Largest Anglo-Saxon Treasure Found

this looks like a must watch..i couldn't get the video to copy..sorry



GOLD HOARD PICTURES: Largest Anglo-Saxon Treasure Found

September 24, 2009--Buried for centuries in a field in central England, this finely worked, 1,300-year-old fragment of gold plate was revealed today as part of the largest Anglo-Saxon hoard ever found.

Showing two eagles flanking a fish, the Dark Ages treasure was one of more than 1,500 scattered gold and silver artifacts unearthed in July by metal detector enthusiast Terry Herbert on his friend's farm near the town of Burntwood.

"The quantity of gold is amazing but, more importantly, the craftsmanship is consummate," Kevin Leahy of the London-based Portable Antiquities Scheme said in a statement. The group records archaeological objects discovered by amateur treasure hunters in the U.K.

"This was the very best that the Anglo-Saxon metalworkers could do," Leahy said. "And they were very good."

--James Owen —Photograph by David Rowan, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/photogalleries/anglo-saxon-gold-hoard-pictures/

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/lost-gold-of-the-dark-ages-5121/Overview

I watched the video this morning, an amazing find. Makes me want to get a metal detector and go travelling!

Awesome find and thanks for pointing that out Sky!

Its things like this which make me happy buying Nexus mag, as I'm a bit one tracked focused at times. ;)


L222, I would love a minelab detector LOL (I make prototypes for minelab)

Cool beans! Do you think they would send me one to test out?....