The Silverdale Hoard

[ShipwreckHunter]

Silverdale Hoard
The Silverdale Hoard is a collection of over 200 pieces of silver jewellery and coins discovered near Silverdale, Lancashire, England, in September 2011. The items were deposited together in and under a lead container buried about 16 inches (41 cm) underground which was found in a field by a metal detectorist. It is believed to date to around AD 900, a time of intense conflict between the Anglo-Saxons and the Danish settlers of northern England. The hoard is one of the largest Viking hoards ever discovered in the UK. It has been purchased by Lancashire Museums Service and will be displayed in the Museum of Lancashire after a 2013 display in Lancaster City Museum. It is particularly significant for its inclusion of a coin stamped with the name of a previously unknown Viking ruler.
The hoard was discovered by local metal detectorist Darren Webster after 20 minutes of detecting in a field that he had previously searched several times before without finding anything more significant than a Tudor half-groat. His wife had given him the detector the previous Christmas as a present, and he was taking a short time off to try his luck before heading to work. https://www.facebook.com/notes/shipwreckhunter/silverdale-hoard/946344712047710

 

[pepperj]

Maybe he zigged while he could of very well zagged, and by doing just that history and is made because of that one move and swing of the coil.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Makes ya wonder how many times we have walked right over treasure.

 

[Calgarychef]

If it was under lead almost every detectorist would have passed it by as junk. There's so much big iron and lead in the English soil that it's almost always ignored.

 

[ALDEEZ777]

Why I dig everything. Why I got a ton scrap iron. Good for forging though.