Viking hoard

Hussulo

Someone was lucky enough to find a viking hoard not far from me http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-29582866.

I've been lucky enough to get permission from a local farmer to detect on his fields. He has 70 fields so it should keep me busy for a while.

ricko

Wow.... best of luck, hope you find a hoard..... Would be great for a forum member to hit a big one.... Cheers, RickO

Hussulo

Hope so ricko.
More pictures of the hoard

http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news_and_events/news/2014/spectacular-viking-treasure-hoard-found-on-church-land

scooperqpr

I just read this, they still have to open the urn yet, PAY DIRT

ricko

Just abso-frikken-lutely awesome...Cheers, RickO

LochNESS

Are coins typically found in the urns?

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Are coins typically found in the urns? >>

Coins or hacksilver, yeah.

LochNESS

Hacksilver?

lordmarcovan

Hacksilver.

LochNESS

Ah. Pretty cool history lesson there. I clicked through to read about the Rus' peoples. I'd always wondered about the origins of the Russians.

lordmarcovan

That's the cool thing about Wikipedia. You can start with one topic and keep clicking through, ending up miles away from where you started. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Many's the time I've started out reading on one topic and ended up learning something completely unexpected and unrelated, sometimes forgetting what the original topic was.

ricko

Yep, I have become lost in the internet many times, but usually come out the better informed - eventually.... Cheers, RickO

grip

<< <i>That's the cool thing about Wikipedia. You can start with one topic and keep clicking through, ending up miles away from where you started. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Many's the time I've started out reading on one topic and ended up learning something completely unexpected and unrelated, sometimes forgetting what the original topic was. >>



I can relate to that. I use that site quite often, it's addicting .