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    Whew!
I need to catch my breath after looking at those pictures.

    What Was It
Worth?
    £3.02
million or $4,983,000

    When
Was the Hoard Discovered?
    November 16 th 1992

    Where
Was the Hoard Discovered?
    Southwest of the village of Hoxne in Suffolk, England

    Where
Is It Now?
    The British Museum acquired the Hoxne Hoard in April of
1994.

    Interesting
Facts About The Hoxne Hoard
    The entire hoard was found in what was left of a large
wooden box that could be thought of as a treasure chest. This
discovery helped changed the local laws about metal detecting and
finds that have a significant archeological significance. As of this
writing, this is the single largest hoard of Roman silver and gold
coins found in Britain.

The Frome Hoard
    What
Was Found?
    A clay pot with 52,503 1800 year old Roman coins made
from silver and bronze. The coins date back to AD 253 to 293.

    Image courtesy of Portable Antiquities Scheme from
London, England

    What
Was It Worth?
    £320,000 or $531,520

    When
Was the Hoard Discovered?
    April 2010

    Where
Was the Hoard Discovered?
    In a
field in the southwestern region of England known as Frome, Somerset.

    Who Found It?
    63
year old Dave Crisp was the one lucky enough to find this amazing
hoard. Find out more about this hoard and Dave's other great finds in
his book. You can find it in the UK Amazon store.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Metal-Detecting-need-know-started/dp/1897738471

    Where Is It Now?
    The
hoard was on display in 2011 at the Museum of Somerset.

    Interesting Facts About
The Frome Hoard
    As difficult as it seems,
once Dave knew that his find was much more than 21 roman coins, he
chose to leave the entire hoard in the ground until some
archeologists could arrive and properly excavate it. That is one
decision that no one could take lightly.

    The Frome hoard would wind
up being the largest find of coins in a single pot in the UK.

The Vale of York Hoard
    What
Was Found?
    A
total of 617 silver coins that were later discovered to be from a
10 th century Viking Hoard. The coins were not the only items found. There
were also ingots, ornaments, precious metals, hacksilver and a gold
arm band.

    Image courtesy of Portable Antiquities Scheme from
London, England

    Image courtesy of Portable Antiquities Scheme from
London, England

    Image courtesy of Jmiall

    The entire hoard was found in a bowl lined with fine
silver and gold leaf. The outside of the bowl has a brilliant
decorative pattern with vines, leaves and six different hunting
scenes depicting lionesses.

    Image courtesy of vintagedept from Olen (London),
Belgium (United Kingdom)

    A true historical work of art. Could you imagine finding
something like this with your metal detector?

    What Was It
Worth?
    Are
you sitting down for this one? The Vale of York Hoard has been valued
at £1,082,000 or $1,797,202

    When
Was the Hoard Discovered?
    January 6 th 2007

    Where
Was the Hoard Discovered?
    It was found in an unploughed field near Harrogate,
England.

    Who
Found It?
    David Whelan and his son Andrew. What a father and son
moment that must have made! They had both been metal detecting for
about five years before making this incredible find.

    Where
Is It Now?
    The hoard is sitting pretty in the British Museum or
Yorkshire museum.

    Interesting
Facts About The Vale of York Hoard
    The
entire hoard was buried in some type of lead container. This outer
shell helped protect the hoard. As of this writing, this is the
largest Viking hoard found in Britain since 1840.

Staffordshire Hoard
    The Staffordshire Hoard consists of right around 3,500
Anglo-Saxon gold and silver pieces that include weapon decorations,
jewelry and crosses. The total weights are 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of
gold and 1.3 kilograms (2.9 pounds) of silver.

    The weapon decorations include: gold and silver sword
hilt collars and sword pommels with garnets and intricate inlays.

    Three crosses were found in the hoard as well. One of
the crosses was folded and