A “150,000-pound” hoard of over 600 medieval coins found by amateur metal detectorists has been declared a treasure.
Seven men found the coins on the Culden Faw Estate in Buckinghamshire in April 2019—including 12 rare gold nobles from the reign of Edward III.
Their finds, nicknamed the “Hambleden Hoard,” represent the biggest gold and silver collection found in the UK in around a decade.
The men—more used to digging up shotgun shells and thimbles than treasure—were astonished to find coin after coin from the buried ancient hoard.
Over four days they excavated 627 coins, including 12 ultra-rare, full gold nobles from the time of the Black Death….