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The bad old days – finding hoards without a metal detector

This is how hoards were found in the bad old days, before metal detectors. Smashed to pieces by the plough! Illustration from the book Coins of the Romans Relating to Britain By John Y. Akerman, Published 1836 (the book is … Continue reading

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The Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain

The list of the Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain – the original manuscripts, written in Welsh, date from the 15th and 16th centuries, but they almost certainly draw on paper sources and oral traditions that are far, far … Continue reading

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Metal detectorist finds hoard in Westmorland

http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/8365174.Historian_finds_hoard_of_Roman_coins/

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