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Largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure found in UK

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.

One expert said the treasure found by 55-year-old Terry Herbert would revolutionize understanding of the Anglo-Saxons, a Germanic people who ruled England from the fifth century until the Norman conquest in 1066. Another said the find would rank among Britain's best-known historic treasures.

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[custardfairy.livejournal.com]

This is so cool. I told Jo earlier that I want a machine that finds buried treasure, but I doubt I'd come up with much here. ;)