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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lucy Mangan on the people in the headlines Prison break Jane Andrews You know all those jokes about open prisons? Turns out they're all true. You can just walk out. Even if you're serving the final stretch of a 12-year prison sentence for murder. Andrews, former personal assistant to the Duchess of York, became a guest of Her Majesty (insert lightly ironical joke here) when she killed her lover Thomas...
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AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Good for him and the land owner too. The museums have to be thrilled as well, not to mention the British people who now have an incredible glimpse into their rich history. The largest haul of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, unearthed by a metal-detector enthusiast in a farmer's field, has been valued at 3.28 million pounds ($5.5 million) by a committee of experts. The Staffordshire Hoard, found by...
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News for Medievalists (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
A committee of independent advisors have valued the Staffordshire Hoard at £3.285 million. This figure will be split equally between the finder, Terry Herbert, and the landowner, Fred Johnson. The landowner, the finder and the two museums which hope to acquire the hoard, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, have all approved the valuation....
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Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
A haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure recently unearthed in Staffordshire has been valued at £3.285m. The money will be split between metal detector enthusiast Terry Herbert, who found the hoard, and Fred Johnson, who owns the farm where it was discovered. Mr Johnson said he had not made any plans for the money but did not think he would be leaving his farm. The value of the 7th century hoard, the largest...
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Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
The Staffordshire Hoard, the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found, has been valued at £3.3 million by the Treasure Valuation Committee in a summit at the British Museum in London, where a selection of items from the find have gone on display. Terry Herbert’s raft of sword fittings, helmets, religious jewellery and gold, dated to the late 600s or early 700s. The metal detectorist...
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Londonist (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
The haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure recovered from the Staffordshire mud earlier this year, which you can currently see on display at the British Museum , has been valued at the healthy price of £3.285 million by a group of gold-fingered experts. The sum will be split between Terry Herbert, the metal detector who uncovered the gold after finding it on a freshly-tilled field, and Fred Johnson, the...
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Jailhouselawyer's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Staffordshire Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard valued at £3.3m Proceeds of sale of 1800 gold, silver and jewelled objects to be split between amateur metal detectorist and farmer The glittering heap of treasure of the Staffordshire hoard, the largest and arguably most beautiful hoard of Anglo Saxon gold ever found in Britain, has been valued at nearly £3.3m by a panel of experts, a reward that...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Proceeds of sale of 1800 gold, silver and jewelled objects to be split between amateur metal detectorist and farmer The glittering heap of treasure of the Staffordshire hoard, the largest and arguably most beautiful hoard of Anglo Saxon gold ever found in Britain, has been valued at nearly £3.3m by a panel of experts, a reward that will now be shared between the amateur metal detectorist who...
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Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
LONDON.- The most important treasure trove found in Britain for decades is on display at the British Museum in London and will be the subject of two hot-ticket lectures and a drop-in talk by experts in the coming weeks. The Staffordshire Hoard, discovered by metal detectorist Terry Herbert in central England in July , comprises mainly gold and silver items and has been compared in importance to the...
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Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Staffordshire hoard has brought history to life in modern-day Mercia – and it is here that the collection has to return From the Lindisfarne gospels to the Lewis chessmen, much of British heritage policy is about putting things back where they belong. Now we have a golden opportunity not to commit the original sin, and ensure the most fascinating find in a generation remains where it should....
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The recent discovery of the biggest hoard of gold ever found in Britain has brought tears to the eyes of experts and amateurs alike. Last month, Terry Herbert stumbled upon the huge trove of Anglo-Saxon treasure - worth at least £1 million - while metal detecting in a Shropshire field, while earlier this week, David Booth unearhed a £1 million Iron Age hoard.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Farmer on whose land 1,500 pieces of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver were found pays first visit to London for exhibition opening • Iron age gold treasure found in Scotland Some of the most spectacular treasure finds made in Britain have gone on display at the British Museum, still caked with the clay of the Staffordshire field that hid them for 1,300 years. Fred Johnson, the farmer on whose land...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Metal detector finds 2,000-year-old treasure hoard worth an estimated £1m in field near Stirling A metal-detecting enthusiast has unearthed a 2,000-year-old treasure hoard worth an estimated £1m, it was revealed today. Four gold neckbands dating to the iron age were discovered in a field near Stirling by the amateur hunter. The man, who has not been identified, informed Scotland's Treasure...
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The Lichfield Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
A Lichfield councillor has added his voice to the calls for the Staffordshire Hoard to return to the county. The Anglo-Saxon treasure – which was found by Burntwood man Terry Herbert – is currently being valued at the British Museum after going on display for a short period at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. However, no decision [...]
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The Servant of All (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
A great story from the BBC this morning of a farmer, Mr Johnson, who found an anglo-saxon treasure in his field (click here ). Or more correctly, a treasure hunter found it there after Mr. Johnson gave him permission to search for it. What caught my eye is that the farmer nearly did not learn of this treasure, because he believed there was none to be found. The article reads: The treasure was discovered...
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