Posted on 07/04/2011 7:38:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A metal detectorist uncovered a Viking hoard of silver coins and artefacts in the Cumbrian countryside.
The collection, which has been provisionally valued at tens of thousands of pounds, was found in an undisclosed site in Furness.
It is being examined by experts at the British Museum and is expected to be declared as treasure.
Experts at Barrow's Dock Museum hope to acquire the hoard and said it was an exciting find for the area.
It consists of 92 silver coins and artefacts including ingots and a silver bracelet. Among the coins is a pair of Arabic dirhams.
Experts believe it is significant evidence of material culture of the 9th and 10th Century Vikings in the peninsula...
British Museum Viking expert Dr Gareth Williams said... "By the mid-950s, most of England had become integrated into a single kingdom, with a regulated coinage, but this part of the north-west was not integrated into the English kingdom until much later, and the hoard reflects that."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Deer Sunkin Seive:
I have a heet pump, not a furness.
Kin I still git silver coins frum it?
Thankee,
U.M.
That old Viking granny must have whoard to get that much coin...
Does “declared treasure” mean the government gets to grab it all?
BTTT
The government has it but the finder (and the landowner if its found on private property) are fully reimbursed at market value
Copper impurities, probably.
Thanks!
;’)
That fits — it’s buried booty.
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