Hoard of gold coins worth dating back to Henry VIII unearthed in Staffordshire

[CazLikesCoins]

I'm not sure if this story hasn't already done the rounds here but just in case it hasn't:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12380801/Immaculate-hoard-gold-coins-worth-30-000-dating-Henry-VIII-unearthed-grounds-country-house-Staffordshire.html

[ZRPMs]

Nice find. He'll be the envy of the group. Some people have been metal detecting for years and still haven't found any gold let alone gold hammered coins.

[Orpster]

Its one of the groups I am in, the daft bugger took them home and cleaned them before even showing them to the FLO

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47 minutes ago, Orpster said:

Its one of the groups I am in, the daft bugger took them home and cleaned them before even showing them to the FLO

Wow….pretty poor form

[Orpster]

Just now, dicker said:

Wow….pretty poor form

He got over excited I suspect. 

Not as bad one dig I was on last year where someone found a vicky half sov and left it on the table by base for people to see and one of the diggers decided to clean it for him.  The air was blue.

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2 minutes ago, Orpster said:

He got over excited I suspect. 

Not as bad one dig I was on last year where someone found a vicky half sov and left it on the table by base for people to see and one of the diggers decided to clean it for him.  The air was blue.

I have detected a while ago, had a few ok finds.  But the think that makes me deeply uncomfortable is people cleaning coins by rubbing them.  There was a YouTube video of a guy doing this on a noble he dug up - he was very very harsh.  I had to switch off.  

[SidS]

To be fair most hammered coins that come from hoards/finds will have been cleaned, for obvious reasons. It's not ideal when they get a thorough clean, but I sense the hammered collectors are a little more open minded with it.

I dabble in hammered coins quite frequently but I'm still a milled coin collector at heart so having cleaned (polished) hammered coins always hurts!

I was hoping the hoard would be bigger. It's great when new material comes into the market as the prices drop for a while until the market absorbs them all. I'd love a few Edward VI gold coins.

 

Edited August 14, 2023 by SidS