An antique hunter has excavated a batch of gold from the largest Anglo-Saxon era ever, in a field in Staffordshire, England.
The gold-medieval archaeologists are even more significant than the discovery of the buried treasure ship in Sutton Hoo 70 years ago.
Terry Herbert, from Burntwood, Staffordshire, accidentally grabbed the treasure when he searched the field near his home with an old metal detector. (Photo: PA) .
Experts said the gold batch of 1,500 objects could have belonged to the Saxon royal family since the 7th century.
The treasure consists of about 5 kg of gold and 2.5 kg of silver, much larger than the previous findings.
Experts are assembling fragments that they consider belong to sophisticated decorated helmets.
A distorted gold cross, able to be attached to a tombstone.
A piece of gold contains biblical inscriptions in Latin. This sentence means: " Stand up, and your enemies will be driven away and those who hate you will disappear from you ".
At least 84 swords and 71 swords were found. Sophisticated decorative patterns show that they belong to high-class people in society.
A piece of gold carved a picture of two eagles is separated by a fish.
The piece of gold has two arms woven together.
The gold button has a caro shape.
The gold button with red stone.
It takes several months to calculate the value of this gold batch. All the excavations will belong to Mr. Herbert and the owner of the field where the treasure is discovered.
