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The E-Sylum: Volume 23, Number 32, August 9, 2020, Article 14

DETECTORIST FINDS SUFFOLK SILVER COIN HOARD

Tom Kays passed along this article about a metal detectorist who uncovered a hoard of over 1,000 silver coins from the English Civil War era. Thanks! Great story. -Editor

Lindsey Rose pub silver coin hoard A metal detectorist unearthed the ‘biggest haul of his life' when he discovered more than 1,000 silver coins estimated to be worth £100,000 near a Suffolk pub.

Luke Mahoney, 40, and two of his friends stayed up for three nights straight last week as they searched a field behind the Lindsey Rose pub, Lindsey, after the landowners, Charlie and James Buckle, granted him permission.

Starting at 10am on Sunday, July 26 with his friends Dan Hunt and Matt Brown, Mr Mahoney scoured the 15-acre field and first found a gold coin and sixpence before taking a break for lunch.

However, upon their return to the field the trio began discovering coins “everywhere”, as well as a cracked clay earthenware pot.

They stayed up over three nights keeping watch over the field to prevent ‘nighthawks' - rival detectorists hoping to loot valuable sites in the dark - from capitalising on their find.

Overall, the group unearthed 1,061 silver hammered coins dating back to somewhere in the 15th to the 17th century, according to experts.

Valuation expert Nigel Mills examined some of the coins found and said the hoard would fetch at least £100,000 at auction.

Lindsey Rose pub silver hoard coins

He said the earliest coin was an Elizabeth I era shilling dating back to 1573-78, with the find also containing many Charles I half crowns from 1641-43.

Mr Mahoney said he searched the field for the “rush” and compared the feeling of discovering a huge haul to catching a big fish.

“We went back out to the fields and almost immediately I hit this signal and I pulled out this Charles I coin. Then I hit another signal, and another.

“They were everywhere. It was pandemonium. After ten minutes of searching I hit this massive signal and I thought ‘this is it'.

“We dug and saw the pot. That feeling of scraping the dirt away and seeing the coins is indescribable.

To read the complete article, see:
Civil war-era coins worth £100,000 unearthed in field behind pub (https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/suffolk-metal-detectorists-hal-worth-100000-lindsey-rose-1-6774305)

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