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It started with one bloke and a metal detector. It ended with more than eleven pounds of gold; weapons, helmet decorations, and coins, a total amounting to more than 1500 pieces. It was discovered in Staffordshire, England in a fallow field by a local pensioner, Terry Herbert. Archaeologists were eventually brought in and have dated the haul to between 550 and 750. They speculate it might have been the booty of a particularly successful raiding party, especially since there are no feminine items amidst the jewel encrusted hoard that includes gem studded pieces that were the ornamentation for Angle-Saxon swords and pommels.

Herbert is looking at a more than $1 million reward.

Read the whole story here in the UK's Guardian.

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