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| Gold Coins Discovered by Free Divers Cleaning Trash. Source: See link to story below. |
Two amateur freedivers, simply aiming to clean up the ocean floor while vacationing in Xàbia, Spain, never imagined they would stumble upon one of the most prominent archaeological finds in recent history. Brothers-in-law Luis Lens and César Gimeno were collecting trash from the seabed when they spotted a small glimmer in the sand, as reported by Ancient Origens. What they initially mistook for a modern coin turned out to be part of a surprising cache of 1,500-year-old Roman gold coins, perfectly preserved from the twilight years of the Western Roman Empire.....
Here is the link to the story.Amateur Freedivers Discover a Huge Hoard of 1,500-Year-Old Roman Gold Coins Along the Spanish Coast
And here is a link to a YouTube video on the same discovery.
Divers Find Biggest Ever Haul Of Ancient Roman Coins
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LONDON (AP) — When Malcolm Weale saw the tiny, dirt-covered object he’d unearthed in an English field, he knew it was something special.
In his hand was a silver penny minted during the reign of Guthrum, a Viking commander who converted to Christianity and ruled eastern England in the ninth century as Athelstan II.
For Weale, finding the first silver coin minted by a Viking ruler in Britain was the pinnacle of decades of hunting with his metal detector in the fields and forests near his home in eastern England...
Andy Akroyd, 49, also struck gold when he was out metal detecting near his home in Bedfordshire, central England.
“When I first saw it, I thought ‘Oh it’s a coin.’ Then I saw it’s a ring, I was thinking 1980s, cheap sovereign ring,” Akroyd said.
It turned out to be a 16th-century signet ring engraved with a phoenix, a mythical bird symbolizing rebirth that was associated with Elizabeth I. Found in an area used as a royal hunting ground in Elizabethan times, it was likely worn, and lost, by one of the queen’s supporters...
But the vast majority are in it for the thrill of discovery, not the money, Weale said.
“You could be a multi-multi-millionaire, but you could never buy that feeling that you feel when you find something,” he said...
Both men extol the mental health benefits of the methodical, slow-paced hobby, popularized to a wider audience by the gentle BBC sitcom "Dectectorist."
“All I’m thinking about when I’m out metal detectoring is history,” Weale said. “Kings, queens — I’m totally in the zone. I’m not worried about bills, or even keeping warm. Sometimes I forget to eat.”
Akroyd said that some days he just sits, watching hares leap and birds of prey soar in the sky.
“I lost my dad last year. I’ll have a chat to my dad when I’m out in the field. ‘Come on, Dad — what way now?’” Akroyd said. “He never finds me anything.”
Here is the link for the text of that article.
Unlike most articles of its type, that was a very good article. There is a lot of good stuff that I didn't include above, but I particularly like the last sentence.
For many detectorists, it is about more than finding things. It can be about clearing the mind and exercising the body as well. Of course, the mind is also exercised before, during and after the hunt, as well.
You might want to use the link and read the entire article.
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