Man stumbles across hoard of priceless coins while out for nature walk: 'Face to face with history'

An mean outpouring time rapidly became bonzer aft a nature-loving metallic detectorist unearthed a cache of past treasure.  

Marius Mangeac confirmed the find to Fox News Digital. He said helium recovered the hoard successful a tract adjacent Letca Veche, a tiny colony successful confederate Romania.

In a Facebook group, Mangeac said that helium recovered the coins "on a beauteous Saturday that didn't foreshadow thing of what was to come."

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"I took my detector and went retired alone, arsenic I often do, for workout and to unbend successful the fields and forests," helium wrote successful his post, which was translated from Romanian to English.

"I didn't deliberation this time would astonishment maine and bring maine look to look with history."

A hoard of Ancient Roman coins dating backmost 2,000 years was precocious recovered successful a tract successful Romania. (Marius Mangeac via Facebook)

But abruptly his metallic detector began beeping – and soon, Mangeac was looking astatine a hoard of 1,469 Roman coins.

Seeing the metallic denarii, Mangeac said that his bosom "[was] beating rather hard."

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"[I] adjacent thought astir pinching myself to marque definite I wasn't dreaming," the hobbyist said.

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"Whose were these coins, and what were they intended for?"

The findings dwell of 1,469 metallic denarii, which was the modular metallic coin successful Ancient Rome. (Marius Mangeac via Facebook)

Speaking to Fox News Digital, Mangeac estimated that the coins are astatine slightest 2,000 years old. 

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After 2 strenuous days of photographing the coins, helium handed them implicit to the municipality hallway successful Letca Nouă.

Mangeac said that it took him 2 afloat days to photograph the coins helium found. (Marius Mangeac via Facebook)

The metallic detectorist concluded, "I anticipation that 1 time I tin instrumentality my kid to the depository and explicate to him however I was fortunate capable to observe a leafage of our people's history."

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Mangeac's find comes weeks aft a brace of metallic detectorists recovered past treasure successful the Romanian commune of Breaza successful Transylvania.

Mangeac said that helium was humbled by his fortunate find — and hopes to spot it successful a depository 1 day. (Marius Mangeac via Facebook)

The treasure dated backmost to the Dacians, who unsuccessfully warred against the Roman Empire successful the 2nd period A.D.