A hobbyist unearthed 4.5 kilos of Late Iron Age coins in Sysmä, marking the biggest find in Finland to date.
More pictures on the Finnish language article: https://yle.fi/a/74-20244887
[Archaeology] Finland: Metal detector enthusiast strikes Viking-era windfall
[Archaeology] Finland: Metal detector enthusiast strikes Viking-era windfall
Petkeljärven rantaan vie kivikkoinen Kyymäentie, vaan yhä vielä siitä saa Hevonkuuseen matkustaa
Re: [Archaeology] Finland: Metal detector enthusiast strikes Viking-era windfall
Whoah!
How I dream of making a similar find myself one day 
Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.
Re: [Archaeology] Finland: Metal detector enthusiast strikes Viking-era windfall
Indeed, I've been dreaming of getting a metal detector for a while now
But not because I want to find a gold stash, though that would be fun, but because I just want to use one lol
Petkeljärven rantaan vie kivikkoinen Kyymäentie, vaan yhä vielä siitä saa Hevonkuuseen matkustaa
Re: [Archaeology] Finland: Metal detector enthusiast strikes Viking-era windfall
Same! 
I actually knew a guy here whose side gig was looking for old coins around in the fields in Serbia and then he would sell them online.
We have a ton, and he would usually find one or two that are perhaps common, a lot of Roman stuff and earn a bit of money for them.
Nothing spectacular (and legitimacy of that is also a bit questionable) but it just sounded like fun looking for random stuff with the metal detector
Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.
Re: [Archaeology] Finland: Metal detector enthusiast strikes Viking-era windfall
Yeah its funny how Roman coins are pretty worthless, unless found in a specific context/setting, and even then the value is not monetary but for historical dating purposes. I had a buddy of mine come from holiday in southern Europe, he excitedly showed me a Roman coin he had bought for "only 50€!" and I had to show him that he could have gone online and bought like 10 of the same coins for 20€
Petkeljärven rantaan vie kivikkoinen Kyymäentie, vaan yhä vielä siitä saa Hevonkuuseen matkustaa
Re: [Archaeology] Finland: Metal detector enthusiast strikes Viking-era windfall
Poor Roman empire, fell apart and its currency is still worthless even today
Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.
Re: [Archaeology] Finland: Metal detector enthusiast strikes Viking-era windfall
I think thats the hyperinflation we were talking about earlier
Petkeljärven rantaan vie kivikkoinen Kyymäentie, vaan yhä vielä siitä saa Hevonkuuseen matkustaa