Viking Treasures Found in the United Kingdom

The July 20th Chicago Tribune reports in an Associated Press story, that a 9th century gilt silver container, probably taken by Vikings from a monastery has been found by a father-and-son treasure hunting team.

It contained quite a collection of coins and silver and was buried more than 1000 years ago. The British Museum reports that this is the largest find of its type in over 100 years. The items in the container came from Ireland, France, Russia, and Scandinavia.

David Whelan and his son Andrew were walking across a farmers field near Harrogate in northern England when their metal detector went off. They found the cache about a foot down in the soil. There were more than 600 coins and dozens of other objects including a gold arm band, silver ingots and fragments of silver.

These finds have to be reported to authorities in Britain.

I Can Just Imagine Their Hearts Racing When They Uncovered That!!! --RoadDog