pictured above are just a few of the many finds that out of work Terry Herbert found metal detecting in Staffordshire,
and here is the lucky fellow, the find announced yesterday unveiled the largest and most valuable hoard of Saxon gold in history – 1,500 pieces of treasure, it was first discovered in July in a field owned by a friend in Staffordshire, within days, the 55-year-old former coffin factory worker from Walsall had filled 244 bags,
the haul includes beautiful gold sword hilts, jewels from Sri Lanka, exquisitely carved helmet decorations and early Christian crosses, outside the worlds of Indiana Jones and Channel Four’s Time Team, archaeologists are not usually known for their exuberance, but yesterday the superlatives about the Staffordshire Hoard were flying, some spoke of the find as the new Lindisfarne Gospels or Book of Kells, they are intricately illuminated manuscripts of the four gospels from the 8th and 9th centuries,
the gold objects alone weigh more than 5kg (11lb), the great Anglo-Saxon burial site at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, found in 1939, had a mere 1.66kg (3.5lb), Mr Herbert, who bought an old metal detector for £2.50 18 years ago, said he was overwhelmed by the find – regarded as one of the most important in decades,
after 18 years with nothing to show, now this, what a lucky chap!
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