Iron Age Gold Coins Found

"Gold coins believed to be more than 2,000 years old have been discovered on farmland in Leicestershire.

Amateur treasure hunter Steve Bestwick unearthed the 10 coins, which date back to the Iron Age, after using his metal detector in a field in the south of the county.

The Gallo-Belgic Stater coins originated from an area of northern France, which is now Belgium, and pre-date the Roman invasion of Britain."

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Finding an Iron Age Burial Site

"Having wielded a metal detector for 15 years, a builder finally struck lucky when he stumbled across an Iron Age burial ground.

Steve Blair, of Heaverham Road in Kemsing, has a passion for history and archaeology and had always hoped to uncover artefacts more significant than his usual finds of Victorian pennies.

His luck changed when his detector found three cremation urns dating back to the late Iron Age and early Roman period."

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