Lost Gold of the Dark Ages: Saxon Hoard Found!
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Uploaded by NationalGeographic on Oct 18, 2011
In July 2009, an amateur metal-detecting enthusiast made an astonishing find: 1500 pieces of bejeweled gold and silver almost 1500 years old — buried, lost, then forgotten. "Lost Gold of the Dark Ages: War, Treasure, and the Mystery of the Saxons," a new National Geographic book by New York Times bestselling writer Caroline Alexander, explores the fascinating history of the Saxons and this spectacular treasure. Available at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/books.
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Most interesting is the pattern used is very sofisticated. It is so weird to say that it seems to be proof there were people before us.
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I can see it might have been a burial when they burn the body and that may have contributed to the twisting and tearing. But then again it could have been a plow or even bigger machinery.
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"Was I Destined To Find It ?"
And His Ego Takes Over
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@yahoopl3 congratz!!
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1:05 LISTEN BITCH, DONT TELL ME IT AINT THE BIGGEST GOLD FOUND CUZ ITS THE ONLY ONE. THAT MEANS IT IS THE BIGGEST ONE YOU JEWFUCK
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@ChangeTheirMinds wow, that's awesome...i just finished taking a shit, the turd was huge
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@Tamuz95 5.2 million USD.
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I think Terry was more concerned with ensuring that all the Anglo Saxon gold items were given to the museums for the people to see and enjoy, over being stolen by 'nighthawks' (crime gangs bent on stealing items at night before they're ever discovered by honest people n means).
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beaches, and snow dump sites or snow dump fields *where road clearing services drop off snow* in the summer are a decent spot for detecting metals, ppl lose jewelry and loose change a lot, and they tend to up in those places, best part about snow dump fields, is that you can go back their annually and keep trying once the snow has melted.
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i need a metal detecter
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i hope the guy who found this got rich, cus if he didnt that would be fucked up
Tamuz95 4 months ago 86
Ive seen this exhibit quite a few times, some very beautiful pieces. The farm is really close to where i live :)
ChangeTheirMinds 4 months ago 25