Hoard is also directly derived from Anglo-Saxon. You just couldn't get a better fitting word for this astonishing find than hoard.
I appreciate your explanation. Why I asked is the recent ads I have seen for a tv show on hoarders and there is nothing 'good' about these people and how they live with all the 'junk' they hoard This is NOT junk and whom ever it once belong to had reason to hoard as the treasure has sure more than maintained it initial value.
Now how can I find out what the inscription on the gold band says?