Treasure Hunting

Talk about a cache!

A ‘unique silver treasure has been uncovered near Sweden’s Arlanda airport.’

On Tuesday, archaeologists from the Swedish National Heritage Board dug up the largest collection of Viking-era silver coins found north of Stockholm in ‘modern times.’

The cache consists of 450 silver coins and was discovered during an investigation of an Iron Age grave site. But the coolest part is that not all of the coins are from the area.

Many of them come from Baghdad and Damascus, and are thought to be from 500 to 840 AD. They appear to have been buried around 850 AD and were found on the edge of a grave which is believed to be about 1,000 years older than the treasure itself!

“This shows that the people who lived at the site had distant contacts” said archaeologist Karin Beckman-Thoor.

Meanwhile, a medieval silver ring, thought to be from the 13th or 14th centuries, was found earlier this year in the U.K. and has been officially declared as treasure by the British Museum. It was found with a metal detector by Ruth Cattermole from London. The ring was believed to have properties which protect against fever and is made of about 10% precious metals.

This just goes to show that there is still plenty of treasure to be found all over the world! So get out there and metal detect!

~ Liz ~

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