Rob Abbott

Rob Abbott, a metal detectorist, photographed in a field in Essex. Rob Abbott found Roman coins worth tens of thousands of pounds beneath a campsite in Wiltshire with his two detectorists companions. The hoard of 142 coins were found by Mick Rae, a 63-year-old herds manager, Robert Abbott, 53, who owns a computer shop and Dave Allen, 59, a carpenter.

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Rob Abbott, a metal detectorist, photographed in a field in Essex. Rob Abbott found Roman coins worth tens of thousands of pounds beneath a campsite in Wiltshire with his two detectorists companions. The hoard of 142 coins were found by Mick Rae, a 63-year-old herds manager, Robert Abbott, 53, who owns a computer shop and Dave Allen, 59, a carpenter.