The Harrogate [Viking] Hoard

BlackX

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Oct 7, 2006
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Shenandoah Valley
Detector(s) used
Explorer / Sovereign / Sidewinder
Sorry if this was previously posted. (Couldn't find reference to it.)
Pretty amazing find!

And this article on it has a unique viewpoint:
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=405&Itemid=26
"... Said by experts to be the most important Viking find in Britain in 150 years, the finders, metal detectorists David and Andrew Whelan, called the discovery a ‘thing of dreams’. ..."
 

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