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2015/02/10 22:44:50
Subject: Someone finds £52.51 - big story
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.
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Its bigger than it sounds. Medieval coinage used a monetary system inherited from the Romans which is very similar to the UK decimal system, one hundred pennies to a pound. and this fifty two quids 'worth' mentioned is in fact 5251 silver coins buried from the Anglo Saxon era, valued at £1.3 million and found recently by a treasure seeker with a metal detector.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-31361054
Many of these silver coins, dating from King Canute, are in excellent condition as they were wrapped in a lead sheet.
Nice hoard.
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. |
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2015/02/10 23:01:39
Subject: Re:Someone finds £52.51 - big story
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Kid_Kyoto
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I gotta imagine a lead sheet alone is probably worth something nowadays.
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2015/02/11 01:54:06
Subject: Re:Someone finds £52.51 - big story
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Brutal Black Orc
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I use to go "treasure hunting" with a metal detector
I found a lot of quarters, nickles, dimes and pennies.
costume jewelry
part of a mortar shell
and a time capsule which contained
-fishing tackles
-pogs
-scratch and sniff stickers
-a pack of football cards - a notable player in the pack was Ryan Leaf
I feel lucky. 
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2015/02/11 02:13:42
Subject: Someone finds £52.51 - big story
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Lieutenant Colonel
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Neat!
its amazing what one can find when one is looking.
Metal detecting is one of those hobbies that can really pay off sometimes.
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2015/02/11 03:23:58
Subject: Someone finds £52.51 - big story
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[DCM]
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Probably at slightly 'better' odds than your typical scratch ticket? 
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2015/02/11 09:50:32
Subject: Someone finds £52.51 - big story
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Ancient Venerable Dark Angels Dreadnought
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I have a distinct feeling that I wouldn't find anything in California worth of value with a metal detector. Just a funny feeling.
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“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”
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2015/02/11 10:54:16
Subject: Someone finds £52.51 - big story
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.
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 Wyzilla wrote:I have a distinct feeling that I wouldn't find anything in California worth of value with a metal detector. Just a funny feeling.
But if you did (say in Newfoundland) it would be over interest.
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