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ro5 New Member United Kingdom 11 Posts	Posted 07/17/2014 5:00 pm Very cool story, a member of the public by chance finds 4 coins in a cave in the Peak District and 26 in total are found, unusually a mixture of Iron Age and Roman. Must of been a exciting discovery, but I cant help but wonder how they actually found them, maybe a metal detector? The coins will be on display at the Buxton Museum from October 2014. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/en...00-years.htm Report this Post to the Staff

philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 07/20/2014 2:33 pm I've been in one cave in the Peak District; evidently the wrong one. I'd have given anything to see some Celtic staters peeking out of the gravel! Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16677 Posts	Posted 07/20/2014 2:36 pm Your story is no longer there. Where is the Peak district? swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 07/20/2014 3:44 pm Try this: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-...ire-28189287 Report this Post to the Staff
ro5 New Member United Kingdom 11 Posts	Posted 07/20/2014 6:19 pm Yes that's the same story, also the coins will be on display at the Buxton Museum from October. http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisur.../default.asp Impossible to know the reason for why the coins were buried in the cave, but I would imagine it was either in a period of instability and someone was burying their own coins and could not retrieve them for some reason, or they were stolen from somewhere and hidden there. I do not know that area too well (being a southerner) but it seems 2000 years ago it would have been a pretty remote spot, especially a cave. Then again who knows, could of even been some type of religious offering. Vermontensium, the Peak District is a mountainous area in northern England, a very popular place for tourists so even more surprising that some iron age coins were just found in a cave, as I would imagine many people already would have gone through the same cave many times, perhaps not with a metal detector though, if that was how they were found. Report this Post to the Staff
peter1234 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1351 Posts	Posted 07/20/2014 6:46 pm Was Peck sitting around the camp fire? Report this Post to the Staff
EnglishCoins New Member United Kingdom 24 Posts	Posted 07/25/2014 06:08 am I live near there...... Report this Post to the Staff
EnglishCoins New Member United Kingdom 24 Posts	Posted 07/25/2014 06:12 am ...and been in there but not with a metal detected Report this Post to the Staff
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