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7th century Saxon gold sword pommel found in a field
Noonans Mayfair auction house / SWNS
Noonans Mayfair auction house / SWNS

1 posted on 06/08/2025 10:35:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

By any chance does the old bint live in a pond?


3 posted on 06/08/2025 10:40:18 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Golden Age of MAGA is upon us!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Oh course they would say it was empty.


5 posted on 06/08/2025 11:51:10 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: SunkenCiv; Chode; Salamander; Carriage Hill; SkyDancer; Lockbox; MtnClimber; Equine1952; ...

Very cool design. Almost looks like a Snake head in the center with 2 serpentine bodies coming out of it.

I am surprised that the greedy royal family didn’t steal it from Her.

Check it out PING !!!


6 posted on 06/09/2025 1:46:19 AM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! I’m a fraud, hypocrite & liar. I'm a member of Congress!! )
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To: SunkenCiv

stealth gold. alien technology.


7 posted on 06/09/2025 2:32:57 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: SunkenCiv

Really beautiful. I have mixed feelings about graverobbing, but just joy at unearthed treasures being rediscovered. Applause to the woman who never gave up.


8 posted on 06/09/2025 2:37:35 AM PDT by mairdie
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To: SunkenCiv

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9 posted on 06/09/2025 2:50:38 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: SunkenCiv

Those cheap Chinese metal detectors ain’t worth a sh!t!................


12 posted on 06/09/2025 5:24:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: SunkenCiv

Detectorists +1!


13 posted on 06/09/2025 6:45:31 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIFE )
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To: SunkenCiv
Weighing 20.5 grams, the pommel -- which the Leicester Museum declined to purchase

So they let it go into a private collection?

Maybe it doesn't fit their narrative that Africans colonized England.

14 posted on 06/09/2025 8:13:34 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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To: SunkenCiv

20 g of AU is about 1 cm^3, and in any case still just 20 g. That’s not much of a pommel for a sword. Perhaps a dagger at most - or, more likely, something else entirely.

Seriously - someone thought that a 20 g weight would make a viable sword pommel?


15 posted on 06/09/2025 4:54:06 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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