Pavlos Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Source The UK's largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure has been discovered buried beneath a field in Staffordshire. [...] The collection contains about 5kg of gold and 2.5kg of silver, making it far bigger than the Sutton Hoo discovery in 1939 when 1.5kg of Anglo-Saxon gold was found near Woodbridge in Suffolk. Leslie Webster, former keeper at the British Museum's Department of Prehistory and Europe, said: "This is going to alter our perceptions of Anglo-Saxon England as radically, if not more so, as the Sutton Hoo discoveries. "(It is) absolutely the equivalent of finding a new Lindisfarne Gospels or Book of Kells." This is fantastically exciting... Edit: There are some beautiful pictures of the metal-work here. The Guardian also has some photos; it's a wonder they haven't commissioned a special wall chart yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Nice! this field is like 20 miles from where I live lol, Where did I put that metal detector... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Nice find for historical purposes. Setting aside it's historical value, that little haul is in raw terms worth almost $US 200000 at current metals prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 That stuff looks awesome. I wish the Anglo-Saxons had invaded Texas and buried their treasure here so I could find it. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawathehutt Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 They should send it to cash for gold, they could probably get at least $20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Historians and archaeologists must be drooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW01 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 The sheer size of the find is amazing - that landowner and the one that found it are in for a nice payday soon. I've only really seen the pieces the BBC showed on the News this afternoon, but they look wonderful. Once the massive collection finds it's home (or homes), it may be worth a few trips to have a look! It would be very interesting to hear whatever theories come out on how it came to be gathered and hidden. It's often the most interesting part of Treasure Law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavlos Posted September 24, 2009 Author Share Posted September 24, 2009 That stuff looks awesome. I wish the Anglo-Saxons had invaded Texas and buried their treasure here so I could find it. :/ Technically an economic migration. Something to annoy Daily Mail readers: the English are economic migrants (coming over here, leaving us gold...). The sheer size of the find is amazing - that landowner and the one that found it are in for a nice payday soon. I've only really seen the pieces the BBC showed on the News this afternoon, but they look wonderful. Once the massive collection finds it's home (or homes), it may be worth a few trips to have a look! It would be very interesting to hear whatever theories come out on how it came to be gathered and hidden. It's often the most interesting part of Treasure Law. I'm hoping it goes into the British Museum in London as one collection; it would be a shame to split the find up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litofsky Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Very nice haul find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 I call dibbs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Te Je'karta Mand'alor Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 this thread = $_$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Reiper Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Nice! this field is like 20 miles from where I live lol, Where did I put that metal detector... Wow. You were but 20 miles away from fortune. And you didn't get it. I'd be more than angry if that happened to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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