Anglo-Saxon gold hoard is the biggest - and could get bigger

[AhKillez]

Forkboy: I agree with you. It defeats the hard work and tons of time to go through all the b.s. just for the thrill of finding it and have it pryed from your hands and get jack shit for it. Government or no gov, something like this just defeats the purpose of hardwork in this situation. A jip

[Xxcon2000xX]

I seen it at Lichfield it's amazing

[MrAmaan4you]

yoy yoyo u nw much muni this gezzza goin get yo wow wow lot off muni

[Drizzleize]

did blizzard hire this guy for warcraft 2?

[F0rkb0y]

Theres stories of ppl here in the US of getting all their findings taking away from them by government orgs.,so now that I know this if I EVER find gold artifacts I guess Ill just have to melt it down into 1 big chunk and sell it!It kind of sucks that the gov.would ruin the possability of finding something extrordinary with their greed.Read about the gold find off the FL. shore,and what the guy that found it got out of it!LOL!

[LanderskieChannel]

Those were celtic designs...i am pretty sure being an artist/designer that always do researching, those gol items were from Irish People,caus ethey were the original creators of such designs.

[seonidh]

Although this gold hoard is beautiful, four rare Maetane celtic torcs were found in a field in stirlingshire and not a peep from the British London based media.

[grobo11]

@seonidh Finders keepers? Come on, the English were basically vikings you know.

[seonidh]

@grobo11 but it does show you the bias of the bbc and london based media. Four torcs 1300 years old found a month after this hoard in scotland and nothing from the media.

[grobo11]

@seonidh This is the English BBC, this came on only in England. Maybe it's the Scottish medias fault for not making the Scottish public aware. ANd the BBC will be more biased towards England because there are 50 million English compared to the 5 million Scot's.

[porridgeeveryday]

theres gold in them there fields !

[richyb21]

when god was giving out noses he thought he said roses and gave him a big red one

[yourLoyalBaron]

You know he should get an OBE or something. A lot of persons would've melted the stuff down for the gold and scored some quick cash. Good for him that he did the right thing and helped preserve a part of the heritage of tens of millions of people.

[jackoalltheway]

Anyone know how deep the majority of this hoard,soil type,was the field ploughed,was it in the centre of a field or on a boundry? those are the things i would rather know and not how much its worth or wether the man was employed or not!!

[gtsa1138]

Just LOOK at that shit. The Anglo-Saxon smiths were incredibly skilled.

[killath303]

@gtsa1138 exactly what i was thinking i mean we got machines and tools today. what a skill that was.

[merseybeat1963]

Anyone know what Machine he used and how much of it was found by him ,before pros came in?

Thanks

[jackoalltheway]

good question

[MikeofWyoming]

The Brittish are so blessed with rich history. I would love to live somewhere there was thousands of years of human history that didn't involve rock paintings and obsidion arrowheads.

[gtsa1138]

LOL I know. Why couldn't North American natives have advanced to levels of Maya, Aztec or Inka? Eh, they didn't have the right plants for farming. Cept in the East. They had maize. And thusly built mounds.

[yourLoyalBaron]

Well if you arent Native American and British in origin. These Anglo-Saxon treasures are a part of your history too.

[MikeofWyoming]

Well..I speak english. I'm half Italian and half Danish so that's as close as I can go. What I was trying to say was history a days drive away.

[irishkerry]

@MikeofWyoming i live in ireland where we have thousands of years of history vikings celts and much more and in uk metal detecting is a big in Ireland no one does it realy just got my detector so il keep you posted

[jbexpress1]

I wonder how much all that is worth???? Does anyone know?

[cleveroonie]

Its in the millions jb -

consider this - a gold saxon dagger pommel , 2-3 inches diameter fetched aprox£40,000 several years ago

[tallthinwavy3]

He has just peaked as a metal detectorist. Herbert can't top that {:-( Wonder how many new guys are now buying metal detectors now ? {;-D

[jackoalltheway]

Ha Ha Ha Ha, nice one fella!!