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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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The Hob Goblin: Further Tales from the Enchanted Island (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The find in a field near Brownhills in South Staffordshire of more than 1,500 gold and silver objects by Terry Herbert, a local metal detectorist from Burntwood, in July 2009, termed the Staffordshire Hoard, has been well publicised and is unprecedented as the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found, comparable to the other great Anglo-Saxon collection of Sutton Hoo, is now at the British Museum...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
We curators find their passion and generosity inspiring. Stop sneering at them Alexander Chancellor described Terry Herbert, who discovered the Staffordshire Hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver – and with him the rest of the metal detecting community – as "disappointed lottery players" ( The hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure is spectacular. But I fear the countryside will now be...
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The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090924/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_anglo_saxon_gold Huge hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure uncovered in UK By RAPHAEL G. SATTER, Associated Press Writer 9-24-9 LONDON – It's an unprecedented find that could revolutionize ideas about medieval England's Germanic rulers: An amateur treasure-hunter searching a farmer's field with a metal detector unearthed a huge collection of...
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The Lichfield Blog (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
The discovery of buried treasure by Mr Terry Herbert while metal detecting in a field near Lichfield has certainly captured the public imagination. Examples from the hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold – dating from around 700 AD – are currently on display at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (until Oct 13th), and the exhibition feels like [...]
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Times Online - Richard Morrison (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
The gold, the gold! Like the avaricious miser in some Victorian melodrama, drooling over his hoard of trinkets by candlelight, I can’t stop thinking about it. But neither, it seems, can the rest of Britain. At the weekend 10,000 people queued for two hours round Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to catch a glimpse of it. They haven’t known such excitement in the Midlands since Villa won...
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The Lichfield Blog (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
The Leader of Lichfield District Council has admitted he hopes The Staffordshire Hoard will remain in the region. His comments came as various local authorities began to stake their claims to be the permanent home of the collection of Anglo-Saxon gold items discovered by Burntwood man Terry Herbert near Lichfield. The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery – [...]
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Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Despite the suspicions of professionals, the amateurs who dig up Britain's countryside are leading archaeologists to untold riches, says William Langley. In the long history of these islands, one thing has never changed: the British are a nation of losers. Other countries may be prone to forgetfulness, but we can misplace entire towns, waterways, palaces and armies, while grinning sheepishly and telling...
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post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
The hardware stores of London have probably run out of metal detectors thanks to an amateur archaeologist who unearthed a stash of Anglo-Saxon booty buried in an English farmer's field two months ago. Terry Herbert, an unemployed "metal detectorist" discovered more than 1,500 pieces of intricately wrought gold and silver pieces dating back to the seventh century, a time of warring Anglo-Saxon...
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