Largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold, silver found in Britain LONDON -- An amateur treasure hunter prowling English farmland with a metal detector stumbled upon the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever ...

Experts say the collection of 1,500 gold and silver pieces — the biggest and best in English archaeological history — is unparalleled in size, may date back to the 7th century and is worth “a ...

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Metal detectorists have unearthed the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold coins to be discovered in England to date. The find of 131 gold coins, along with four other gold objects, was discovered in ...

A hoard of more than 100 Anglo-Saxon coins discovered by two metal detectorists in a field near Braintree, Essex, is headed to auction at Noonans Mayfair on February 21. Believed to have been buried ...

The intricate decoration of an ancient Anglo-Saxon silver cross buried for more than a millennium has been revealed for the first time, adding greater detail to one of Britain’s most remarkable ...

Anglo-Saxon Hoard is on exhibit from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily until March 4, when it will be returned to its owners, the Birmingham Museum and Arts Gallery and the Pottery Museum and Arts Gallery in ...

Two men who devised a scheme to illegally sell 9th-century Anglo-Saxon coins to private collectors have been found guilty of possession of criminal property and conspiracy to convert criminal property ...