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British Treasure Find Worth $5.4M

Anglo-Saxon gold unearthed by jobless searcher this summer

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 26, 2009 10:50 AM CST

(Newser) – An amateur British treasure hunter and the owner of the field where he struck gold are in for a big payday: His find turns out to be a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon cache of the precious metal. The collection is worth about $5.4 million, British Museum tells the AP. The treasure—all 1,500 pieces of it—was found this summer in Staffordshire and generated much excitement among British archaeologists. Two central England museums hope to acquire it jointly.

A strip of gold bearing a biblical inscription in Latin, part of a recently discovered hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold.
A strip of gold bearing a biblical inscription in Latin, part of a recently discovered hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold.   (AP Photo)
Part of a recently discovered hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold, displayed at Birmingham Museum in Birmingham, England.
Part of a recently discovered hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold, displayed at Birmingham Museum in Birmingham, England.   (AP Photo)
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Michael_CT
Nov 26, 2009 7:47 AM CST
compared to what modern 'art' costs these days, it sounds like they are being short-changed. . .
keybored
Nov 26, 2009 6:55 AM CST
The two guys get to split the treasure and the museums are trying to get money together to buy it from them.
JoeQ
Nov 26, 2009 6:22 AM CST
If they don't get a fair share of its market value, the next time someone finds a hoard they won't be calling the archaeologists.

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