A father-and-son metal detecting duo discovered a “priceless” treasure trove of 17 rare historic coins.
Sławomir and Szymon Milewscy found the coins near Pomiechówek, a village in the Mazovia region of east-central Poland.
The silver coins, dated to the 16th and 17th centuries, came to light during a search by the Polish Association of Prospectors in collaboration with the Triglav Historical and Research Association. The search aimed to uncover evidence of a road from the time of the Roman Empire, but the effort resulted in a very different kind of discovery.
“We have a treasure. We didn’t expect this at all,” the prospectors association said in a Facebook post on November 3.
“We will start with the historical value—this one for us is priceless,” the association said in another post on November 4.
While Piotr Duda, …