Bill (S. CA) Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 What a sensational coin. Since he hadn't been out detecting in what, 10 years, I wonder what detector he was using...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotAU? Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Curious- other than procurement from other melted down gold items, what region of England may the native gold (if the coin has any) have come from in the 1200’s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PimentoUK Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 There is native gold in the U.K , there are deposits running down the west coast of Scotland, through to the central mountains of Wales. Some was extracted from the rivers, and in Roman times, there was some mining in Wales. But most of our gold was imported from the continent. Roman mine in Wales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolaucothi_Gold_Mines Some background reading on gold artefacts in the UK from Roman to Medieval times: https://finds.org.uk/counties/blog/gold-working-in-the-roman-and-medieval-periods/ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 If I remember correctly, greater England was known for it's deposits of Tin in ancient times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PimentoUK Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Yes, we had good deposits of iron ore, lead and tin. The lead also contained silver, as a bonus. The Romans were pretty skilled at metallurgy; bronze, pewter, solder were all tin-containing metals. https://www.romanobritain.org/11_work/raw_mining.php 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotAU? Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 3 hours ago, PimentoUK said: Yes, we had good deposits of iron ore, lead and tin. The lead also contained silver, as a bonus. The Romans were pretty skilled at metallurgy; bronze, pewter, solder were all tin-containing metals. https://www.romanobritain.org/11_work/raw_mining.php A buddy from the UK told me of a place in England where they mined tin by hand under the ocean. The adits were dry in solid bedrock and extended under the coastline below the waterline and he said you could hear the vibration of waves on the ceiling as they hit the cliffs above them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PimentoUK Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Indeed, the tin mines were in Cornwall , the most South-West point of England, and the tunnels went out under the Atlantic: Here's an article, sorry it's the Daily Mail, they spam adverts and trash all over the page: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285245/Cornwall-tin-mines-How-quest-metal-took-men-just-feet-ocean-floor.html And one of the mines is now a tourist attraction: https://www.visitcornwall.com/things-to-do/attractions/west-cornwall/lands-end/geevor-tin-mine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotAU? Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 6 hours ago, PimentoUK said: Indeed, the tin mines were in Cornwall , the most South-West point of England, and the tunnels went out under the Atlantic: Here's an article, sorry it's the Daily Mail, they spam adverts and trash all over the page: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285245/Cornwall-tin-mines-How-quest-metal-took-men-just-feet-ocean-floor.html And one of the mines is now a tourist attraction: https://www.visitcornwall.com/things-to-do/attractions/west-cornwall/lands-end/geevor-tin-mine Oh that’s it! Thanks for the references, I didn’t know they were in Cornwall. Well that would be pretty nerve-racking place to dig like that, definitely not a place to daylight a winze! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tnsharpshooter Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Coin sold. https://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?p=3360787#post3360787 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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