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Title: Old Hoard Site. Post by: 1morecoin on November 13, 2009, 09:33:03 PM I know of a small hoard of Silver Denarii found a few hundred years ago, i found out about it when i was researching the Vale History, but never could pinpoint the exact area, ??? obviously there were no detectors then so there is always a chance of a few stragglers as there was no mention of a pot being found.
Well ten years later and all forgotten about, when today a local historian friend of mine gave me a pile of information on finds in my area and habitation, and what do you know smack in the middle was information on this Hoard including a piece about the coins being found in a quarry, well this got me thinking, and all i could remember was a local farmer telling me a few years back about a quarry on his land, and that it might be worth a look. Well i got onto the net and found this quarry, which was actually an old kiln, then i thought to myself that there are many of these kilns about in the Vale and the coins could have been found in anyone of them. Anyway i had another look at the paperwork and noticed the grid reference numbers, checked them against the kiln and BINGO. :o i could not believe that i have had permission to detect there for ten years and have not been near the place. Well i know the weather is rubbish at the moment but i will be rooting about in that hole as soon as it stops raining, i just hope the farmer has not filled it with rubbish like they normally do. I will let you know if i have any luck. Steve. Title: Re: Old Hoard Site. Post by: Stig(The) on November 13, 2009, 09:36:08 PM :o Nice one Steve :o Good luck ;)
Title: Re: Old Hoard Site. Post by: 150aceboy on November 13, 2009, 10:35:04 PM Hey good luck there mate, hope you have some good finds ;)
Ace ;) Title: Re: Old Hoard Site. Post by: simon c on November 13, 2009, 10:58:21 PM Steve i had my first treasure find in the exact same way,i researched a previously found hoard site, found in the 1830's and was lucky enough to find one denarius that had been missed,obviously any coins you find are going to be classed as treasure by the association with the original hoard but it is a real challenge to find one,and if the hoard was scattered there is a good chance there'll be something there,good luck :)
Title: Re: Old Hoard Site. Post by: chase on November 14, 2009, 01:01:20 AM brilliant piece of research mate .good luck
Title: Re: Old Hoard Site. Post by: Neil on November 14, 2009, 12:58:08 PM Great bit of research steve - I am sure we will all be interested to hear how you get on!
Good luck to you mate - its about time you found another hoard! ;D Cheers Neil |