Craig Best, 46, and Roger Pilling, 75, were convicted in Durham of conspiring to sell criminal property worth £766,000, namely ninth century coins believed to have been buried by a Viking.
Craig Best, 46, and Roger Pilling, 75, have been convicted of conspiring to sell ninth century coins believed to have been buried by a Viking. The coins are thought to have originated from the Herefordshire Hoard, which was worth millions of pounds.
Two metal detectorists who hatched an illegal plot to sell Anglo-Saxon coins worth more than £750,000 overseas are facing jail. Craig Best, 46, a.