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c/archaeology-discoveriesmitchell.shanemitchell.shane3d agoProlific Poster

That week I found a roman coin in my own backyard...

Last spring I was digging a post hole for a bird feeder and hit something hard about 8 inches down. Pulled out this little bronze disc covered in dirt, rinsed it off, and saw a guy in a toga on one side. My buddy at the county museum said it was a 3rd century Roman coin, probably lost by some trader passing through. Has anyone else ever stumbled on something like that just going about your day, not even looking?
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thomas_johnson35
Yeah that's wild, I found a 1940s wheat penny in my driveway once but a Roman coin is next level. Makes you wonder what else is buried right under our feet that we walk over every day.
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dixon.rose
Actually wheat pennies started in 1909, not the 1940s.
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