Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:The renovation of a 17 th century long-house in England unearthed roughly 100 coins from during the first English Civil War. century long-house in England unearthed roughly 100 coins from during the first English Civil War. Robert Fooks struck a glazed pottery bowl with his pickaxe, revealing about 100 coins dating back to the first English Civil War. “One evening,” Betty Fooks told The Guardian, “I was with the children and my husband was digging with a pickaxe when he called to say they’ve found something. “If we hadn’t lowered the floor, they would still be hidden there,” Betty Fooks told The Guardian.