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Robin Dones is the finder of this rather attractive groat of Henry VI. It was unearthed from a field in

This is the second groat of Henry VI found by Robin Dones, in the same field as another coin of the same reign and denomination

Pictured here is a gold half sovereign of Victoria, which was found by John Lashmar whilst he was out detecting.

It’s a quite decent denarius of Antoninus Pius, whose dates are AD 138 to 161, which was sent in five minutes after it had been unearthed.

This small coin is roughly the same size as a 15th century English hammered silver halfpenny

Damon Ward said that on the 13th of October he was following a farmer’s tractor as it turned over the soil.

Tony’s latest find is a groat of Henry VIII, which was struck during the second coinage

All the silver coins of Mary (1553-58) are rare except for her groats

Detectorists who have been searching fields for a reasonable length of time will know that some hammered silver coins are far scarcer than others

This coin was found very recently by Oliver Jackson. I was asked to provide further details, including a valuation. The