{"id":170513,"date":"2023-02-03T15:38:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T15:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=170513"},"modified":"2023-02-03T15:38:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T15:38:40","slug":"amateur-metal-detectorists-uncover-hoard-of-medieval-coins-worth-whopping-150k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/amateur-metal-detectorists-uncover-hoard-of-medieval-coins-worth-whopping-150k\/","title":{"rendered":"Amateur metal detectorists uncover hoard of medieval coins worth whopping \u00a3150k"},"content":{"rendered":"

A buried hoard of some 600 medieval coins estimated to be worth in the region of \u00a3150,000 has been found by amateur detectorists.<\/p>\n

A team of seven enthusiasts found the coins \u2013 including 12 rare golden nobles from the reign of Edward III \u2013 on the Culden Faw Estate, south-west Buckinghamshire, in April 2019.<\/p>\n

The find \u2013 which has been nicknamed the "Hambleden Hoard" \u2013 represent the biggest collection of buried gold and silver found in the UK for around a decade.<\/p>\n

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The detectorists – more used to digging up shotgun shells and thimbles than buried treasure – were astonished as they unearthed coin after coin from the hidden ancient hoard.<\/p>\n

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Over four days they excavated 627 coins – including 12 ultra-rare full gold nobles dating from the time of the Black Death.<\/p>\n

The team \u2013 Andrew Winter, Dom Rapley, Eryk Wierucki, Jaroslaw Giedyna, Dariusz Fijalkowski and brothers Tobiasz and Mateusz Nowak \u2013 even slept in a tent at the dig site until they knew they had recovered the entire hoard to deter thieves.<\/p>\n

At an inquest last week at Beaconsfield Coroners Court, senior coroner Crispin Butler said the hoard met the criteria for treasure after reading a report by Dr Barrie Cook, a curator at the British Museum.<\/p>\n

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