[Qiaozhi]

Originally Posted by MIJ

X-rays reveal underground finds Roman coins

http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2012-07-10/x-rays-reveal-underground-finds/

Come on lads build me one of these.

If you read the article carefully, you will see that the X-ray scanning does not take place while the items are in the ground. The coins shown were buried inside an already excavated artifact.

I thought it was a bit odd that X-rays would be used out in the field. It sounded a dangerous pastime to me.