[SunkenCiv]

The standard of preservation is remarkable and the anonymous finder knew immediately he had chanced upon a spectacular piece of history Photo: BNPS.co.uk

[Keith Brown]

So when is the gov’t going to come in and seize it?

[SunkenCiv]

Bejeweled Anglo-Saxon Burial Suggests Cult
Discovery News | 4-11-2—8 | Jennifer Viegas
Posted on 04/11/2008 8:55:41 AM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000092/posts

Rare find for metal detector (Anglo Saxon Misc. Treasures-UK)
EveningStar | 22 Aug 2006 | EveningStar
Posted on 08/22/2006 8:17:34 PM PDT by Marius3188
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688402/posts

Devon Treasure Hunters Strike Rich Seam (Viking Gold)
The Telegraph (UK) | 12-17-2005 | Western Daily Press
Posted on 12/19/2005 11:27:36 AM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543450/posts

[SunkenCiv]

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[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Very cool!!

[Bernard Marx]

The red stones are among the world's most ancient gems and were used by ancient Greeks who called them granatum, the same word they used for pomegranate seeds.

This is a long way of not quite saying the stones are red garnets. They're probably of the pyrope species from well known deposits in Bohemia (now the Chech Republic). The garnet deposits extend into present day Germany as well.

There's a spectacular display of Bohemian garnet cloisonne used to decorate Wuffing artifacts of King Raedwald on exhibit at the British Museum. It was found with the famous Sutton Hoo ship burial treasure in 1939. Sutton Hoo Treasure

[TexasTransplant]

Has Spain claimed it yet?

[SunkenCiv]

History Unearthed (Viking Hoard)
Chester Chronicle | 12-3-2004
Posted on 12/03/2004 3:53:30 PM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1293958/posts

Treasure Found In Viking Market
BBC | 2-2-2005
Posted on 02/02/2005 10:15:42 AM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1334376/posts

[Loyal Buckeye]

Why does it say ‘Made in China’ on the back?