i have a cousin that lives in England, he was telling me a while back about a bunch of anglo saxon gold that was found in some farmland worth nearly $5 million!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_Hoard
man that would have been some sweet find!
(05-25-2013 12:38 PM)miller Wrote: [ -> ]i have a cousin that lives in England, he was telling me a while back about a bunch of anglo saxon gold that was found in some farmland worth nearly $5 million!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_Hoard
man that would have been some sweet find!
I second that, I wish I was the lucky mofo who found that, too!!! Then again...
How would you top THAT. Detecting would all be downhill from there. 'Look, I found a silver dime!', lol.
I believe he split the money with the farmer on whose land the treasure was found...after splitting the stuff with the antiquities board. That's the way it works across the pond