Amsterdam. A man with a metal detector has found a trove of ancient Celtic and Germanic coins in a cornfield in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht. City authorities say the gold and silver coins date from the middle of the first century BC, when Julius Caesar was leading military campaigns in the region. The treasure hunter found the coins this spring, leading to an archaeological investigation. The Celtic coins bear triple spirals on the front, and the silver pieces were imported from Germanic tribes further north.
It's not fair. How come I never find any treasure troves of ancient gold with my metal detector? There must have been an occasion in prehistory when a boatload of Celts or Assyrians or Phoenicians got blown across the ocean and then wandered around till they got to Minnesota or Wisconsin and then buried their treasure to free their arms for swatting mosquitoes.
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