Large Treasure Found With Metal Detector

Thursday, September 24, 2009

An amateur treasure hunter prowling English farmland with a metal detector stumbled upon the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found, a massive seventh-century hoard of gold and silver sword decorations, crosses and other items, British archaeologists said Thursday.

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That's a neat story, I enjoy hearing about finds like this. What pisses me off though is that all I ever found with a metal detector was old beer pull tabs

#1 | Posted by Bu_Heecha at 2009-09-24 05:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

I just watched the thing on BBC. Pretty cool.

#2 | Posted by wurster at 2009-09-24 06:45 PM | Reply | Flag:

The coolest thing about is-a Board evaluates all the artifacts for monetary value-then the Government pays the owner of the property a large portion of it-even the finder gets a cut of it.

#3 | Posted by frankf55 at 2009-09-24 07:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

Sweet.

#4 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2009-09-24 07:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

1000 years from now, they better have Plastic detectors.

#5 | Posted by wisgod at 2009-09-24 08:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

They already have plastic detectors WisGod. They are called WOMEN. A Woman can detect a man carrying around plastic credit cards 1000 Yards away. They can almost detect how much credit is left upon said plastic credit cards.

Larry

#6 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-09-24 08:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

... with a metal detector stumbled upon the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found, a massive seventh-century hoard of gold and silver sword decorations, crosses and other items....

Boy, you can only dream of an adventure like this falling into your lap.

Think of all the literally billions of tons of artifacts and treasure still waiting to be uncovered lying only a couple dozen feet under the ground.

I'd like to rent a metal detector for the weekend some time and just stroll along the beach and see what I could come up with just for fun.

#7 | Posted by CalifChris at 2009-09-24 08:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

Larry

#6 | Posted by LarryMohr

You sir, should get a full ride scholarship for that post.

#8 | Posted by wisgod at 2009-09-24 08:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

It's the truth WisGod. I know a Woman who can tell which Men have credit cards and which do not. She said it's the way the wallet bulges that gives it away. I don't see it Myself but She could.

Larry

#9 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-09-24 08:41 PM | Reply | Flag:

Sounds like a real gold digger.

#10 | Posted by jackass at 2009-09-24 08:46 PM | Reply | Flag: