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Rare coins uncovered by metal detector – and they have staggering value

You don't need to win the lottery to land yourself a fortune – as these metal detectorists found out when they unearthed a load of rare coins from hundreds of years ago

And this was the case for some metal detectorists, who recently found a haul of coins from the Saxon and Norman era. In the minute-long video, it shows the group of people with their metal detectors finding hundreds of rare coins under the ground in Somerset. A third chimed in: "Lucky b*****s", while a fourth admitted: "My dad found a hoard of Roman coins, metal detecting and had to send them off, they are in our local museum now.

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