{"id":506,"date":"2011-05-17T00:13:08","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T00:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/?p=506"},"modified":"2014-05-01T17:58:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T17:58:45","slug":"the-bad-old-days-finding-hoards-without-a-metal-detector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/2011\/05\/the-bad-old-days-finding-hoards-without-a-metal-detector\/","title":{"rendered":"The bad old days &#8211; finding hoards without a metal detector"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The bad old days &#8211; finding hoards without a metal detector<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-507\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/2011\/05\/the-bad-old-days-finding-hoards-without-a-metal-detector\/plough-hoard-find\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-507\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-507\" title=\"finding hoards without a metal detector\" src=\"http:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Plough-hoard-find-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"finding hoards without a metal detector\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Plough-hoard-find-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Plough-hoard-find-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Plough-hoard-find.jpg 1311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finding Hoards in the Bad Old Days<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is how hoards were found in the bad old days, before metal detectors. Smashed to pieces by the plough! Illustration from the book<em> <a title=\"Book Coins of the Romans Relating to Britain By John Y. Akerman, Published 1836\" href=\"http:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/html\/Coins_of_the_Romans_Relating_to_Britain.html\">Coins of the Romans Relating to Britain<\/a><\/em> By John Y. Akerman, Published 1836 (the book is reproduced in full at the link).<\/p>\n<p>When archaeologists uncover hoards they are usually in the foundations of buildings. The classic example being hoards of Roman bronze coins (sometimes very large hoards) being uncovered in the foundations of Roman Villas and other structures. The Romans buried coin hoards in the foundations of buildings as offerings to the gods or household spirits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bad old days &#8211; 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. 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