Gold coins from time of Crusades found in Israeli ruins

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Israeli archaeologists have found buried treasure: more than 100 gold dinal coins from the time of the Crusades, bearing the names and legends of local sultans, blessings and more -- and worth as much as $500,000.
The joint team from Tel Aviv University and Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority were working at Apollonia National Park, an ancient Roman fortress on the coast used by the Crusaders between 1241 and 1265, when they literally found a pot of gold.
“All in all, we found some 108 dinals and quarter dinals, which makes it one of the largest gold coin hauls discovered in a medieval site in the land of Israel,” Prof. Oren Tal, chairman of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Archaeology, told FoxNews.com.


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[Dilloduck]

and I cant' even find an arrowhead *sniff*.

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and I cant' even find an arrowhead *sniff*.

I found an indian head nickel once.

[Dilloduck]

I found an indian head nickel once.

BFD--how about an albino lobster ? huh huh ?

[jafar00]

and I cant' even find an arrowhead *sniff*.

Check your knees

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BFD--how about an albino lobster ? huh huh ?

In the dessert? Not likely. I'd probably have more luck running across a jackalope. Oh...but I did find a bumble bee marble the other day.