. Either all or most of the monies used to buy the coins goes to the individual making the discovery plus the person who own the land the discovery was made on. The down side is there may not be much, if any, money available to buy discoveries like these Roman coins. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Au Seeker 3,156 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Just to give a sorta value to how much these 22,000 coins maybe worth, 2 years ago a UK man found 3000 Roman coins and they were valued and bought by a museum for £40,000, the coins were bought with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund, so the 22,000 coins would have have approximately 7 times that value for a estimated value of £280,000.http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-17378763 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garimpo 2,295 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Would that be $464,800 USD? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Au Seeker 3,156 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Would that be $464,800 USD? There abouts Don! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoser John 1,240 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 (edited) not bad for a day of detecting......in my dreams. The treasure vs cache review board is indeed fascinating but there are times when silence is indeed golden.John Edited September 29, 2014 by Hoser John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
homefire 2,581 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Yep, there Treasure laws are a bit off sometimes. Out of that the Land Owner will get half. The Museums set the Value. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grubstake 659 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I'll bet they were hard to find if they were Roaming! easyer if they were in one place! Ha! Ha! Grubstake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Allen in MT 101 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Ya, find something like that here and our govment would confiscate your detector and throw your arse in the hooskow for violating ARPA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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