[quote][B]A haul of Viking treasure has been unearthed from a field in south west Scotland by an amateur using a metal detector.
Derek McLennan, a retired businessman from Ayrshire, made the find in Dumfriesshire in September. In total, more than 100 items were recovered, including armbands, a cross and brooches.
Experts have said the discovery is one of the most important Viking hoards ever found in Scotland. The items are believed to be worth a six-figure sum.[/B]
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Among the objects within the hoard is an early Christian cross thought to date from the 9th or 10th Century.
The solid silver cross has enamelled decorations which experts consider to be highly unusual.
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The haul also includes possibly the largest silver Carolingian pot ever discovered, with its lid still in place.
The pot is likely to have been around 100 years old when the hoard was buried in the mid 9th or 10th Centuries.
[I]Stuart Campbell, National Museum of Scotland's head of Scotland's treasure trove unit, said: "This is a hugely significant find, nothing like this has been found in Scotland before in terms of the range of material this hoard represents."
"There's material from Ireland, from Scandinavia, from various places in central Europe and perhaps ranging over a couple of centuries. So this has taken some effort for individuals to collect together."[/I]
[B]Further excavation unearthed more than a hundred items of silver and gold including a bird pen, metal vessel, armbands, cross and brooches.[/B][/quote]
[url]http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-29582866[/url]
Fucking rad, so it's possible that this was a hoard even for the vikings? Since it seems to be composed from materials over a few hundred years.
Finds like these make me want to buy a metal detector. Extremely cool.
[QUOTE=GoodGorilla;46230004]Finds like these make me want to buy a boat and pillage Northern Europe.[/QUOTE]
Ftfy
Hey! Give it back!
[QUOTE=bravehat;46229988]Fucking rad, so it's possible that this was a hoard even for the vikings? Since it seems to be composed from materials over a few hundred years.[/QUOTE]
That seems to be the most likely conclusion. From how I see it, the hoard probably represents the belongings of a very wealthy clan or family. It might also include old takings discovered by the owners of the newer items, who piled up the whole thing into a hoard for safekeeping and probably forgot about it/died and the hoard was never found.
maybe its a time capsule
I wonder what's in that pot
[QUOTE=Limed00d;46230935]Hey! Give it back![/QUOTE]
Yeah, stealing is wrong!
[QUOTE=Orkel;46231571]I wonder what's in that pot[/QUOTE]
If not empty, my bets are on coins or small items of jewelry and plate.
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;46231578]If not empty, my bets are on coins or small items of jewelry and plate.[/QUOTE]
Or its an ancient chamber pot.
I hope he gets some kind of reward.
[QUOTE=ZakkShock;46231585]Or its an ancient chamber pot.[/QUOTE]
IDK how many silver chamberpots do you usually find in dig sites?
It isn't large enough to serve that function, though I know you're just kidding around :v:
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[QUOTE=Itsjustguy;46231592]I hope he gets some kind of reward.[/QUOTE]
According to the laws on found hoards, he'll get a half share and the other half will go to the owner of the land. It might take a while for the money to be raised to purchase the finds though.
snipoopsmisread
[QUOTE=Hellborg 65;46231610]nah not in the UK, shit like this automatically belongs to the crown.[/QUOTE]
[quote]When treasure has vested in the Crown and is to be transferred to a museum, the Secretary of State is required to determine whether a reward should be paid by the museum before the transfer to the finder or any other person involved in the finding of the treasure, the occupier of the land at the time of the find, or any person who had an interest in the land at the time of the find or has had such an interest at any time since then. If the Secretary of State determines that a reward should be paid, he or she must also determine the market value of the treasure (assisted by the Treasure Valuation Committee), the amount of the reward (which cannot exceed the market value), to whom the reward should be paid and, if more than one person should be paid, how much each person should receive.[/quote]
not so, here's what Wikipedia had to say.
nah its my bad, I thought you were talking about the shit he found, not the actual reward
-snip-
these items most likely come from danish vikings, you should return to us where it belongs
[QUOTE=smfE;46231691]these items most likely come from danish vikings, you should return to us where it belongs[/QUOTE]
So that you can return it to the people you pinched it from in the first place eh? :v:
[QUOTE=smfE;46231691]these items most likely come from danish vikings, you should return to us where it belongs[/QUOTE]
Yeah keep dreaming buddy.
Norwegian Vikings coming through.
[QUOTE=Orkel;46231571]I wonder what's in that pot[/QUOTE]
the recipe for irn bru
[QUOTE=smfE;46231691]these items most likely come from danish vikings, you should return to us where it belongs[/QUOTE]
More likely Norwegitarians. You Danes went south and us Swedes went into the eastern rivers and fucked some shit up over there.
Ârcheologists around the world are frowning because he just dug them out without documentation.
[QUOTE=Killuah;46231802]Ârcheologists around the world are frowning because he just dug them out without documentation.[/QUOTE]
Well, being a hoard the arrangement of the objects probably doesn't matter as much as they would have in say, a tomb. At worst here all we're missing is pictures of the object(s) as they were found in situ.
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;46231819]Well, being a hoard the arrangement of the objects probably doesn't matter as much as they would have in say, a tomb. At worst here all we're missing is pictures of the object(s) as they were found in situ.[/QUOTE]
The most informative thing about an archeological dig are not the objects themselves but how they are placed.
You can't write papers about dug up relicts except for material analysis and such but you basically destroy 80% of the information when you dig it out.
[QUOTE=Killuah;46231873]The most informative thing about an archeological digg are not the objects themselves but how they are placed.
You can't write papers abiut dug up relicts except for material analysis and such but you basically destroy 80% of the information when you dig it out.[/QUOTE]
That's true but it tends to have a sideline importance for such things as hoards unless you're analyzing their location with reference to where they're found. The primary classification for such things as hoards in any case is to do with the kind of objects found buried as part of the hoard (such as personal hoards which are buried during times of unrest, or votive hoards which were buried as offerings.)
From what I know of archeological study, unless I misread, when it comes to hoards, the importance is given to the nature of their contents, the location of said contents, and the kind of materials found in said contents. You can see it even reflected here; [url]http://www.pia-journal.co.uk/article/view/pia.403/516[/url]
[QUOTE=smfE;46231691]these items most likely come from danish vikings, you should return to us where it belongs[/QUOTE]
Given that it's not far from Galloway (later ruled by various norse-gael dynasties) it could be from the early norse-gaels, probably a mixture of looted Irish and continental-european treasure brought through from Dublin or something.
[QUOTE=Orkel;46231571]I wonder what's in that pot[/QUOTE]
probably buckfast, it is scotland after all.
[QUOTE=Orkel;46231571]I wonder what's in that pot[/QUOTE]
Unclean loincloths hidden by that lazy bastard Vigfus Geirson!
[QUOTE=Orkel;46231571]I wonder what's in that pot[/QUOTE]
weed
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