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Sat 09 Sep 2009UCC expert judges gold find
AN ANGLO-SAXON expert at University College Cork (UCC) has been called in by the British Museum to help analyse the Staffordshire hoard, one of the most exciting archaeological finds yet discovered in Britain.
The items were unearthed by a British metal detector enthusiast, Terry Herbert, in July. He alerted the British Museum, and the Anglo-Saxon hoard of gold and silver artefacts has proven one of the most remarkable ever discovered. Mr Herbert, from Burntwood, Staffordshire, described finding the haul as “more fun than winning the lottery”.
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