Ring and rare coins unearthed in villages

[Kev]

 

A Roman silver snake ring and rare Iron Age gold coins have been unearthed in two Staffordshire villages by metal detecting enthusiasts.

The finds – up to  2,000 years old – have been described as “exciting” by experts.

South Staffordshire coroner Andrew Haigh yesterday declared them to be treasure. The hoard will now be sent to a special valuation committee in London which will assess how much they are worth.

The four coins were found in Gnosall, near Stafford, between July 4 and 18 last year by metal detectors from the Shropshire Search Society which also covers Staffordshire.

The treasure trove inquest in Cannock heard that the well-preserved coins, called staters, were made between AD 30 and 50 by a pre-Roman tribe called the Corieltavi. The Roman snake ring was found on a farm in Gailey, between Penkridge and Wolverhampton, on land that was under pasture.

The jewellery, thought to be from the 2nd to 3rd century AD, was discovered on March 25 this year by a metal detectorist from the Bloxwich Research and Metal Detector Club, which meets at Norton Canes.



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[waltonbasinman]

A great read Kev. Gnosall has a deli shop in the High Street that makes all there own food. For any one wishing to stop it is on the main A518 road from Newport to Stafford and has the best homemade Sausage Rolls in the British Isles so while your out getting permission in the area you know where to go.

[nfl]

bleedin fed up with this ,everywhere i used to live is making amazing finds,,staffs hoard,used to live near there and go past the field every day to work,,,gnosall,used to live there,outer leicester {syston}right on the fosseway{im sure shed loads of stuff has been found near there,,,when and if i move from whitney ,somebody will find a saxon hoard here;D

[dances with badgers]

lets all move to staffordshire as a co operative ,find more hoards and split the procedess and live happily ever after im up for it (dont tell the mrs).

[nfl]

i used to work on a farm in staffordshire,,bartletts farm at shenstone ,,,me thinks if anyone could get tectin permission for that farm me thinks they would be on to a winner,,,,shed loads of land around litchfield,tamworth,brownhills,,,,get in there,send us a invite

[dances with badgers]

i would love to do the campsite's at castle donnington raceway .20,000 people camping when it was the monsters of rock festival before it became download festival.i used to get in a right mess there wooohoo.what a laugh.if your reading this sarah bridlington from dalby,the kid could be mine lol

[nfl]

so it was you throwing the bottles of pi*s was it lol,,,,great times

[dances with badgers]

as it happens lol .i remember some of it .i have never drunk so much in my life and believe my i've tried lol.happy days but clean off,hair down to my aaaaaaarse

[tyna]

lets all move to staffordshire as a co operative ,find more hoards and split the procedess and live happily ever after im up for it (dont tell the mrs).

I'm in too   

[bulbus]

wouldnt have to move to far from sunny shrewsbury......

[rjm]

I've always said, one hammered coin find in Wales is worth 10 finds in England.   

Blooming paupers here, yet we have the most castles in Europe!