Hoard of 11th Century coins found at Sizewell C

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Hoard of 11th Century coins found at Sizewell C

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9w ... itGLr46G1A
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Some great early coins in there and in great looking condition 👌
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That 'cloth' looks very much like lead to me! Great find though, look forward to seeing it on Digging for Britain.
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I wonder if they glow in the dark!
Great find though.
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Inspiring, just shows what CAN be under your coil at any time, Liam [81/] :;@
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u;@ That was precisely my first impression. Looking forward to seeing the new series [81/]
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It's a pity detectorists weren't allowed on the site before the Archies! The stuff of dreams.

As with any hoard, it's always intriguing to speculate why they were never retrieved - like squirrels who can't remember where they buried their nuts, owner died, proceeds of crime never recovered, etc....

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It would seem the hoard came from a chance placement ditch section or was it perhaps located by a detector first and then the slot was excavated.
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Leg end wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 3:52 pm That 'cloth' looks very much like lead to me! Great find though, look forward to seeing it on Digging for Britain.
Got to agree Mr Leg end ..that was my thoughts on first seeing this.

Great find... looking forward to seeing this in Digging for Britain.

Many thanks Brad for the post [81/]

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And lead it was!!! That was some coinage!! Great start to the new series of Digging for Britain.

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Leg end wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 3:52 pm That 'cloth' looks very much like lead to me!
I agree. Despite the word "cloth" being used three times in the linked BBC article (once in the first photo caption, and twice in the article text), the wrapping certainly resembles a sheet of lead.
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ManOnTheMoon wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:27 am I agree. Despite the word "cloth" being used three times in the linked BBC article (once in the first photo caption, and twice in the article text), the wrapping certainly resembles a sheet of lead.
If you watched it they said it was lead [81/] looks like the folk captioning were only looking at the pictures [88/]
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Yes...watched it last night and as LuckyB as stated ...it definitely was lead.

Very interesting and full of near mint Hammies, some of which were quite special.

Looking forward to tonight's episode.

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LuckyB wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:38 am If you watched it they said it was lead [81/] looks like the folk captioning were only looking at the pictures [88/]
Nope, I haven't watched it yet, but I am pleased my instinct was correct.

I also see that the article has been corrected since I last looked this morning, with references to 'cloth' replaced with 'lead'!
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To be honest it did look like they were wrapped in cloth first then wrapped in lead so pheww! no-one was wrong after all [87/]
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