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HI HOARD SILVER

Noonan Webb, said: “This

hoard could be worth between

£3million and £5million.”

The British Museum said:

“We can confirm a large hoard

of late Anglo-Saxon and

Norman coins was handed in.”

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by law, and gave the coins to

the British Museum to assess.

If declared treasure, it will be

up to a museum to compen-

sate them with the haul’s

value. The landowner will also

be entitled to 50% of the cash.

Nigel Mills, a consultant for

London auctioneers Dix

William the Conqueror coins,

from after the Norman

invasion of 1066.

Mr Staples and Miss Grace,

from Derby, made their find in

a farmer’s field in north-east

Somerset in January.

They told the county’s local

finds liaison officer, as required

silver coins – many of them in

mint condition and valued at

£1,000 to £5,000 each.

While smaller than the 2009

Staffordshire Hoard, it may be

£1million more valuable.

The haul is made up of King

Harold II pennies, England’s

last Anglo-Saxon king, and

BY ADAM ASPINALL

A COUPLE into metal

detecting have hit the jack-

pot after discovering a

treasure hoard believed to

be worth up to £5million.

Adam Staples and Lisa

Grace, 42, unearthed an “abso-

lutely mind-blowing” 2,571

Metal-detectorist couple dig up £5m in ancient coins

COINING IT Silver from the find

LUCKY FIND

Lisa Grace

Blood test to flag concussion

injuries. Previous studies using the two

biomarkers focused on detecting brain

lesions but subconcussive injuries do not

necessarily result in them.

Lead author Dr Linda Papa, of Orlando

Health, said the blood test could be useful

for athletes or medics at the scene of a car

crash, adding: “The technology is only a

year or two away.”

A BLOOD test to detect concussion could
be in use within two years.
The test looks for proteins called GFAP
and UCH-L1 that are found in our brains
and released into blood after an injury.
Higher levels could indicate a concussion
or a subconcussive injury – which often
show no immediate symptoms but cause
wear and tear on the brain with repeated

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DAVINA McCall is

often slammed for

showing off her figure

in skimpy outfits.

But the TV host, 51,

defied her critics as

she posted this snap,

writing: “Shameless

bikini selfie. End of.”