Sep 26 2008
The Yorkshire Aestel - Photos Courtesy of Tim Pearson
When we blogged about the 9th century gold Aestel that was found in South Yorkshire in 2005 by Tim Pearson, we had NO idea that our little blog would actually be read by Tim Pearson himself.
But he did read it and he’s our new friend and hero.
He found this stunning relic while metal detecting with his first generation Minelab Explorer metal detector and we are stunned. Big fans of Minelab products here (Adam has an X-Terra 70 and I’m hoping to get an Excalibur II for Christmas), we were thrilled to hear that this amazing find was made by someone so down-to-Earth and so much like ourselves.
Enjoy these pictures, passed on to us by Tim Pearson. This really is the kind of find that will make your heart skip a beat. Unfortunately we don’t have much of a chance of finding something this old on our continent, but thanks to Tim we most certainly can dream.
Where was this found?