Man Finds Roman Gold Coin Hoard Worth £100,000 With Metal Detector 249
An anonymous reader writes "A novice metal detector has found one of the largest roman gold coin hoards ever unearthed in the UK. From the article: 'National newspapers reported on Wednesday that the man, from Berkhamsted, had been sold a beginner’s metal detector from the town’s High Street-based Hidden History for £135. He is reported to have gone back with 40 of the “solidi” coins, dating to the last days of Roman rule in Britain, and asked: “What do I do with this?”'"
Spend 'Em!!! (Score:5, Funny)
What else are you supposed to do with money? Of course, they may not be selling spears, shields and trebuches any longer.....
In the year 4012... (Score:5, Funny)
An anonymous reader writes
"A novice metal detector has found one of the largest bit coin servers ever unearthed in the UK. From the article: 'National newspapers reported on Wednesday that the man, from Berkhamsted, had been sold a beginner’s metal detector from the town’s High Street-based Hidden History for £135. He is reported to have gone back with 40 of the bit coins, dating to the last days of 'Cameron' rule in Britain, and asked: “What do I do with this?”'"
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Expedted title (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Spend 'Em!!! (Score:3, Funny)
The second part may be a little tricky but look for a strangely dressed eccentric and you might have some joy.
Re:Spend 'Em!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Learn Latin and Anglo Saxon. Find a time machine. Become extremely wealthy.
Don't forget to burry your treasures when you die in the past in order to close the loop.
Re:Spend 'Em!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Money not going as far as it did? Pay not stretching to the end of the month? Well why not send your Roman treasure to http://www.cashforyourgold.co.uk/ [cashforyourgold.co.uk] for a free valuation! Just pop all your treasure in the freepost envelope with our address written plainly on the outside so any light-fingered postman can pinch it and drop it in the bin*ahem*post box! It couldn't be simpler! Even if*ahem*when your gold arrives at our foundry, we'll only quote you 10% of it's scrap value, so don't forget to argue on the phone and we'll double it instantly! We'll still bel ripping you off, but hey, we've got a great advert with lots of exclamation marks in it!!!
I'm glad I'm in America! (Score:2, Funny)
We don't have such silly laws! So, it will be a big help when I'm using a metal detector to find those ancient Roman and Gaylick treasures - especially in the South East US! And I'll have the means too. See, I took ALL engineering and math classes in college - none of that nonsense liberal arts stuff like history and art! Nope!
Re:Spend 'Em!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Spend 'Em!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Shouldn't this be modded informative or insightful?