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Man Finds Roman Gold Coin Hoard Worth £100,000 With Metal Detector

Posted by samzenpus on from the I'm-the-inspector-over-the-mine dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A novice metal detector has found one of the largest roman gold coin hoards ever unearthed in the UK. From the article: 'National newspapers reported on Wednesday that the man, from Berkhamsted, had been sold a beginner’s metal detector from the town’s High Street-based Hidden History for £135. He is reported to have gone back with 40 of the “solidi” coins, dating to the last days of Roman rule in Britain, and asked: “What do I do with this?”'"

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  1. Spend 'Em!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What else are you supposed to do with money? Of course, they may not be selling spears, shields and trebuches any longer.....

    1. Re:Spend 'Em!!! by 91degrees · · Score: 3, Funny

      Learn Latin and Anglo Saxon. Find a time machine. Become extremely wealthy.

      The second part may be a little tricky but look for a strangely dressed eccentric and you might have some joy.

    2. Re:Spend 'Em!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Learn Latin and Anglo Saxon. Find a time machine. Become extremely wealthy.

      Don't forget to burry your treasures when you die in the past in order to close the loop.

    3. Re:Spend 'Em!!! by StoneyMahoney · · Score: 5, Funny

      Money not going as far as it did? Pay not stretching to the end of the month? Well why not send your Roman treasure to http://www.cashforyourgold.co.uk/ for a free valuation! Just pop all your treasure in the freepost envelope with our address written plainly on the outside so any light-fingered postman can pinch it and drop it in the bin*ahem*post box! It couldn't be simpler! Even if*ahem*when your gold arrives at our foundry, we'll only quote you 10% of it's scrap value, so don't forget to argue on the phone and we'll double it instantly! We'll still bel ripping you off, but hey, we've got a great advert with lots of exclamation marks in it!!!

    4. Re:Spend 'Em!!! by hawkinspeter · · Score: 5, Funny

      Remember to bury your treasure BEFORE you die in the past.

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    5. Re:Spend 'Em!!! by drainbramage · · Score: 4, Funny

      Shouldn't this be modded informative or insightful?

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  2. In the year 4012... by Razgorov+Prikazka · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man unearths 2000 year old bit-coin with metal-detector

    An anonymous reader writes
    "A novice metal detector has found one of the largest bit coin servers ever unearthed in the UK. From the article: 'National newspapers reported on Wednesday that the man, from Berkhamsted, had been sold a beginner’s metal detector from the town’s High Street-based Hidden History for £135. He is reported to have gone back with 40 of the bit coins, dating to the last days of 'Cameron' rule in Britain, and asked: “What do I do with this?”'"

    Read all comments.

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  3. Expedted title by psholty2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Man Finds Roman Gold Coin Hoard Worth £100,000 With Metal Detector, Plans To Exchange Them For BitCoins - Slashdot

  4. I'm glad I'm in America! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    We don't have such silly laws! So, it will be a big help when I'm using a metal detector to find those ancient Roman and Gaylick treasures - especially in the South East US! And I'll have the means too. See, I took ALL engineering and math classes in college - none of that nonsense liberal arts stuff like history and art! Nope!