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Information Regarding Gold and Silver Hoards
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:32 pm
by dognose
Below are the links for information on the largest find ever of Anglo-Saxon gold. The Staffordshire hoard contains about 5kg of gold and 2.5kg of silver, making it far bigger than the Sutton Hoo discovery in 1939.
News of the find of some 1,500 pieces was released today.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staf ... 272058.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8272370.stm
http://www.staffordshirehoard.org.uk/about/
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/bre ... king49.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/sep/2 ... l-detector
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:56 am
by dognose
Another couple of links containing a series of images illustrating how some items in the mainly military Staffordshire hoard may have been used by the Anglo Saxons.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8275357.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:51 pm
by dognose
Another link to this amazing find:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west ... 278460.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:52 am
by dognose
Link to the update on the hoard:
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Re: Saxon Gold and Silver Hoard
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:16 pm
by SirWatkynBassett
Hello,
I thought it may be in order to post this link from today's BBC news here, it is a report of the find of a 3,000-year-old gold torc that has been found in a bog in County Fermanagh.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17561882" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Bassett
Re: Saxon Gold and Silver Hoard
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 3:50 am
by dognose
Gold 'Posy' Ring Found in County Antrim Field
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 2:29 pm
by dognose
A link to today's BBC News regarding the finding by a metal detectorist of a gold posy ring from the 1600's in a field in County Antrim, Northern Ireland:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-29144449
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Re: Gold 'Posy' Ring Found in County Antrim Field
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 7:22 am
by dognose
A link to today's BBC News regarding the finding by a metal detectorist of Viking treasure trove found at Dumfries:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29595359
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Re: Gold 'Posy' Ring Found in County Antrim Field
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 5:14 am
by dognose
A link to today's BBC News regarding the discovery of a hoard of Roman and Pictish silver at Gaulcross, near Fordyce, in Aberdeenshire:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-n ... d-30551671
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Re: Information Regarding Gold and Silver Hoards
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 4:52 am
by dognose
Another find, a 17th Century gold ring, discovered near Swansea:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-30575459
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Re: Information Regarding Gold and Silver Hoards
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 6:51 am
by dognose
Details of a coin hoard found in Buckinghamshire on the 21st December 2014:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-be ... s-30654568
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Re: Information Regarding Gold and Silver Hoards
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 11:24 am
by dognose
Details of two Bronze Age gold lock-rings found at Rossett, Wrexham, North Wales:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-nort ... s-32072587
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Re: Information Regarding Gold and Silver Hoards
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:04 am
by dognose
Details of Roman rings found in Co. Down, Northern Ireland:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-33092685
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Re: Information Regarding Gold and Silver Hoards
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 2:36 am
by dognose
Re: Information Regarding Gold and Silver Hoards
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 3:11 am
by dognose
Latest update on the Staffordshire Hoard from today's BBC News:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-st ... e-33155488
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Re: Information Regarding Gold and Silver Hoards
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 1:04 pm
by dognose
Details of a 600-year-old gold ring engraved with St George and the Dragon found in Norfolk:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-33427306
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Re: Information Regarding Gold and Silver Hoards
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:17 am
by dognose
Update on the Celtic coin and jewellery hoard at Jersey:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-34916323
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Re: Information Regarding Gold and Silver Hoards
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 9:54 am
by dognose
Re: Information Regarding Gold and Silver Hoards
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 4:39 am
by dognose
Details of a hoard of Roman silver coins and two medieval finger rings found in the Vale of Glamorgan:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-sout ... s-34924946
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Re: Information Regarding Gold and Silver Hoards
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 2:28 pm
by dognose
Details of spoon finial with a casting of the "Wild Man" found near Woodbridge in Suffolk:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-35050026
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