Discovered a thousand-year-old vault worth £ 50,000

The vault was found on a farm in Suffolk using a metal detector, consisting of 81 circles and 18 halves, during the time of King Ethelred II.

Don Crawley, 50, found the vault , Lincolnshire Live reported on September 24. The treasure was determined at the time of King Ethelred II (978-1016), the king was considered weak.

Thousand-year-old coins buried under the farm in Suffolk.(Image: Lincolnshire Live)

Among the coins was a coin from the town of Louth, Lincolnshire, more than 160km from the farm. During this period, many mint shops across England and Louth also had their own mint houses. This is the first time experts have seen this money.

The British Museum checked the coins and returned them to Crawley. He could sell them for an estimated price of around £ 50,000. He will split the amount with the owner of the farm.

Crawley has been an amateur metal detector for more than 30 years. This is his first visit to this farm."After going up a slope in the field, the metal detector emitted a strong signal. In a short time, I found 93 silver coins. I am extremely happy to spot them. I knew it right away." is a coin but it is clear later on , "he shared. Experts then checked and discovered the farm was once the land of an ancient Saxon church. They also found 6 more coins and human bones more than 1,000 years old.

Dix Noonan Webb auction center cleaned the coins and said, most likely someone feels guilty buried them in 999 fear of the upcoming new millennium and "judgment day" will take place. . The two coins were carefully folded to show an oath to a saint.

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