Coins Found in Old Roman Encampment Site Declared Treasure
By HuntTreasure.net on Mar 19, 2008 in Archaelogical Discoveries and Events, Featured, News Accounts, Treasure Finds
Two metal detecting men uncovered 49 coins in a field that was once the site of a Roman encampment. The field is near Ugthorpe, UK and has been the source of at least two other finds.
The Roman coins, along with part of a brooch discovered, were declared treasure. Russell Willis, one of the men who found the coins and brooch commented,
"The owner gave us permission to detect on his land and within minutes we found a coin. After that we found quite a few more. We them came across the segment of the brooch ."
Read more from the Scarborough Evening News article, Roman coin declared ‘treasure’.
