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Message:: [QUOTE="leanback, post: 967908, member: 18158"]Maybe old news to everyone here, I didn't find a previous post. I thought was great info to post.  Thursday One of the largest finds ever in Britain 52,000 Roman Coins valued at $5 million, includes hundreds of coins bearing the image of Marcus Aurelius Carausius, who seized power in Britain and northern France in the late third century and proclaimed himself emperor.  The coins were buried in a large jar about a foot deep and weighed about 350 pounds  The treasure hunter David Crisp said a "funny signal" from his metal detector prompted him to start digging.  "I put my hand in, pulled out a bit of clay and there was a little radial, a little bronze Roman coin — very, very small, about the size of my fingernail," Crisp said in an interview with the BBC.  He recovered about 20 coins before discovering they were in a pot, and realized he needed expert help. How cool....... News summarized from thehawkeye[/QUOTE]