LONDON—Adam Staples knew he’d found something when his metal detector let out a beep. And then another. And another.
Soon “it was just ‘beep beep, beep beep, beep beep,’” Staples said.
An Edward the Confessor Pyramid coin (1065-6), part of the Chew Valley Hoard of 2,584 coins, buried in the turmoil following the Norman Invasion of Britain in 1066, on display at the British Museum in London on Oct. 22, 2024. Alastair Grant/AP Photo
