Video of me finding a rare Henry VIII Gold coin dated struck 1526-1529

I was out metal detecting recently and found this rare Henry VIII Gold Coin... its a Crown of the Double rose struck between the years 1526 and 1529. I was actually just testing out a chest mount for potentially videoing some detecting sessions and was extremely lucky to find this coin whilst doing so! a total fluke to get it on camera especially as it was the first time I'd ever filmed myself.... I doubt I will ever find anything on camera again.

Henry VIII is my favourite English King and so to find a coin of his and indeed a gold one was amazing... especially as I'd never afford to buy one for my own collection.

 

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I am happy for you, but you ignored the find site. In fact, it appears that you passed up the actual archaeology thrice just to put some metal in your coin collection. How does someone lose a gold coin and not know it? How was it bent? A story will never be told. Nice find and all, but it gives an argument to the professionals against amateurs looting the land for trinkets.
Looking in Coincraft (1998) I do not find what you call "crown of the double rose" for Henry VIII. It's pretty far afield for me and without standard references, I am lost. Is the second rose the Mint mark 1526-1544?
Thanks!

 

The coin has actually been fully recorded here in the UK and for the record I have donated a lot of items and coins to the museums here! my whole collection of coins are fully recorded with the local archaeological service with full co-ordinates using GPS and will be donated to local museums when I see fit... and my will currently leaves all my coins to the British Museum services.

Fortunately my finds and that of other dedicated metal detectorists over the years have helped local archaeologists to understand far more about my local area than they would of without our input... I have made many friends through the hobby and an awful lot of them are professional archaeologists who recognise the effort I go to in order to contribute to there understanding.

I have been offered money for my finds through the treasure process here in the UK but have always refused and have donated my finds without financial reward.

You seem to take offence by my use of the wording "Hammered Gold" it is a common phrase here in the UK. The video was me expressing pure excitement at finding such a beautiful and rare find... in those situations emotion takes over... being the first to hold something that has not been touched for hundreds of years is something that is just impossible to describe both now and especially at the time.

I thought people might be interested to see a piece of history being uncovered and I hope others enjoy it.... maybe one day you will be over visiting a UK Museum and actually see this very coin as a museum is certainly where it will end up.

 

Nice find.


Remember to fill your holes back in!
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kaparthy:

Gimme a break!

He found it, there aren't enough archaeologists alive to hit everything in 500 years.

Archies would rather an item rot in the ground than let a detectorist find it.

Chris:
Congrats on a great find.
And congrats on proving kaparthy wrong.

 

Videos like this make me want to go out and get a metal detector. I think it's really cool that you found something someone hasn't seen for hundreds of years. Congrats on the find!

 

Here is a little info about the type of coin http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc..._0OgtVlDs0c0VCA5A&sig2=w61F9FEtFIPslLKqpAUV7w

 

It's Seaby 2273, if that helps. Wildwinds ref

 

Yes it is very similar to Seaby 2273 but has HK one side and a possibility of HR the other....

There is obviously a possibility that its HK HK but the K is of a style that looks similar to an R (it's something that is being investigated)

 

Treas, Chris and I mended our fences. His reply to me was the correct one and we built on that. My concern for the find site was not an endorsement of the monopoly claimed by academic archaeologists. I own several artifacts such as oil lamps and jewelry, in addition to having been an active pursuer of ancient coins mostly from the Greek cultural context.

That said, it is not so much the recovered remains themselves - though there is that - but the story within the find site. In this case, a gold coin would not be casually lost. And how was it bent? We do not know. Bu if anyone cares to find out, he posted the GPS coordinates and that is the proper way to handle the problem.

 

Don't worry Kaparthy your right about finds being recorded correctly ....it's something here in the uk that is encouraged with the vast majority of metal detectorists now recording there finds with the authorities.

 

Great find. Only thing bad is it's bent up but still a great find!!!
We don't find coins like this one much in America but wish we could.

 

Yes mate its bent... the bend isn't bad! I have a big decision to make whether to straighten it.... I'm going to take the advice of the museum! I believe it was ploughing rather than deliberately being bent! with it being basically pure gold it would straighten perfectly but I consider it the museums decision.

 

Ngc grading maybe were it could be repaired .
A museum may have a way to take ownership , if historian find something. But I am not an expert do not know the laws on coins like this one has.