Viking silver bar horde found

kiyote

What an amazing find!

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/465-2205/features/10483-scotland-galloway-viking-age-hoard

derryb

stacking is not a new thang.

Cool find.

Crusty

Very cool read. Thanks for sharing

ricko

Very interesting....Sure is a treasure hunters dream.... And we know we have those dreams. Cheers, RickO

cohodk

@derryb said:
stacking is not a new thang.

Cool find.

And where did that stacking get them? Most likely food for ravens.

Good to see antiquities were discovered.

TwoSides2aCoin

Nice dig. Unearthing the past. Rediscovering silver. How fitting.

metalmeister

I wonder how much is still in the ground. Maybe I should just move to Europe.

LukeMarshall

@metalmeister said:
I wonder how much is still in the ground. Maybe I should just move to Europe.

Or in the oceans, undiscovered shipwrecks and pirate booty.

Cool Viking treasure, I especially like the ornate silver bracelets that were hammered flat like bars.

DNADave

Interesting. I thought they’d be bigger.

taxmad

@DNADave said:
Interesting. I thought they’d be bigger.

A comment uttered through the millennia...

derryb

@cohodk said:

@derryb said:
stacking is not a new thang.

Cool find.

And where did that stacking get them? Most likely food for ravens.

Good to see antiquities were discovered.

Lol

The silver Outlasted them and their currency by more than 1000 years

Silver did It’s job. not the hoard’s fault that the owners Didn’t share the insurance policy’s location

cohodk

@derryb said:

@cohodk said:

@derryb said:
stacking is not a new thang.

Cool find.

And where did that stacking get them? Most likely food for ravens.

Good to see antiquities were discovered.

Lol

The silver Outlasted them and their currency by more than 1000 years

Silver did It’s job. not the hoard’s fault that the owners Didn’t share the insurance policy’s location

Gotta love the personification of silver.

But I'll play....the silver most likely got them killed. Great insurance!!

taxmad

@cohodk said:

But I'll play....the silver most likely got them killed. Great insurance!!

Zero basis for that assumption. At most you could assume that it got the prior owner killed - unless you believe their ghost was able to bury it.

jmski52

Silver doesn't make me feel more secure, or promise me better health, or potentially rich beyond my wildest dreams, but I am glad I have what silver I have. Everything in life is a gamble, but you don't have to be stupid, either. Silver has a better prospect of being regarded as a medium of exchange when and if other systems are failing.

ARCO

Well, proof positive that silver is a store of value going through the centuries. These Vikings just made this silver some of the most valuable on the planet ounce for ounce.

dcarr

Interesting and amazing.