The country cottage is part of a smallholding at South Poorton Farm, in a hamlet near Bridport, Dorset.
Mrs Fooks, a 43-year-old NHS health visitor, said: “It is a 400-year-old house so there was lots of work to do.
“We were taking all the floors and ceilings out and took it back to its stone walls.
“We decided to lower the ground floor to give us more ceiling height.
“One evening, I was with the children and my husband was digging with a pickaxe when he called to say they’ve found something. He put all the coins in a bucket and brought them home to me.”
She added: “If we hadn’t lowered the floor they would still be hidden there. It is amazing and fascinating.
“I presume they were buried during the English Civil War and the person intended to retrieve them but never got the chance.”
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