Treasure hunting pair unearthed nearly 2000 Roman coins in a field in Cornwall

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Treasure hunting pair unearthed nearly 2000 Roman coins in a field in Cornwall

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/treasure-hunting-pair-unearthed-nearly-367139

A pair of metal detecting enthusiasts have spoken of their disbelief and joy after they unearthed nearly 2,000 Roman coins in a farmer's field in Cornwall.

Mixed up with the money was the remains of a pure tin container, with a handle and lead stopper, which it is believed had once contained the coins. In total there were 1,965 coins found inside a stone-lined pit and they date from 253AD to 274AD.

The hoard was discovered by Kyle Neil, 18, from Scorrier, and Darren Troon, 45, from Redruth. They are members of the metal detecting club Kernow Search and Recovery and had been working together to sweep a recently ploughed farmer's field near Hayle.

Mr Troon said: "We arrived at this field, which had just been ploughed, and off we went in one direction. I then found a Roman coin and within 10 minutes we had over 10 more.

"I knew then they we were on to something. They were all in a little area so I cordoned it off and we carried on. Five minutes later – it was like, 'bingo'.

"We just kept getting a signal. We rolled back the earth and four or five inches down we were looking at bunch of coins. They were dirty but you could clearly see a lot of them looked like the day they were cast. We were buzzing with excitement."