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Pictured:  Robert and Becky Fooks's home (bottom right) which is situated in a small hamlet in West Dorset.<br />
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A coin hoard found hidden under a kitchen floor by a lucky couple when they renovated their new home has sold for £78,000.<br />
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Becky and Robert Fooks had recently bought the 17th century cottage when they carried out work to remove the kitchen's concrete floor to create more ceiling height.<br />
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Mr Fooks dug down 2ft with a pickaxe and unearthed a smashed glazed pottery bowl full to the brim with 400-year-old gold and silver coins.<br />
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The agricultural engineer counted 1,029 coins which included rare King James I and King Charles I examples.