Reg Mead and Richard Miles spent 30 years searching a field based on Jersey
Their find of gold and silver coins has been dated to around the first century BC
Trumps the previous find of 54,951 Iron Age coins made in Wiltshire in 1978
Treasure һᴜпteгѕ have set a record for the largest coin hoard discovered in the British Isles after unearthing 69,347 Roman and Celtic coins that were Ьᴜгіed three feet beneath a hedge in Jersey, Channel Isles.
Metal detectorists Reg Mead and Richard Miles spent 30 years searching the field for the £10million treasure after a woman described seeing what looked like silver buttons in the area.
Their find – made in 2012 – trumps the previous record holding discovery of 54,951 Iron Age coins ᴜпeагtһed in Wiltshire in 1978.
Britain’s largest coin hoard of gold and silver pieces was found under a hedge on Jersey in the Channel Islands