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Coin collector jailed for conspiring to hide £12m of Anglo-Saxon treasure urges fugitive metal detectorist to hand himself in - while much of the hoard still remains …
Simon Wicks helped two amateur metal detectorists flog their findings on the black market in 2015 before being sentenced in ...
The 'curse' of the £12m Viking treasure haul: How hapless duo like TV's The Detectorists struck gold - before a black market plot led to jail, a life on-the-run an…
George Powell, a convicted burglar, and Layton Davies, a modest grandfather, were the unlikely pair who were set to walk away ...
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Two British Men Found A Viking Treasure Worth $3.8 Million — Now They’re Going To Jail
British law dictates that people must report finding "treasure," which includes metal items more than 300 years old. This ...
Sutton Hoo helmet may actually come from Denmark, archaeologist suggests
The archaeologist told the BBC that if the helmet is indeed proved to have come from Denmark, it could change our ...
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Sutton Hoo Helmet May Have Danish Origins, New Study Suggests
A newly discovered metal stamp in Denmark may challenge the origins of the Sutton Hoo helmet, one of Britain’s most iconic ...
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Top 10 countries of origin in the British Museum and their most iconic artifacts
The British Museum, renowned for its vast and diverse collection of over eight million artifacts, continues to draw global ...
We were cursed after digging up £12m of Viking gold like TV detectorists – I ended up in jail & my pal’s on the run
WAFTING their metal detectors over rolling ­farmland, George Powell and Layton Davies dreamt of striking it rich. Like the ...
Sutton Hoo helmet’s origin story challenged by discovery from amateur metal detectorist
An ancient stamp unearthed by a metal detectorist suggests the Sutton Hoo was actually made in Denmark, and not Sweden as previously thought. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters ...
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Sutton Hoo helmet’s origin story challenged by discovery from amateur metal detectorist
The Anglo-Saxon helmet, dated to the 7th century ... open image in gallery Sutton Hoo helmet (The Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license)) “The Sutton Hoo helmet is iconic ...
3 underrated Netflix movies you should watch this weekend (April 18–20)
Looking for underrated movies? Netflix has a lot of hidden gems, including a wacky sci-fi story, a heartfelt road comedy, and ...
Taking the Tolkien trail in Birmingham
JRR Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, laid the foundation of his fantasy world in Britain’s second city, where he ...