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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Plumbata, post: 3221089, member: 96864&quot;]Great quote, it sent me on a fun wikipedia expedition to learn more about him, and I wound up finding a digitized copy of his 1697 &quot;Numismata&quot; publication:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/numismatadiscour00evel/page/198" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/numismatadiscour00evel/page/198" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/numismatadiscour00evel/page/198</a></p><p><br /></p><p>On page 198 begins a section that is very relevant, regarding &quot;Instructions how to collect and procure such medals as are antique and rare, and to distinguish the true from the false, for the prevention of frauds and impostures.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>For any of my metal-detectorist brethren across the pond, on pages 207-208 he lists many locations in England where ancient coinage was known to have been found in quantity, and while most locations are probably well known thanks to another 300 years of archaeology and research perhaps there is a spot or 2 mentioned that might be obscure or largely forgotten now where swinging a detector would be very productive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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