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Happy Twosday, in the land of the weird.
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Last night, while I was putting this together, I was also watching a programme on PBS about the Staffordshire Hoard.
Gold artefacts were discovered by Terry Herbert on 5 July 2009, when he was searching an area of recently ploughed farmland near Hammerwich, Staffordshire, with a metal detector.[21] Over the next five days,[22] 244 gold objects were recovered from the soil.
Just a fella, moseyin’ along with his metal detector, and the next thing you know...he’s found one of the biggest hoards of Dark Ages gold! (Nice work, if you can get it!)
Terry Herbert talked about how he modified the sounds on his detector, to make it easier to know if he’d found iron, silver, or….gold.
Just the bits about how he discovered this treasure, and about Fred Johnson, the man who actually owns the farm….that they agreed to split any “finds” 50/50, because Famer Fred didn't think there’d be much of value there. After all, that piece of farmland has been repeatedly plowed over the centuries...and especially since the owner had lived/worked there.
Surprise!
There are some gorgeous things in the YouTube video below, but this deserves its own pic:
Study of the objects was completed in 2016, and work continues on the final publication of the results, which will include an online catalogue as well as research publication.[52]
The research project has revealed many new insights into the collection, including a number of new objects and information about the manufacture of the metalwork and construction of the objects.
There is also a nify piece on YouTube...because of course there is!
OR...
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