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Title: Celtic Coin Cache found in the Netherlands
Post by: DonaCatalina on November 14, 2008, 11:30:26 AM
Celtic Coin Cache (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hIesv4ImWsNyCTxEnRUNEhAFjDzQD94E72KG0)

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — A hobbyist with a metal detector struck both gold and silver when he uncovered an important cache of ancient Celtic coins in a cornfield in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht.

"It's exciting, like a little boy's dream," Paul Curfs, 47, said Thursday after the spectacular find was made public.

Archaeologists say the trove of 39 gold and 70 silver coins was minted in the middle of the first century B.C. as the future Roman ruler Julius Caesar led a campaign against Celtic tribes in the area.

Title: Re: Celtic Coin Cache found in the Netherlands
Post by: brier patch charlie on November 24, 2008, 04:42:22 PM
Thats so cool, what a lucky man.
Title: Re: Celtic Coin Cache found in the Netherlands
Post by: Drake Starsong on December 04, 2008, 09:05:03 AM
That is awesome, who says buried treasure still doesn't exist!?