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Metal detectorist finds "very rare" ancient gold coin in Norway — over 1,600 miles away from its origin
CBS News ^
| DECEMBER 5, 2023 / 12:01 PM EST
| BY EMILY MAE CZACHOR
Posted on 12/05/2023 12:14:36 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv
PinGGG!........................
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posted on
12/05/2023 12:15:16 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
proof of extraterrestrial beings...
what? no? c’mon man...
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posted on
12/05/2023 12:21:55 PM PST
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
To: teeman8r
Proof that someone had a hole in his pocket...............
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posted on
12/05/2023 12:24:38 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
There was a British comedy series called “The Detectorists” that was a hoot.
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posted on
12/05/2023 12:26:05 PM PST
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
To: Red Badger
The Varangian Guard were an elite unit of the Byzantine Army from the tenth to the fourteenth century, which served as personal bodyguards to the Byzantine emperors. The were recruited among Nordic peoples and also the Saxons of England
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangian_Guard
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posted on
12/05/2023 12:29:43 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: Red Badger
Rick from Pawn Stars will give you $100 for it.
To: Red Badger
Or trade and collecting have been around forever.
I have a Greek silver coin from around 300 BC found in England in a hoard of coins in the 1880s that had about a 1500 year spread from the oldest to youngest.
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posted on
12/05/2023 12:34:15 PM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
To: PGR88
Ex-Vikings.......Good choice...................
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posted on
12/05/2023 12:34:33 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: woodbutcher1963
I bet he would, too!.............
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posted on
12/05/2023 12:35:20 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
The Byzantines hired Norse mercenaries, known as the Varangian Guard, as troops in their armies. That’s probably how the coin got to Norway
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posted on
12/05/2023 12:36:57 PM PST
by
Fai Mao
( Starve the Beast and steal its food)
To: Fai Mao
They probably were giants compared to the Byzantines.............
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posted on
12/05/2023 12:41:15 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
No surprise to those who even watched the series Vikings.
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posted on
12/05/2023 12:42:30 PM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Red Badger
Sucks to be the guy who lost that coin 1100 years ago.
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posted on
12/05/2023 12:43:25 PM PST
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: woodbutcher1963
Rick from Pawn Stars will give you $100 for it. But first, he has a buddy in Las Vegas who is an expert in long-lost Norwegian gold from the Byzantine era...
-PJ
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posted on
12/05/2023 12:47:05 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: Political Junkie Too
I caught a episode of Pawn Stars recently on YouTube where they did call in the firearms expert to examine some 18th century pistol. It looked pretty authentic. Just like something a pirate or nobleman would have in the 1700s.
They guy was trying to sell it for $3K or more. The guy looked at it and said right away that there were things wrong with the engravings on it. That it was stamped into the metal, not engraved, etc. Turned out it was a really good FAKE.
The guy was pissed. It was only worth about $150. The trouble was the guy paid $800 for it. He got scammed.
To: Political Junkie Too
Pawn stars will give you $25 for it. Because they’re just isn’t a lot of guys walking in the store. Looking to buy a gold Norwegian coin from 960.
“i’m taking a huge risk.”, Rick
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posted on
12/05/2023 1:03:18 PM PST
by
NoLibZone
(We have the nation we deserve The bad guys are willing to protest and riot while we email.)
To: Red Badger
It is a rare “Migratory Ancient Gold Coin” or It was carried there by a 5 oz. Swallow.
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posted on
12/05/2023 1:05:49 PM PST
by
TexGuy
(If it has the slimmest of chances of being considered sarcasm ... IT IS!)
To: woodbutcher1963
Funny you should mention him. I was watching Pawn Stars earlier today on youtube.
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posted on
12/05/2023 1:11:26 PM PST
by
EvilCapitalist
(81 million votes my ass.)
To: TexGuy
Must have been a European Swallow as African Swallows are non-migratory.
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posted on
12/05/2023 1:12:52 PM PST
by
EvilCapitalist
(81 million votes my ass.)
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