[HN Gopher] Badger leads archaeologists to hoard of Roman coins ...
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       Badger leads archaeologists to hoard of Roman coins in Spain
        
       Author : Petiver
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2022-01-14 03:12 UTC (19 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.cnn.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cnn.com)
        
       | ashton314 wrote:
       | Are you sure it wasn't a niffler?
        
       | teddyh wrote:
       | Badgers probably have the same pathing algorithms as foxes.
        
       | ISL wrote:
       | My subconscious' instant reaction was to parse the headline as
       | referring to Firefly's Badger and think, "Oh, no! It's probably
       | going to go sideways...."
       | 
       | I sincerely do hope that the badger had a very fine hat.
        
       | gnabgib wrote:
       | "Archaeologists appropriate badger's priceless coin collection".
       | Many of the coins, in the pictured pre-cleaned state are hard to
       | distinguish from rocks, but there's some great samples in there.
        
         | boringg wrote:
         | I feel for the badger he was showing off his collection not
         | giving it away!
        
       | atwebb wrote:
       | If anyone finds this interesting, Roman coins are very, very
       | accessible (a few dollars a piece) and there are plenty of legit
       | listings for uncleaned coin lots (though most have been picked
       | through for anything precious). Even the silver coins are quite
       | accessible ($20-50 for starter examples).
        
       | codeulike wrote:
       | _Fanjul believes the coins were hidden by refugees sheltering in
       | the area, saying: "We think it's a reflection of the social and
       | political instability which came along with the fall of Rome and
       | the arrival of groups of barbarians to northern Spain."_
       | 
       | Quite poignant to think this was someones lifeline, desparately
       | hidden away until things improved. But things didn't improve and
       | they never made it back to recover them. And now here we are
       | 1,600 years later.
        
         | kingcharles wrote:
         | Right. I think about that every time they uncache one of these
         | hoardes. Some guy buried his life savings thinking "I'll come
         | back later", and then something intervened and he never even
         | had the chance to tell someone where it was hidden.
         | 
         | Which is worse, burying your money in the ground or keeping it
         | in your PayPal account?
        
           | Hokusai wrote:
           | The ground will not spend your money, future civilizations
           | can find it. On the other hand PayPal...
        
       | jeffalbertson wrote:
       | cant even imagine how exhilarating that must be to find a lost
       | treasure. Im well aware these probably don't have much value but
       | still super cool
        
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