Late Roman hoard coins discovered thanks to a badger. 0

[RWB]

A badger discovered the hoard while searching for food. He brought about 90 of the coins to the surface near a cave entrance where they were found by local resident Roberto Garcia.

“El tesorillo tardorromano de la cueva de La Cuesta de Berció (Grado, Asturias). Primeras valoraciones en su contexto cantábrico”

[“The Late Roman hoard of La Cuesta cave in Berció (Grado, Asturias). First evaluations from its Cantabrian location”]

Published in CUADERNOS de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Members can download the article (in Spanish) from: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/badger-discovers-roman-coins-2058585

An article in English can be found at: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/badger-discovers-roman-coins-2058585

Edited September 4, 2022 by RWB

[Henri Charriere]

@RWB:  What enquiring minds want to know is what the badger intended to do with all that metal? 

[Oldhoopster]

Don't bother buying a metal detector.  Just raise badgers 

 

[Hoghead515]

Id need to find me a good coin badger. The possums around here keep showing up empty handed. 

[JKK]

On 9/4/2022 at 9:13 AM, Hoghead515 said:

Id need to find me a good coin badger. The possums around here keep showing up empty handed. 

Eventually, though, surely you'll get all those stewed up or baked, and thus make way for the badgers.

[RWB]

On 9/4/2022 at 10:42 AM, Quintus Arrius said:

@RWB:  What enquiring minds want to know is what the badger intended to do with all that metal? 

Read the articles.

[VKurtB]

On Wisconsin!

[VKurtB]

You never heard of the Wisconsin Badgers, QA?

”On Wisconsin, On Wisconsin,

Plunge on through that line.”

Edited September 5, 2022 by VKurtB

[zadok]

On 9/5/2022 at 11:34 AM, VKurtB said:

You never heard of the Wisconsin Badgers, QA?

”On Wisconsin, On Wisconsin,

Plunge on through that line.”

...not sure he has seen a football yet....

[Henri Charriere]

On 9/5/2022 at 12:15 PM, zadok said:

...not sure he has seen a football yet....

🐓:  You gonna let him get away with that?

Q.A.:  Aw c'mon z!  Before I was a coin collector, I was a confirmed balloonatic.  My very first ride was in the Mayflower Goodyear blimp. I was 14. I snuck out onto the field where they were moored (Flushing Airport) and left a note on the steps of the gondola. Name, address, phone number. And a message: "I LOVE THE GOODYEAR BLIMPS." Next thing I know, the Captain calls and asks me if I would like a ride before they leave the city. We flew over the New York World's Fair 1964-1965--and my house.

Do I know what a football is? Yeah. I flew in one! And I still got the pictures to prove it!  [Thanks, Ricky!  Can't believe I let that one slip by.]