Couple digging new kitchen 床に打ち倒す in their 17th century cottage find £35,000 hoard of English Civil War coins hidden under the 固める／コンクリート
- Betty and Robert Fooks made 発見 while carrying out 革新 作品
- Coins were 設立する in 粉砕するd pottery bowl in South Poorton Farm, Dorset
A couple digging up the kitchen 床に打ち倒す of their newly-bought 17th century cottage 設立する a £35,000 hoard of coins dating 支援する to the English Civil War hidden under the 固める／コンクリート.
Robert Fooks had dug 2ft 深い using a pickaxe by torchlight when he 設立する a 粉砕するd glazed pottery bowl 十分な to the brim with the 400-year-old coins.?
He had recently bought the cottage with his wife Betty and was carrying out 革新 作品 to create more 天井 高さ when he made the jaw-dropping 発見.? ??
Mr Fooks, an 農業の engineer, meticulously counted the hoard to find there were 1,029 in total with some 含むing gold coins 耐えるing the 直面する of King James I and King Charles I.?
The 発見 at the cottage in South Poorton Farm, in a hamlet 近づく Bridport, Dorset, is believed to have been buried between 1642 and 1644 during the English Civil War for 保管.
Betty and Robert Fooks were carrying out 革新 作品 on their newly-bought 17th century cottage in?South Poorton Farm, in a hamlet 近づく Bridport, Dorset
Mr Fooks had dug 2ft 深い using a pickaxe by torchlight when he 設立する the 400-year-old coins in a 粉砕するd pottery bowl?
The couple 報告（する）／憶測d it to the 地元の finds 連絡事務 officer and it was then sent to the British Museum for きれいにする and 身元確認，身分証明.?
The coins are now coming up for sale at Duke's Auctioneers of Dorchester, Dorset.
Mrs Fooks, a 43-year-old NHS health 訪問者, said they were taking all the 床に打ち倒すs and 天井s out and had taken them 支援する to their 石／投石する 塀で囲むs.??
'One evening, I was with the children and my husband was digging with a pickaxe when he called to say they've 設立する something,' she said.
'He put all the coins in a bucket and brought them home to me.?
'If we hadn't lowered the 床に打ち倒す they would still be hidden there.
'It is amazing and fascinating [to find the hoard].?
'I 推定する they were buried during the English Civil War and the person ーするつもりであるd to retrieve them but never got the chance.'
The 発見 at the cottage in South Poorton Farm is believed to have been buried between 1642 and 1644
Mr Fooks, an 農業の engineer, meticulously counted the hoard to find there were 1,029 in total with some 含むing gold coins 耐えるing the 直面する of King James I and King Charles I
The most 価値のある coins are a James I gold laurel coin (162 1-23 (pictured)) and Charles I gold 部隊 coin (1626-27), which are both tipped to fetch £2,000
Mrs Fooks, a 43-year-old NHS health 訪問者, (権利) said they were taking all the 床に打ち倒すs and 天井s out and had taken them 支援する to their 石／投石する 塀で囲むs
A 粉砕するd glaz ed pottery bowl was 設立する 十分な to the brim with the the 400-year-old coins?
It is thought the coins were buried during the English Civil War for 保管?and the 'person ーするつもりであるd to retrieve them but never got the chance'
The family were carrying out 広範囲にわたる work on the 所有物／資産／財産 after they had bought it in October 2019?
The couple 報告（する）／憶測d it to the 地元の finds 連絡事務 officer and it was then sent to the British Museum for きれいにする and 身元確認，身分証明
Pictured: Charles I Gold 部隊 栄冠を与える Coin (circa 1635) 価値（がある） £2,000 (left) and Charles I 二塁打 栄冠を与える (Circa 1625) 価値（がある） £2,000
The hoard also 含む／封じ込めるd Elizabeth I, Philip and Mary silver shillings and sixpences. The collection is 存在 auctioned by Duke's Auctioneers?
The hoard, which was discovered in October 2019, also 含む／封じ込めるd Elizabeth I, Philip and Mary silver shillings and sixpences.
The most 価値のある coins are a James I gold laurel coin (1621-23) and Charles I gold 部隊 coin (1626-27), which are both tipped to fetch £2,000.
The collection has been 分裂（する） into almost 100 lots by Duke's Auctioneers.
The sale takes place on April 23.
