An '£150,000' hoard of 600 medieval coins found by amateur detectorists - believed to be the biggest found in decade - has been declared treasure. Seven men found the coins on the Culden Faw Estate, Buckinghamshire, in April 2019 - including 12 rare gold nobles from the reign of Edward III.
Their finds — nicknamed the “Hambleden Hoard” — represent the biggest gold and silver collection found in the UK for around a decade. The men - more used to digging up shotgun shells and thimbles than treasure - were astonished to find coin after coin from the hidden ancient hoard.
Over four days they excavated 627 coins - including 12 ultra-rare full gold nobles from the time of the Black Death. The hoard was unearthed by Andrew Winter, Dom Rapley, Eryk Wierucki, Jaroslaw Giedyna, Dariusz Fijalkowski and brothers Tobiasz and Mateusz Nowak.
