4/25/23 Report - Detectorists Find Viking Hoard . Fort Pierce: Buckets of Silver, Gold and Cash and WWII Bomb Found.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Nordjyske Museer Viking coins

Nearly 300 silver coins believed to be more than 1,000 years old have been discovered near a Viking fortress site in northwestern Denmark, a museum said Thursday.

The rare trove -- lying in two spots not far apart -- was unearthed by a young girl who was metal detecting in a cornfield last autumn...  [Another article refers to three amateurs that made the find.  Different articles describe things differently, sometimes making you wander if they are talking about the same event.  See below.]

As well as the coins, the trove also included two pieces of jewelry originating from Scotland or Ireland, according to archaeologists.


"These are two ornately braided decorated balls on a small piece of cut silver rod, which was originally part of an unusually large ring pin," the museum's press release read. "Such ring pins were especially used by men at the top of society in Viking Age Ireland and on the neighboring islands."

Here is the link for more of that story.

Hoard Of 1,000-year-old Viking Coins Unearthed In Denmark | Barron's (barrons.com)

Here is how another article (provided by William K.) describes the people who made the find.

The three people who discovered the treasure trove — Jane Foged-Mønster, Louise Stahlschmidt and Mette Norre Bækgaard — told TV2 Nord that they had been on a metal-detector holiday when they made their amzing discovery...

Denmark: Viking Coins Discovered by Amateurs on Metal-Detector Vacation (businessinsider.com)

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Drug suspect had $245,000 in cash and tool box of gold and silver coins, Florida cops say

A man suspected of drug trafficking had $245,476 in cash lying around his Florida home when sheriff’s deputies arrived, along with a tool box of gold and silver coins, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office.

The cash was in small and large bills, and was so plentiful that the suspect had it stored in cooking pots, plastic shopping bags and carry-on bags, photos show...

Here is that link.

Drug suspect had $245,000 in cash and tool box of gold and silver coins, Florida cops say (yahoo.com)

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FORT PIERCE — Gaylen Clore (a past contributor to this blog) was metal detecting Monday in the area of South Beach Park when his device made a signal.

Clore started digging.

“I thought I had a cannonball because I got the rounded end of it,” Clore said Monday, standing on the beach with a metal detector and small shovel. ”I didn't dig it out. I just pried up the round part and it started showing more and more … I backed off.”

Here is that link.

A possible WWII ordnance was found on Fort Pierce beach (tcpalm.com)

Here is an article about the detonation of the bomg.

FORT PIERCE ― An unexploded World War II aerial bomb was detonated off a beach in Fort Pierce on Saturday, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office.

A construction crew dredging sand on the beach discovered the bomb and called emergency responders to the scene shortly before 11 a.m., Sheriff Ken Mascara said. Fort Pierce police and the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office bomb squad responded to the scene in the 600 block of South Ocean Drive.

WWII bomb detonated off Fort Pierce beach (tcpalm.com)

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