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#1 Sep 24 2009 at 12:54 PM Rating: Excellent
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A local chap who's into Metal Detecting discovered a 7th Century Saxon helemet cheek-shield (Decorated, ornate gold) in a field.

On digging further he's discovered about 1,500 gold and silver artifacts (about 11 lbs of gold & 6 lbs of silver) of amazing craftsmanship - Battle Crucifixes, Sword pommels, shield bosses, coins etc.

They're all from between 650 and 800AD (yet to be determined) and after valuation, likely to be worth between £2 and £6 Million ($3.5 to $11 Million US)

Under ancient law, it has been designated "Treasure Trove", so he splits the value with the farmer who owns the field where it was found.


I'll leave you to drool at the awesomeness
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#2 Sep 24 2009 at 12:55 PM Rating: Excellent
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I wonder if he knows that there's places where he can just mail that stuff in and they'll send him a check to use for paying off bills, buying a new car or even just a vacation.
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#3 Sep 24 2009 at 12:57 PM Rating: Good
Already on the front page, Nobby old boy.

There was that other large discovery a while back, too (Viking silver, if I recall). I guess it's a good year for amateur archaeology.

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I wonder if he knows that there's places where he can just mail that stuff in and they'll send him a check to use for paying off bills, buying a new car or even just a vacation.


Do they own their own refinery, cutting out the middle man?

Edited, Sep 24th 2009 8:57pm by Kavekk
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