Found a Pile of Silver Coins by the 'Beep Beep Beep' Sound... 7.7 Billion Jackpot Hit

2584 Norman Conquest Silver Coins Discovered
"The Greatest Find in 30 Years"
Exhibition to Open at the British Museum Next Month

Silver coin related to the Norman Conquest found on a farm in England. [Source=AP News]

A hoard of buried silver coins discovered on a farm in the UK has been exhibited at the British Museum.

According to the Associated Press on the 22nd (local time), in 2019, amateur detective Adam Staples found a hoard of silver coins buried underground on a farm in the southwest of the UK. While using a metal detector, he heard several beeping sounds and instinctively guessed he had found something. He then dug the ground near the sound with six friends, and what came out were more than 2,500 coins.

The coins had been buried underground for about 1,000 years and were identified as historically very valuable items related to the Norman Conquest. The appraisal revealed the coins were worth ?4.3 million (approximately 7.7 billion KRW). Staples explained, "The first coin discovered was estimated to represent William I and was valued at about ?1,000 to ?1,500." He added, "It was not just one coin. The more we dug, the more coins kept coming out," and said, "It was the greatest discovery in my 30 years of searching across the fields and farms of the UK."

The 2,584 coins were minted between 1066 and 1068 and were confirmed to include silver coins symbolizing William I and silver coins representing Harold II of the Anglo-Saxons, who were defeated by them. They were recently acquired by the charity organization South West Heritage Trust and are scheduled to be exhibited at the British Museum starting this November.

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