Huge Iron Age gold hoard found by rookie detectorist in Denmark

garryson

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[FONT=&quot]A huge hoard of Iron Age [/FONT]gold artifacts[FONT=&quot] has been uncovered by an amateur metal detectorist in [/FONT]Denmark[FONT=&quot].
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[FONT=&quot]The "enormous" find consists of almost one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of gold buried 1,500 years ago, according to a press release from the Vejlemuseerne museum, which will exhibit the hoard.

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Crow

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Gidday All

I think Denmark will eventually follow the British potable antiquities scheme. In which more discoveries like the one above will come to light.

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I may have passed over the choppy gurgle signal of 2.2 lbs of solid gold. Congrats to that rookie
 

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