Time Team S17-E07 Cunetio

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

John's three days of work in finding the entire town is amazing and something he and his team should be very proud of! Great Job, John!

[@bobschenkel7921]

Phil teaching Tony proper pro-nun-c-a-tion is too funny. Wiltshire rules!

[@laurie4275]

"I didn't want an address for it!" 🤣🤣🤣 Phil always cracks me up.

[@corneliawissing7950]

Me too!!!!

[@jameswells554]

I love this show. It never lets me down; even if I am rewatching old episodes.

[@oldtimer5283]

Yep i agree

[@Jigger2361]

...im "im let down" by the later ones with Alex and Mary Ann, the harbingers of its demise

[@ruththinkingoutside.707]

Phil..why is it always me? Tony..because you’ll do it ;) 😂😂 Phil is one of the best things the universe has given to us.. 😁

[@deborahparham3783]

He is indeed.

[@Invictus13666]

He is in fact a gigantic turd, manufactured for telly so you sheep lap it up, hooting and gurgling.

[@gazzaboo8461]

It's weird to think the British Roman period was a similar time span as the 1600's to the present day. That's the period of Elizabeth I, Shakespeare, Kepler, Galileo, the Mayflower, the civil war, right up to now! 400 years is a very long time yet we just call that whole span 'Roman Britain'. I imagine from the first century to the fifth, even the Romans would have lost and forgotten about dozens of forts, and even whole towns. We've had maps and records for hundreds of years in more modern times and yet we manage to misplace castles, palaces, massive mansions from just a couple of centuries ago.

[@paulthetallsigma1552]

I love watching time team.

[@barbaradiamond4792]

I think this is one of the top 5 programs ... I just love it . watch it for hours. Thank you for the show.

[@jdfireworks1969jd]

To me Phil seems like the crazy uncle that everybody loves

[@Nirrrina]

Yes he does. He just loves sharing what he learns with everyone. I was always similar with my niece, nephew & cousins. It led to me instantly becoming brave & catching a big weird noisy but harmless North Texan Cicada. Freaky bug. My niece, nephew & their friends loved learning about it up close. Their dads wouldn't come within ten feet of me holding it. Nothing can beat learning about something up close. Luckily good documentaries come close. Especially since my fibromyalgia hates cold wet weather.

[@dickmcshan9778]

I agree, absolutely.

[@SerDunk]

There's always one of em in the family hehe :)

[@SueOtness]

I have a terrible crush on Phil.

[@GregPorterOPS44]

Mine-ull. Rhymes with Final. Got it.

[@lucygray6162]

The Geo-Phys team has got to be the most cardiovascular-fit people ever. Imagine trekking across fields and rolling hills for hours carrying that equipment.

[@1234cheerful]

Indeed! John said they walked 55 kilometers--that is about 25 miles!, they walked a marathon, just about! Well you notice they are all very trim and youngish...

[@Mimzie-Arizona]

Amazing how it took so long to attach it to a vehicle

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

I love the whole Romano-British era. I'd watch and entire series just based on that!

[@monicacausey1889]

But I am so glad Time Team doesn’t focus on just one section of the amazing British history.

[@angelitabecerra]

Phil trying to explain to Tony how to pronounce the local village name is like North Carolinians trying to explain that Cherryville is pronounced "chur vull" and not "Cherry ville" 🤣

[@janielaurel]

Like Kentuckians explaining "no, it's LOO VUL, not LueeeeVille" HAHA

[@angelitabecerra]

@@janielaurel Right?

[@mariansmith7694]

I'm a Gardner and am always stunned by the dark English soil.

[@jonjharrington]

I don't know why people are expecting Phil to remember an exact location in a large field that he spent maybe a week or so in possibly 20 or more years ago. Even if he could narrow it down to a vague area, I'd be astounded if he'd be able to give them an exactly location to drop a 4mx6m trench on top of.

[@barbmcconnaughey3070]

Mid 70’s…🤠

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

more like 40....

[@thorgodinson3632]

Some day my driveway will be called a Millennial hoard, I just went out and threw 10 coins in it. Now I will seed the fire pit area, under the deck and... well I guess my couch already has hoard status. 10 coins, that,s apparently all it takes. lol. I know, I know its not the same. What about 2k years from now when someone excavates our gigantic rubbish pits and finds all the coins sucked up by the vacuum? I want a time machine!

[@judithkelly9865]

Garett MacLean z

[@elizabethmcglothlin5406]

I've always wondered about hoards. In your system, any of my boy children would qualify. On the occasions when I've had no choice but to do a thorough clean, the sheer quantity of loose change was extraordinary!

[@jenniferholden9397]

Garett MacLean My sofa must be considered as a hoard, there's lots of coins down the back.

[@pistolannie6500]

We world won't b here n 2000 years, not likely even anywhere near 200.

[@corneliawissing7950]

@@pistolannie6500 , I was a full-time teacher, which meant the week's washing was done on Fr. nights. One of the 3 children had to help (they took turns) and the evening's helper got to keep all the loose change that came out of the machine. Not one of them ever complained about having to help. I suspected my dearly beloved husband (he died nearly 21 years ago) of 'seeding' his pockets.

[@simongentry]

ever need a pick me up? watch time team!

[@Jigger2361]

..yes, the ones without Mary Ann and Alex

[@uncannydan]

(Burying a pot to be filled with coins) Phil: 'why is it always me??' Tony: 'Cause you'll do it!' (With a slight authoritative voice) hahaha my favorite. Now where's the local pub? Cheers to Time Team~

[@deborahparham3783]

It is always you Phil because nobody does it better.

[@stannousflouride8372]

Location on Google Earth: 51°25'24.5"N 1°41'23.3"W Not much to see in the satellite view, it looks recently planted. But the surrounding fields show lots of crop marks that line up with the area of Cunetio.

[@adamsjerome1839]

If you have the pleasure of visiting the east coast of Canada, especially Newfoundland you will find the accents differ from outport to outport even though geographically the may be a few kilometers from one to another.

[@TheSpikehere]

The fact that Phil knew exactly how to get to Mildenhall in Suffolk, suggests that he went on some of the C.N.D. demos there in the early '80s.

[@monicacausey1889]

Love Phil saying, “Never thought I would be taking English languages from Phil Harding.” 🙂

[@awallner1]

That's amazing that they found them in a wheel barrel. How convenient and my favorite kind of barrel.

[@angelitabecerra]

But a wheel barrow isn't a barrel 🤔

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

Beer barrel for me 😊

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

​@angelitabecerra but it will help you get one home 😂

[@davidcarmichael8394]

since it rains so much where these investigations take place why not bring along more waterproof tents, and, design and build a geophys cart that is waterproof. Only suggestions, as I live in dry land region of The Mallee in Australia I'd hate to work in the rain as Time Team does. I love Time Team and hope for more for many years to come.

[@corneliawissing7950]

You should wangle an invite for TT to visit your area. They always bring rain ... or seem to ...

[@aaronm9139]

An American Mendenhall here - very interested in my ancestral homeland going back to Mildenhall, Wilts. Was planning on visiting in 2020, but then COVID... Would love to visit a Mildenhall pub someday. I knew it had a Minall spelling, but didn't know the locals still called it that.

[@martcrins]

How great would it be to dig up the complete site, buy the land from the farmer, give him a good price for it, dig it all up and make a beautiful museum. Maybe rebuild some of the buildings. Such a waste to leave all this history hidden away.

[@magster6022]

The idea is to find out as much as they can while still leaving as much as possible untouched. Exposing the whole site to English weather would destroy it for future generations, as they say on other episodes

[@mattkaustickomments]

I think the hoard is a result of the “penny pot” part of the bank being left in place because it just wasn’t worth it to dig it up when the town moved and the town figured they would just leave it to the gods and call it even. On the other hand, the nickels, dimes, and quarter pots were worth the trouble so they were retrieved when the town closed shop.

[@LintonHerbert]

Great to see Ian the incorruptible again.

[@claudiosaltara7003]

Jude Irwin. I agree with you. I had to learn English and I know what you are talking about, I do not want to go into details otherwise I will sound to critical. It is their language and they speak unconcerned for other speakers of other languages.

[@Mimzie-Arizona]

But why did the Roman's leave the money? By the way, cute picture of Phil Harding

[@bisibisbi]

Matt is such a cutie!

[@phoule76]

there's an episode where they make him move tons of stone, and he strips naked to put on the period clothing. happy hunting!

[@laurajtilley]

Roman travelodge, I'm dead hahaha

[@Hypatia4242]

Is it possible the coins came from a house of ill repute? They keep mentioning the price of a lady of the night, and they have yet to find industry in the area. A brothel would explain the low quality coins, wouldn't it?

[@oldtimer5283]

Wash your mouth out...

[@minimaker5600]

@@oldtimer5283 Fact of life!

[@kelvincasing5265]

A house of ill repute with a great reputation!

[@zachariasrenateb]

How do you tell the Team h ow much you enjoy they're participation in this adventure over the last 20-yrs?

[@RKHageman]

Renate Zacharias Write a letter to Wessex Archaeology- Phil Harding is still with them, AFAIK.

[@charlesachurch7265]

Best episode ever!

[@unwindedcom]

Killing me that there is such a large Archaeological site and all the dug up was a few walls. This should have been a big special and they should have stayed for at least 2 weeks :)

[@Blagger3000]

Two years....

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

The point of Time Team was they were a test pit. Full blown digs are Not cheap and they want to know they are digging constructively? So they contributed massively to knowledge of what is out there, to be investigated properly when finances and technology allow. Whilst generating massive interest in people who would have had no idea what archeaology is!

[@Jigger2361]

...it's testing to see what's what and pave the way for future digs by other groups

[@jameswebb4593]

As you can see on other TT digs where previous archaeologists have attacked sites with no definite plan and made it hard for present day enthusiasts. Time team want to leave something for future archaeologists to discover.

[@regnbuetorsk]

i'd buy the whole area and donate it to a museum

don't let us stop you.

[@OrontesRM]

young Phil!!!!!

[@saintboudreau1545]

the coin collection is curious.......how did all the robbers miss that in 2k years.....

[@robynw6307]

I am curious as to how they know that the place was called Cunetio if they have not idea what was there or how big it was.

[@christinemaupin9674]

Just love your show

[@vickywhitesell4156]

That new geophys cart needs a big umbrella roofed over it! So much for new teck in the wet British iles.

[@kimjameson7979]

When a person considers the source of the hoard, one wonders if the Romans had a toll booth for "offerings" at the conjunction of roads and the hoard was found at their secured counting house, some distance away. As "tolls" were collected, they'd be taken to the "bank" for holding, accounting and distribution to payments and, of course, Rome. The other alternative is the same, only being hidden in a buried pot, the suspicious man might think what was found was the one cent on the dollar contribution to the grand poobah's secret retirement fund, he had hidden really well under the floor, when something bad happened. History often repeats itself, doesn't it? Just thinkin'...

[@BlackIjs]

That was a lot of stone 'robbed out' after the Romans left.

[@sage3306]

Probably a $100,000 piece of equipment and it doesn't have an enclosed cab? Or at least an umbrella? Weird

[@CravingCanada]

19:42 ‘John and his magic finger’

[@claudiosaltara7003]

My question is what happened to all the masonry that made up the Roman town?

[@readmycomment3157]

Often used in the successive centuries as an easy source of stone for new buildings

[@robbied2113]

Mark is like a bizarro John. Those glasses are standard issue when you get your geophysics credentials

[@Denusa]

My question is what is the modern hoard time team says they got from a bank 35:45 ? are they actual english coins or they like tokens for like a street fair?? or simple metal disks???

[@micheleploeser7720]

Lidar guys, Lidar !!!

[@dinx556]

Excellent TT.

[@connorfullerton2626]

Phol-Mac Ri of the shovel bums!Knight him Chuck!

[@kristianstipe]

I wonder if anyone has dug up their modern hoard yet...

[@flitsertheo]

Even if those 50.000 coins are only 1P each, that's still 500£. And they buried it in a field that is still plowed. I don't think they left it behind.

[@treksez]

they should get a quadropter, aerial shots would look amazing for the trenches

[@CompetitiveAudio]

treksez Back in 1994 when the series started quadropters and such were pretty much a dream even in 2012 when the series ended. But it sure would be a great idea if the series ever came back into production..

[@justaguitardude]

+CompetitiveAudio yeah, im into quads.. building 3 right now. anyhow, the technology really was not there for joe public until the nintendo wii was released.. guys figured out the wii remote with all its tech could be used to build a flight controler for a quad also more efficient brushless motors helped too, carbon also.. lots of things happen at the right point int time to make these things possible for the price point they are now. you can build a 250 size race quad for around 150.00, where it gets expensive is when you go up in size. . and now a few short years later the hobby is growing so fast.. its amazing every day i see people joing the forum who have no interest in RC airplane.. but are all about quads.. or as the media has named them and it has stuck drones.. i hate the word drone. to me a drone is something the military uses.. not joe public.. but whatever, drone, quad, multirotor.. its a fun hobby.. and if you learn to fly with out all the training wheels ( robot stuff, auto leveling/stabilizing.. waypoints, etc )its a challenge to fly.. that is what i love i guess. the challenge of flying one in acro mode.. no stabilizing etc.. just you and your thumbs to keep that beast in the air.. i figure by spring i will start a AP multirotor build.. maybe a hex, or a oct. 690 size. p.s its very cool what the multirotors have been able to add to photography. very fun hobby. im still a noob.. but its fun to get started in a hobby that is so young. its cool to watch it grow and see trends come and go.. right now 180 size race quads are very popular. who knows maybe next year it will be all about huge AP builds.. but i have a feeling the main reason for the popularity of the FPV race quads is they are more robust, they take a crash better, cheaper to build.. and you do not need a whole lot of space. if you are not crashing, you are not flying.. is the motto of flying quads.. and the sad thing is its true.. its a money pit in the long run.. as you break props so often compared to a airplane.. o well still fun. now i just need a 3d printer and ill be set for this hobby.

[@CompetitiveAudio]

+Chris c My other interest is amateur radio. There are a number of 'hams' who fly everything from RC, to high altitude balloons (65k feet) and such with cameras. The amateur radio license allows us much higher transmitter power so we are able to 'view' a flight from hundreds of miles away. Fascinating views as the flight altitude of quads is lower plus hover ability gives great video opportunities... As Quads become more 'off the shelf' prices will drop as the features increase.

[@justaguitardude]

CompetitiveAudio hi, yeah im looking into getting a ham license for FPV stuff. i will only need a basic license for fpv. but im holding off as im just now adding FPV to my current builds to see if its something im interested in. fpv -- first person view.. you fly through goggles.. i have all the parts just have to give it a try if its something i will enjoy i will get my ham license so im legal no matter what FAA laws come . hopefully the basic test wont be to hard.. not had to take a test in a few years since college. :D i agree with you tho.. the prices will continue to drop. from what i can tell you can bet quads will be a hot seller come christmas. i always recommend the blade nano qx as ones first quad.. its great flyer, you can fly in your house.. take crash after crash.. has auto level and acro mode ( i recommend keep auto level off, you will become a better pilot quicker ).. that is how i learn to fly.. best 60.00 i ever spent.. as i crashed like crazy till i got the hang of it. heh. hope you have a great day. :)

[@CompetitiveAudio]

+Chris c There's a website called QRZ.COM which has practice exams you can utilize. The class of license you will need to study for is "Technician" which is not difficult at all. Who knows, maybe the ham license will lead to further ways to spend your hard earned income LOL I've been continuously licensed since I was a kid back in 1969.

[@Irish_For_Life1842]

Just FYI. There appears to be a bit of confusion. Per Time Team there are only 12 episodes. In their listing we have Potted History (Mildenhall) | Series 17 Episode 6. In IMDB agrees with Time Team that there are only 12 episodes. However they don't have Potted History at all. Instead they have Time Team S17-E07 Cunetio. Somehow the names are messed up. The two shows are exactly the same!!! This is the link to episode six Time Team has out and they earn from our watching it there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJeZf3mNgrGjeqc To be clear I am not affiliated with Time Team in any way except being a fan. TYVM.

[@TeresaTrimm]

First aired May 23, 2010.

[@liamshepard3981]

Wiltshire in Phil Harding's home county

[@Everywhere2]

+Liam Shepard - He was born in Oxford, but was carried off to Wiltshire before he was totally ruined.

[@liamshepard3981]

+Everywhere2 Your right he was born in Oxford but he was brought up in Wiltshire you can tell by his accent

[@flitsertheo]

Wiltshire, where police cars were painted mud brown (with a dash of fat custard yellow). Fitting, if you see this here.

[@michaelmaciejewicz7534]

We are coming there to meet our neighbors We are in Plymouth 😇

[@cookielady9995]

Neil makes me crazy! Bring Mick back!

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

Mick Aston died in 2013

[@nitahuncke5541]

Is this possibly why he's there? He replaced Mick? Because Mick died. They didn't say when and we don't know when this time was on the video

[@lisacook9482]

@@nitahuncke5541 Mick did not care for the Roman digs. He was more interested in the prehistoric and medieval times.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

@@nitahuncke5541 No. *Mick Aston* died a little after the show closed. He left before the 20th and last season. He was a rather ill man most of his life but very popular with almost everyone he knew. It's worth the couple of minutes watching, here on YT, the video of his funeral cortège.

[@nickrich56]

... where's the nearest pub. ... they use that phrase alot. Me too. Check out Dig Village on U2b to see some familiar faces

[@enterthecarp7085]

I reckon, I learn dialect and pronunciation as much as the brilliant archeology,

[@TheSpikehere]

@29:00... "It's a really strong spike." I couldn't have put it better myself.

[@silkysays3557]

Bb...Bed & Breakfast? Roman Style...Mancio?

[@maeve4686]

I DearBBC... I wish this hadn't been canceled. England has such a rich history of multiethnic cultural invasions that left a mark on its entire country, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland. Every country had its turn from Celtic tribes that settled there until the Roman's tried their hand at it. Sort of like the First Order...lol. & on with Vikings, Saxons, etc. I would think, since it's been 6 or 7 years since the last filming of the Team, a new family could be brought together. Matt, Raksha, Tracy , Faye & the doctor Alice Robert's heading the team. Forgive me ,as I'm sure another fan has their favs & could start this up to urge BBC. We fans can only hope! Just imagine what it would do for morale !

[@lizzy66125]

not the BBC but Channel4

[@reganbealer992]

Well, at least I know that I would be of no use field walking for geophysics; as "I" would look like a drunken bloke on the "marauders map"! lol.

[@Nirrrina]

55,000? I'd be so freaking tempted to just keep my mouth shut. Except I wouldn't because of the historical significance. But oh boy that would be a nice treasure. Screw selling it. I'd just want to play with it. Just running it back & forth through my hands & count it. Then 5-10 minutes later I'd get bored & wander off. Alas I probably couldn't run my fingers through it because it could potentially damage the coins. Better to let the experts properly deal with such a big find. But until they are there and can properly secure the site from looters I'd most definitely be keeping my mouth shut about it. I wouldn't tell anyone except the proper authorities & I'd make sure I had the right authorities. With that many finds I'd ask if I could have a smaller coin placed inside a little display locket. That way I could wear it as a necklace without hurting it & it would be protected.

[@pattimessenger6214]

Nirrrina: I’m American. But I have read of coin hoards being found before in England, and the finder being compelled to “sell” the coins. I believe this is the agency involved. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Heritage_Memorial_Fund

[@peterkarargiris4110]

Can anyone fluent in Latin tell me how to write what Tony said at the start - the 'We've got three days to dig it' bit. It would look great on a tee shirt. Cheers.

[@DickHolman]

Tres dies fodies

[@peterkarargiris4110]

Ok, thanks.

[@DickHolman]

That was by googletranslate, so it's accuracy is dodgy. :) A Latin teacher will give you a much better range of translations, e.g.the one Tony used.

[@elenauffa5201]

In tres diebus nobis cogniscendum est, I think

[@judeirwin2222]

You know, most of us learning other languages (I'm learning Portuguese), welcome the opportunity to learn how to be better from native speakers. If nobody helps us, we may get 'stuck' in bad habits, poor pronunciation and mistakes. Had you considered that? I AM giving him a break.

[@saintboudreau1545]

no point to learning a languages if you do not live with the people of that area..if you do they will teach you proper communication . if you communicate there are no mistakes...........

[@marcusjohns5166]

And this one won't play, either. What is going on???

[@janinealderete2633]

gotta love tony and his wee legs

[@JamesPetty-sb5gf]

That was 2 should be and a maybe

[@OnlyOneTubing]

"oh, Jigga" 24:09

[@Jigger2361]

...you called??

[@JimmyN48]

What if they buried the hoard to avoid the tax man.

[@PaulMahon-w2b]

He'll looks like they were the tax man😂😂😂😂

[@pattimessenger6214]

“Regional tax collection center.” That explains the coin hoard.

[@justwaterplease5835]

Patti Messenger wow youre really smart

[@liamshepard3981]

Phil and his Wiltshire Accent

[@Spitalhatch]

Ooh Damme ahhh!

[@Wally-H]

Actually it's 'Oh God, ahhhh!'

[@rayg4360]

Where was the stone re used ?

[@goodhealthgoodtimes]

Phil's got it right. *&^%! Revenuers! Let's clear out!

[@janicehill5605]

You're hilarious 😂

[@WOLFROY47]

just a thought, soldiers needed to get paid, could it be that this hoard was meant for the soldiers, but for whatever reason they didnt get it ?

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

It was buried in a pot.

[@michaelmaciejewicz7534]

What time of month are you doing this in ??

[@flitsertheo]

Considering the weather it must be summer, English summer.

[@Jigger2361]

...it was a Tuesday 4:56 pm

[@niccoarcadia4179]

Cuentio? How about 'Coin'-netio?

[@hackingcivilization500]

So is it that prostitutes were cheap, or that haircuts were expensive..?

[@earache294]

Yes......

[@Fox1nDen]

hahahahahahahahah

[@wellohmeeeeeee]

Why doesn't the BBC take up Time Team... most of the BBC history progs are rather dry, academic and far too 'war battles and weapon' focused

[@CompetitiveAudio]

wellohmeeeeeee I would guess Time Team was too much "entertainment" for the Beeb.. For a program made for commercial television it was one of the best these tired eyes have ever seen. As late as 2013 Tony stated his belief that Time Team had still got life in it and suggested that after a three- or four-year absence it could make a return.. Sadly, many of the academic members, Professor Mick Aston, historian Robin Bush, Beric Morley and others have passed away. But it would be wonderful if the show's producer Tim Taylor decided to give it a re-boot as long as the formula was kept the same before the decline in season 19 and 20...Catching "Lightning" twice is always tough.

[@TheSpikehere]

I beg to differ. It isn't a question of "dry" vs "entertainment". Aunty had been at the cutting edge of history progamming since the 50s. But having replaced "Chronicle" with "Timewatch" at roughly the same time that Channel Four came into being, even if Tim Taylor had offered them Time Team in the early 90s they wouldn't have had the money to take him up on it, having entered into agreements to provide "Timewatch" to broadcasters around the world. It has to be remembered that the Beeb operates on a shoestring unlike their commercial rivals.

[@electric_kool-aid]

wellohmeeeeeee same with American History Channel. Just crap reality shows and non informative shows that are a joke.

[@ste1072]

wellohmeeeeeee well you have to pay for the bbc and 2 the bbc is shit!!

[@Wally-H]

Because it costs too much money to make. Imagine how cheap it is to get one presenter to travel round the country with a producer, cameraman and sound operator, putting together different 'piece to camera' exerts on a given subject and boom, with a bit of post-production, you have a history programme. Time Team cost Channel 4 a fortune to make, and once its viewing figures started to slide, down went the advertising revenue and it was the beginning of the end. These days most TV is made 'on the cheap', with our screens filled with fly-on-the-wall documentaries and 'who can bake the best cake' scenarios. It is highly unlikely that big budget TV like this will ever be made again. If the BBC were forced to do it, you'd probably get Phil Harding with his shovel, doing the whole lot as that's all they would pay for lol

[@MrBigaussieal]

try their Facebook page

[@allmightlionthunder5515]

Ludus Gallicus gladiator training school complex for that money horde? maybe.

[@Headwind-1]

so its not lost .. .

[@sayheytome]

the man with the hat looks like a hobbit! i'll buy him free drinks at the pub just to hear him talk.

[@areyouavinalaff]

how does buying free things work?

[@pistolannie6500]

@@areyouavinalaff Aaahh, buy'em a damn pint anyway!

[@brianhaskard1042]

Find a board of 55000 Roman coins, but don't bother to record its location? They found 1237 15th Century coins near me at Fishpool in 1966, I'm certain the site was marked!

[@shelleyblondeau2205]

Bad file upload - the whole thing is blurry

[@Tailss1]

They say history repeats itself, and the assumption that this settlement died under bureaucracy and government meddling is eerily reminiscent of places today.

[@readmycomment3157]

I love time team but its inaccurate to say the romans had coins, this was before coinage was common

[@DT-sb9sv]

What are you talking about? Each Emperor had his own coinage minted. There are pre-Roman coins in existence dating back to the Bronze age.

[@angelitabecerra]

You do realize that each Emperor had his own coins that circulated right? Also each new Empress. Romans widely used coins, both in Rome and in all their provinces. Hell, the local tribes in Britain minted and used coins before the Roman invasion.

[@readmycomment3157]

@@angelitabecerra those weren't coins they were metallic tokens impressed with the head of whichever ruler was in charge at the time

[@angelitabecerra]

@Read My Comment You're not very bright are you?

[@readmycomment3157]

@@angelitabecerra rude and inaccurate, I'm actually an amateur scholar of post victorian roman history

[@redpanda9659]

#TIMETEAMIN2020S

[@lizzy66125]

Roman Travel lodge😂😂

[@lesliesylvester3206]

The people who owned this money must have been slaughtered or died by some epidemic

[@Wally-H]

Or they left in a hurry. Nobody is certain exactly what happened when the Saxons started raiding our shores - some historians think they invaded and fought their way across Britain, others think it was more of a peacemeal settlement. For sure there is a strong likelihood that the Britons left in these towns after the Romans departed in 411 AD had a very tough time and were either as you say, killed, or they had to scarper and didn't have time to recover their haul. They may have simply buried it there in the hope they would be able to return and recover it one day, but could not do so.

[@a.westenholz4032]

@@Wally-H Indeed. The size and weight of the horde alone would make it impossible to take anywhere. So whoever it belonged to may have taken something from it before they left, as much as they thought they could safely carry, and secured the rest thinking they would return later. Besides, while I'm sure they regretted having to leave all those coins behind, the coins were of low value, and would not have been worth the trouble or risk all things considered. For whatever reason, no one ever came back for those coins. But I do think this horde and others like it from this period start more to look like that it may not have been so unusual to keep a stash of coins buried somewhere nearby as an emergency fund or savings. Even if a person's house or town got trashed and burnt down, looted by somebody, people would still be able to return and likely find that their buried stash was still there though all else was gone.

[@judeirwin2222]

Reijar - it's "sheer scale"; "shear" means to cut off, as in shearing a sheep.

[@stannousflouride8372]

+Jude Irwin He's Dutch, transcribing phonetically. Give him a break and be thankful that he spent 3.5 months posting these for our edification and pleasure.

[@Itsatz0]

+Jude Irwin Your English is so terrible I am considering jumping off a sheer cliff.

[@judeirwin2222]

+itsatz Bye, then! Enjoy the trip!

[@Itsatz0]

Jude Irwin Nah, that would be sheer nonsense.

[@KYIRISH1]

Wouldn't Phil know approximately where the coin hoard was since he participated in the dig that uncovered it? Seems rather contrived on this point. I realize the show is made for TV and suspense is desirable, but we're told he's from the area and there's a photo of him digging there.

[@pokekitty1]

KYIRISH1 it was 20 years ago memory tends to get hazy over time also don't forget he has a certain fondness for beer.

[@KYIRISH1]

Beer is good.

[@cherilj1]

I think Phil is great but tony makes me laugh

[@TheGuul667]

Ah, they let Holbrook out again for this one. Trying to get to grips with a site of this size and complexity in 3 days can only amount to one thing - a half-arsed job. Lo and behold ...

[@tehbonehead]

14:43 Heh. She said "anus."

[@areyouavinalaff]

35:31 he needs his hair cut, but he opted for what she's got for him lol

[@susanmitchell1150]

Are you 'avin a laugh? Is he 'avin a laugh?