metal detectors...

Jul 19 2007 20:08:23
today's news:

Daniel Whelan and his son Andrew were spending their Saturday as usual, walking around Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, with their metal detector, when the device's beep led to an incredible discovery.

The two had stumbled upon a hoard of Viking treasure dating back to the 10th century.

The stash, containing silver coins, jewelry, and a gilt silver vessel, came from Afghanistan, Ireland, Russia, and many other places the Viking traveled.

The pair, from Leeds, said the hoard was worth about �£750,000 as a conservative estimate.
They told the BBC News website: "We've been metal detecting for about five years; we do it on Saturdays as a hobby."We ended up in this particular field, we got a really strong signal from the detector..

Eventually we found this cup containing the coins and told the antiquity authority.
"We were astonished when we finally discovered what it contained..."It was probably buried for safety by a wealthy Viking leader during the unrest following the conquest of the Viking kingdom of Northumbria in AD927.
A spokeswoman for the (British Museum) said: "The size and quality of the hoard is remarkable, making it the most important find of its type in Britain for over 150 years."

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and the the nice part is:... the 750,000 will go half to the owner of the field in which the treasure was found, and half to the "finders".
Wasn't that their lucky day...

I'll go and dig my garden now..

 

Yeah, there'r lucky day and ours. Look at the history of the Viking travels that this reveals

 

that was a lucky find

 

This was a better find, but all unique in there own right, I metal detect its a great hobby.

http://www.staffordshirehoard.org.uk/