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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. Re:Good that he reported it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    in Italy, if you find something on your own land, the owner of archaeological stuff is Italy, moreover the country can temporarily occupy the piece of land interested and the owner is entitled to indemnification.

    This is why in Italy people does not find historical stuff on the owned lands...