Editing History of Jersey (section)

===Hoards===

{{see also|List of hoards in the Channel Islands}}
Evidence of occupation and wealth has been discovered in the form of [[hoards]]. In 1889, during construction of a house in Saint Helier, a 746-gram gold [[torc]] of Irish origin was unearthed. A [[Bronze Age Europe|Bronze Age]] hoard consisting of 110 implements, mostly spears and swords, was discovered in Saint Lawrence in 1976 – probably a smith's stock. Hoards of coins were discovered at La Marquanderie, in Saint Brelade, Le Câtel, in Trinity, and Le Câtillon, in Grouville (1957).<ref name="autogenerated1998">Balleine's History of Jersey, Marguerite Syvret and Joan Stevens (1998) {{ISBN|1-86077-065-7}}</ref>

In June 2012, two [[metal detectorist]]s announced that they had uncovered what could be Europe's largest [[Grouville Hoard|hoard]] of [[Iron Age]] [[Celtic coinage|Celtic coins]], 70,000 late Iron Age and Roman coins. The hoard is thought to have belonged to a [[Curiosolitae]] tribe fleeing [[Julius Caesar]]'s armies around 50 to 60 BC.<ref>{{cite web|last=Morrison |first=Ryan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-19576719 |title=BBC News - Jersey coin hoard left by Celtic tribe in flight from Caesar army |publisher=BBC |date=2012-09-13 |access-date=2012-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/celtic-tribe-fleeing-caesar-army-left-behind-thousands-of-coins-reports-customcoinstorecom-169105.htm |title=Celtic Tribe Fleeing Caesar Army Left Behind Thousands of Coins Reports CustomCoinStore.com &#124; Oct 2, 2012 |publisher=Sbwire.com |date=2012-10-02 |access-date=2013-10-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102171011/http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/celtic-tribe-fleeing-caesar-army-left-behind-thousands-of-coins-reports-customcoinstorecom-169105.htm |archive-date=2013-11-02 }}</ref>

In October 2012, another metal detectorist reported an earlier Bronze Age find, the [[Trinity Hoard]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-19896386 |title=BBC News - Bronze age pottery find in Jersey |work=BBC News |date=10 October 2012 |access-date=2012-10-11}}</ref>