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A group of amateur detectorists are celebrating after their unlikely find of 600 medieval coins was declared treasure.
The haul – believed to be the biggest found in decade – is worth £150,000.
It was discovered by seven men on the Culden Faw Estate in Buckinghamshire in April 2019.
Andrew Winter, Dom Rapley, Eryk Wierucki, Jaroslaw Giedyna, Dariusz Fijalkowski and brothers Tobiasz and Mateusz Nowak even slept in a tent to prevent the coins being stolen.
Their finds – nicknamed the ‘Hambleden Hoard’ – including 12 rare gold nobles from the reign of Edward III.
At an inquest last week at Beaconsfield Coroners Court, senior coroner Crispin Butler said the hoard met the criteria for treasure after reading a report by Dr Barrie Cook, a curator at the British Museum.
They heard how the men – more used to digging up shotgun shells and thimbles than treasure – had been astonished to find coin after coin from the hidden ancient hoard.
Over four days they excavated 627 coins – including the 12 ‘extremely rare’ full gold nobles from the time of the Black Death.
The haul – believed to be the biggest found in decade – is worth £150,000.
It was discovered by seven men on the Culden Faw Estate in Buckinghamshire in April 2019.
Andrew Winter, Dom Rapley, Eryk Wierucki, Jaroslaw Giedyna, Dariusz Fijalkowski and brothers Tobiasz and Mateusz Nowak even slept in a tent to prevent the coins being stolen.
Their finds – nicknamed the ‘Hambleden Hoard’ – including 12 rare gold nobles from the reign of Edward III.
At an inquest last week at Beaconsfield Coroners Court, senior coroner Crispin Butler said the hoard met the criteria for treasure after reading a report by Dr Barrie Cook, a curator at the British Museum.
They heard how the men – more used to digging up shotgun shells and thimbles than treasure – had been astonished to find coin after coin from the hidden ancient hoard.
Over four days they excavated 627 coins – including the 12 ‘extremely rare’ full gold nobles from the time of the Black Death.
Dariusz Fijalkowski , Mateusz Nowak , Andrew Winter ,
Tobiasz Nowak following the find
(Picture: Tobiasz Nowak/SWNS)
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Tobiasz Nowak following the find
(Picture: Tobiasz Nowak/SWNS)
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The men slept by their haul to protect it (Picture: Andrew Winter /SWNS)
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The rest of the hoard – 547 silver pennies from the reigns of Edward I and II, 21 Irish pennies, 20 continental coins and 27 Scottish pennies from the reign of Alexander III, John Balliol, and Robert the Bruce – were more commonly found.
It will now be left for the museum to negotiate a settlement with the finders and landowners, none of whom was present at the hearing.
It will now be left for the museum to negotiate a settlement with the finders and landowners, none of whom was present at the hearing.
The hoard was found in a field – circled – in Hambleden, Buckinghamshire (Picture: Google) © Provided by Metro
‘It was a miracle moment after moment for everyone.’
The face value of the coins would be a little over £6 in today’s money but the estimates of their worth range as high as £150,000.
Dariusz Fijalkowski, a dad-of-three and machine operator from Bristol, came across the hoard after he had been ‘delighted’ with a thimble he’d found.
He then found two silver coins before teaming up with the other men and added: ‘Special for me was two silver coins.
‘Before that – apart from the thimble – it had been shotgun shells.
‘When I found the coins I was shouting so much because I was so excited.
‘Maybe I should have stayed quiet but I was so happy. For me those coins alone were special. They are small pieces of silver and also a piece of history.
‘But to see what we found in the end. I still can’t believe it.
The face value of the coins would be a little over £6 in today’s money but the estimates of their worth range as high as £150,000.
Dariusz Fijalkowski, a dad-of-three and machine operator from Bristol, came across the hoard after he had been ‘delighted’ with a thimble he’d found.
He then found two silver coins before teaming up with the other men and added: ‘Special for me was two silver coins.
‘Before that – apart from the thimble – it had been shotgun shells.
‘When I found the coins I was shouting so much because I was so excited.
‘Maybe I should have stayed quiet but I was so happy. For me those coins alone were special. They are small pieces of silver and also a piece of history.
‘But to see what we found in the end. I still can’t believe it.
Andrew Winter holding one of the rare gold coins (Picture: youtube.com/EnglandsHistory/SWNS)
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Dariusz Fijalkowski , Mateusz Nowak , Andrew Winter , Tobiasz Nowak (Picture: youtube.com/EnglandsHistory/SWNS)
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‘I came away to the rally for a rest because I have three young children. It’s safe to say it was not rest. I can still feel the pressure now. It’s incredible.’
The find was made at an organised rally which was held on a field near Hambleden, a village recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.
Pals Andrew, Tobiasz and Mateusz spent an hour digging on a field without finding anything, and were on their way to another location when their detectors signalled.
Andrew, a forklift and crane driver from Blyth, said his machine was emitting a code which suggested they had detected a hammered silver coin – so he started digging.
The trio turned over a clod of earth which contained two coins, and could see more in the hole.
The find was made at an organised rally which was held on a field near Hambleden, a village recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.
Pals Andrew, Tobiasz and Mateusz spent an hour digging on a field without finding anything, and were on their way to another location when their detectors signalled.
Andrew, a forklift and crane driver from Blyth, said his machine was emitting a code which suggested they had detected a hammered silver coin – so he started digging.
The trio turned over a clod of earth which contained two coins, and could see more in the hole.
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