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Gold Roman found in topsoil delivery
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:10 pm
by Hectorsfarm_
Dispense with the endless hour's of detecting looking for one of these...just get some topsoil delivered!
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Re: Gold Roman found in topsoil delivery
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:38 pm
by Euan
Good read. Thank you
Re: Gold Roman found in topsoil delivery
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 6:35 am
by sandman1960
That's a fantastic story, I would be trying to find out where the top soil had come from and where the rest of it was
Re: Gold Roman found in topsoil delivery
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:27 am
by dig-it-pete
Amazing story - strange thing is I was just looking up Emperor Nero gold coins and found this article with exactly (and I mean exactly) the same coin illustrated and the article dated Sept 2016? -
http://www.livescience.com/56092-gold-c ... found.html
Re: Gold Roman found in topsoil delivery
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:28 am
by dig-it-pete
Yes now realise I have been had
- April 1st
Re: Gold Roman found in topsoil delivery
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 8:11 am
by Hectorsfarm_
Couldn't resist it....
Re: Gold Roman found in topsoil delivery
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 8:17 am
by dig-it-pete
Hectorsfarm_ wrote:Couldn't resist it....
You are a very naughty Hector
Re: Gold Roman found in topsoil delivery
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 8:39 am
by Hectorsfarm_
dig-it-pete wrote:Hectorsfarm_ wrote:Couldn't resist it....
You are a very naughty Hector
Got me though - I actually thought it was genuine at first like this one!
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Re: Gold Roman found in topsoil delivery
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 9:15 am
by dig-it-pete
Hectorsfarm_ wrote:dig-it-pete wrote:Hectorsfarm_ wrote:Couldn't resist it....
You are a very naughty Hector
Got me though - I actually thought it was genuine at first like this one!
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Looks genuine to me Hector
Hoping that Lance and Andy in the new series of the Detectorists will unearth more King Arthur artifacts
Re: Gold Roman found in topsoil delivery
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:28 pm
by centurian
Was it not April fools day yesterday.?
Re: Gold Roman found in topsoil delivery
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:47 pm
by Donnydave
April fools or not these things do happen
My detecting buddy Dazz found a gold bracelet in a bag of compost or was it a growbag