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A treasure hunter who uncovered the biggest hoard of 4th century Roman coins recorded in Britain spent three nights sleeping in his car to guard his find.
Laurence Egerton, a builder, took up metal detecting seven years ago and his usual hauls consisted of old ring pulls and shotgun cartridges.
But on this occasion fortune was with him. Scanning an area of ground in Seaton, East Devon, he uncovered 22,000 Roman coins dating from AD260 to AD348.
Between finding the hoard and the archaeologists excavating the site, I slept in my car alongside it for three nights to guard it, said Mr Egerton, 51.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/en...nd-of-Roman-coins-by-sleeping-in-his-car.html