“Fearing they could be stolen, Moss slept with the hoard in his car for three days before taking it to experts.”
David Moss and Ian Nicholson unearthed two clay pots in north Wales containing what may be up to 15,000 Roman coins. Moss spent three nights sleeping in his car to protect the find before getting it to archaeologists. This is potentially one of the largest Roman coin hoards ever found in the UK, discovered by hobbyists with metal detectors rather than professional excavations. The best archaeological finds often come from people just poking around in fields.