BBC News reports that a huge haul of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver has been discovered buried in a field in the English region of Staffordshire.

According to the Associated Press, an amateur treasure hunter made the find after searching a field with his metal detector in July. More than 1300 objects were dug up from the field, making it the largest ever such find in the UK. Experts say the treasure is from the ancient kingdom of Mercia, and dates to 675-725 AD.

ITN News has video of the excavations, and photos of some of the priceless objects recently discovered.

Twitter users are keen to get digging in their own gardens for buried treasure!

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   TLockyer (Johannesburg, South Africa) Anglo-Saxon gold is known as “The Staffordshire Hoard” (http://bit.ly/11nzcQ – official site), with photos at http://bit.ly/SdNyY (Flickr) 24 Sep 2009 from web
   
   
   
   
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   SaundraMitchell (Midwest USA) SO AWESOME! Amateur treasure hunter finds 1400 year old cache of Anglo Saxon artifacts with his metal detector. http://tinyurl.com/yck4sn8 24 Sep 2009 from web
   
   
   
   
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   marvie3grl (Atlanta, USA) The history geek in me loves this! A hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold found buried in a field! http://bit.ly/2CVOP 24 Sep 2009 from web
   
   
   
   

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   bowlesian (Grimsby, England) Thinking that the Anglo Saxon Staffordshire Hoard is a British national treasure. It belongs in a museum and shouldn’t be sold off. 24 Sep 2009 from web
   
   
   
   
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   meronichan (Brockport, USA) Giant Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard found by amateur treasure hunter. Maybe I better start using my metal detector again. 24 Sep 2009 from web
   
   
   
   
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   2imothy (Manchester, UK) Wow. Christian engravings on Saxon gold – set to re-wire our understanding and re-write our history? Interesting times… 24 Sep 2009 from TwitterBerry
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

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