UK treasure hunter finds 52,000 Roman coins

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:15 am

UK treasure hunter finds 52,000 Roman coins - World news - Europe - msnbc.com

I think that is pretty cool, little old metal detector worked great!

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:08 am

I've always dreamed of making a find like that. When I was doing that all I ever found was small change, pocket knives, keys, one earring and on a certain school playground, live cartridges.

It's a great hobby and good finds are still out there.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:42 am

5 million dollars, wonder who his friends are now.:yh_rotfl

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:04 am

The coins were buried in a large jar about a foot (30 centimeters) deep and weighed about 160 kilograms (350 pounds) in all.

Wow, wow, wow!

kas · Post by **kas** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:49 pm

Second major find in a few months, I'm gonna get me a metal detector.

This is the other in case you missed it.

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Staffordshire | Huge Anglo-Saxon gold hoard found

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:03 pm

hoppy;1321216 wrote: I've always dreamed of making a find like that. When I was doing that all I ever found was small change, pocket knives, keys, one earring and on a certain school playground, live cartridges.

It's a great hobby and good finds are still out there.

They are indeed still out there to be found, I`ll get the Hummer gassed up that Tombstone advised me to buy and off we go!:driving:

pack a few meals, eh:yh_rotfl