Wesley Carrington from Hertfordshire suddenly found ancient gold coins from Roman times worth at least £100,000 (equivalent to VND 3.3 billion).
Wesley Carrington, after purchasing a metal detector from a small store near his house, took it out into the woods to test it out.
For 20 minutes, the machine gave its first signal. Brother Wesley tried to dig in the ground and miraculously found a little treasure: ancient Roman gold coins.
At first when he started to dig, he found a spoon, then a broken coin, but the machine kept giving off a continuous signal that the metal was still deeply buried. After digging for a while, the blade of the shovel reached the first gold coin dating back 1,600 years.
They then invited other experts to the site to continue their search and discovered another 104 coins. Mr. Wesley’s exciting discovery was described by experts as extremely “spectacular” and of “significance to the archeology of the nation.”
This impressive story has caused some skepticism: what can confirm that these coins were unearthed accidentally? Under the observation of the police experts, they have confirmed that it is really an accidental discovery and that there are no suspicious signs in the area where the gold coins were found.
The treasures were then sent to the British Museum for the necessary appraisal before being auctioned.
The money that Mr. Wesley Carrington received from the auction is to be divided in part between the owner of the land where he found the gold coins. Wesley said that when he saw a video online on how to find lost metal items, he decided to buy a metal detector.
Brother Wesley Carrington has found the burial place of hundreds of gold coins dating back to Roman times.
About 1,700 years ago.
The owner of the metal detector shop excitedly displayed the cheaper machine that Mr. Wesley had bought at his store. This store also has a rather “related” name: “Hidden History”, which means “Mysterious History”.
Mr. Wesley then took the gold coins to show the owner of the metal detector shop for advice. They contacted the local museum. A team of museum staff was immediately dispatched to escort the store owner and Mr. Wesley to the location where the gold coins were found. The officers had more specialized equipment, so they found another 104 coins in addition to the 55 Wesley had found earlier.
New gold coins are dug out of the ground. These coins were from the same era, but were minted in different places, including present-day Italy, Germany, France, Turkey, and Greece.
An employee of the museum in the county of Hertfordshire said: “I have been in this business for 10 years and I have never seen anyone so lucky to find a precious antique with such ease as Mr Wesley.” In the past, tens of thousands of ancient coins have been sent to us for analysis, but only four are from Roman times.” As for Mr. Carrington, this surprise made him passionate about antiques and he decided to join a local club so he could meet his friends every week at the club spread all over the place. coffer.
