Recent Historical Finds

Recent Historical Finds

Metal detectors in Myddle strike lucky!  Timeline Detection from Birmingham held a charity event in aid of the National Autistic Society on the field next to the Hillcrest Garage.  Permission was granted by local farmer Dave Everall.  The finds discovered included various silver hammered coins, an axe head and a Roman enamelled Fibula.  The Roman find takes the history of the village back several hundred years. 

From The Shropshire Star
Treasure hunters at a Shropshire metal detector rally really did strike gold when they unearthed a clutch of 600-year-old Spanish coins.
The five solid gold “doblas” date from Castile in the 1350s, during the reign of King Pedro the Cruel, and are believed to be the first of their kind ever discovered in the UK.
The coins were found at a secret location in Myddle on September 4 last year, by a pair of metal-detecting enthusiasts from Bolton.
Experts at the British Museum said the money, which was probably dropped by a soldier, was a rare find. It was officially declared treasure by mid and north Shropshire coroner John Ellery