A lucky couple who found an incredible hoard of 264 gold coins buried under their kitchen floor are set to sell it for £250,000. While metal detectorists can spend years searching for such a treasure trove, the unnamed couple were relaying their kitchen floor when they stumbled across a cup filled to the brim with coins that are up to 400 years old.
The incredible discovery was made at a 18th Century detached property in the village of Ellerby, North Yorks, just six inches under the concrete. The astounded owners, who have lived in the property for over 10 years, initially thought their trove was an electrical cable.
But when they lifted it up from under the floor they found the stash of coins in a salt-glazed earthenware cup that was about the same size as a Coke can. On closer inspection they found the gold coins that dated from 1610 to 1727 and covered the reigns of James I and Charles I through to George I.
