Do you hear beeping?
England is very old and compact country. This means lots of generations of folks have lived on the same dirt over history. This is great for people who are into metal detecting. That is, the guys who wander around beaches and fields and historic sites with loop antennas connected to the earphones they are wearing. Every year England has the “Spring Detectorval,” where hundreds of electronic prospectors wander over an assigned site in search of buried metal treasures for profit and fame among metal detectors. Seven men found the “Hambleden Hoard” on the Culden Faw Estate, Buckinghamshire. It’s the biggest gold and silver hoard found in England in over a decade. The metal detectorists were more used to digging up shotgun shells and thimbles than treasure, and were astonished to find coin after coin in the dirt. It took four days to excavate all 627 coins, which were gold and silver. They slept in tents three nights straight to ensure robbers couldn’t visit the site while they were away. The British Museum described the 12 gold coins as dating from 1346 to 1351 and extremely rare. There are, ironically, the only 12 previously-known examples were found during a 1963 survey. The rest of the hoard—547 silver pennies from the reigns of Edward I and II, 21 Irish pennies, 20 continental coins, and 27 Scottish pennies from the reign of Alexander III, John Balliol, and Robert the Bruce respectively, are more common finds.
“When I found the coins, I was shouting so much because I was so excited,” said Dariusz, one of the contestants who sort of co-discovered the hoard with other participants. “Maybe I should have stayed quiet, but I was so excited. For me those coins alone were special. They are small pieces of silver and also a piece of history.” Andrew, Tobiasz, and Mateusz spent an hour digging in a field without finding anything and were on their way to another location when their detectors began signaling.
“After finding the hoard, and then clearing the area, we had to extend the search twice more because we were finding so much,” said Mateusz Nowak. “It felt unreal. It was a miracle moment after moment for everyone.” On the first day they found 276 silver coins and 9 gold coins, and all admit they barely slept due to excitement. Anni Byard, a liaison officer for the area was called to oversee the excavation and the location of each coin was painstakingly plotted on a grid. The spot price of the silver in the coins would be a little over $8 in today’s money, but the estimates of their worth as a historical find, plus the price of the gold, range as high as $180,000.
Look what I found
It’s 2023 and we’re using a coin toss to pick politicians and rodents to predict the weather. Let’s pack it up, humanity.
Did you hear there is a coin shortage in America?
We’re running out of common cents.
If Trump got a gold coin every time he gets criticized,
He would have built the wall using his own money.
Fact, when you find diamonds, old coins or anything of value on your property, it belongs to the government.
But, if the police find drugs, they belong to you.
April 3rd Birthdays
1987 – Amanda Byrnes, 1971 – Picabo Street, 1992 – Hayley Kiyoke, 1922 – Doris Day
1961 – Eddie Murphy, 1924 – Marlon Brando, 1942 – Wayne Newton, 1964 – Nigel Farage, 1930 – Helmut Kohl