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another was missing most of the decorative
settings.

    The hoard also contained an amazing gold strip inscribed
in Latin. The inscription reads “SURGE DNE DISEPENTUR INIMICI
TUI ET FUGENT QUI ODERUNT TE A FACIE TUA.”

    The translation reads, “Rise up Lord may your
enemies be scattered and those who hate you be driven from your
face.” What an absolutely incredible historical find, and just
think, without a metal detector these items may have never been
discovered.

    Here are a few items from the hoard.

    Image courtesy of David Rowan, Birmingham Museum and Art
Gallery

    What Was It
Worth?
    £3.285
million or $5,315,200

    When
Was the Hoard Discovered?
    July 5 th 2009

    Where
Was the Hoard Discovered?
    In a recently plowed field near Lichfield,
Staffordshire, England

    Who
Found It?
    Over a period of five days, one lucky individual by the
name of Terry Herbert found enough gold items to fill 244 bags. At
this point he contacted the authorities and Fred Johnson, the current
land owner allowed the field to be excavated.

    Image courtesy of Portable Antiquities Scheme from
London, England

    Terry Herbert looking over some of the hoard.

    Two more excavations were carried out in 2010 and 2012
producing even more historical finds.

    Where
Is It Now?
    Pieces of the hoard are now scattered across various
museums all over Britain. At the time of this writing, the following
museums had individual pieces of this hoard on display:

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
The British Museum
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Stoke-On-Trent
    Interesting
Facts About The Staffordshire Hoard
    This
hoard was so significant, that historians have had to re-examine
their earlier theories of Anglo-Saxon England. The entire hoard and
location were initially kept secret in order to prevent thieves from
disturbing the fragile archaeological finds.

The Hallaton Hoard
    This
hoard was originally known as the Southeast Leicestershire Treasure,
but it is now being called the Hallaton Treasure. It consists of o ver
5,294 silver and gold Roman coins, jewelry, a decorative mount, a
silver bowl, two ingots, over 7,000 animal bone pieces, a Roman
Parade helmet originally covered in silver sheeting and gold leaf.
Inside the helmet were 7 cheekpieces. Check this stuff out!

    Image courtesy of Portable Antiquities Scheme from
London, England
    Coins
from the hoard

    The
Roman Parade helmet was removed in what is known as “block
format.” The archeologists removed a large square chunk of
earth with the helmet still inside. This gave them the opportunity to
properly conserve the piece. It took the British Museum 9 years to
properly remove and conserve the entire helmet.

    Image courtesy of Portable Antiquities Scheme from
London, England
    The parade
helmet

Image courtesy of Prioryman

    One
of the cheekpieces found with the hoard

    Archeologists believe that the area was a shrine of some
sort where animals were being offered. 97% of all the animal bones
found were from pigs, and most of them were buried whole.

    What Was It
Worth?
    The
value of this hoard is still being determined. The helmet alone has
been valued at £650,000 or $1,081,795.

    When
Was the Hoard Discovered?
    November 19 th 2000

    Where
Was the Hoard Discovered?
    Close to Hallaton in southeast Leicestershire, England

    Who
Found It?
    Ken Wallace found the first 130 coins with his metal
detector. He reported the find to the authorities and the rest of the
hoard was found by the Hallaton Fieldwork Group.

    Where
Is It Now?
    At the time of this writing, portions of this hoard were
on display at the Harborough Museum.

The Salisbury Hoard
    This particular hoard has a very interesting story.
Apparently this is one hoard that was uncovered by two metal
detectorists secretly and illegally. The discovery began in the year
1988 when an archaeologist by the name of Dr. Ian Stead came across
a few pieces of the hoard. He was fascinated by these pieces, but he
had no idea where they had come from.

    He started