# Anglo-Saxon Treasure Hoard Displayed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglo-saxon-treasure-hoard-displayed/683571 "2014-03-12T23:11:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglo-saxon-treasure-hoard-displayed/683571/1 "2014-03-12T23:11:25Z")
[An Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard discovered five years ago by an unemployed metal detector in Staffordshire is assembled and displayed.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2579038/Anglo-Saxon-hoard-revealed-4-000-pieces-stunning-handcrafted-treasure-hint-Beowolfs-description-golden-warriors-true.html) This is breathtakingly beautiful, and I love that it was found just off the [A5](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A5_road_(Great_Britain)), which was the [old Roman road:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Watling_Street_route.jpg) for Americans, that’s like finding Tutankhamen buried next to the I95. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglo-saxon-treasure-hoard-displayed/683571/2 "2014-03-12T23:22:01Z")
Thanks for not spelling it “horde”. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglo-saxon-treasure-hoard-displayed/683571/3 "2014-03-12T23:26:51Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Thanks for not spelling it “horde”. Well, they may have been a horde, but they were a horde with a hoard. Who whored. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglo-saxon-treasure-hoard-displayed/683571/4 "2014-03-12T23:54:25Z")
“Was Eric there?” “Who?” “Red.” Sorry. I’ll show myself out. But those pieces are gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglo-saxon-treasure-hoard-displayed/683571/5 "2014-03-13T00:02:58Z")
What an awesome find for the treasure hunter! Those are some wicked cool looking pieces! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglo-saxon-treasure-hoard-displayed/683571/6 "2014-03-14T11:36:34Z")
Beautiful and amazing. I thought the piece with the warrior faces bore an interesting slight resemblance (stylistically) to the face imprinted on the Shroud of Turin - probably pure and meaningless coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglo-saxon-treasure-hoard-displayed/683571/7 "2014-03-14T13:19:29Z")
IIRC, the red jewels are garnets. Still valuable, but not like rubies, per se. Interesting how much of the jewelry is cabochon-cut. They hadn’t figured out things like faceted gem-cutting. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglo-saxon-treasure-hoard-displayed/683571/8 "2014-03-14T23:52:49Z")
[The British History Podcast](http://thebritishhistorypodcast.com/?cat=11) has several episodes about the Staffordshire Hoard with interviews of some of the people involved. It’s all quite fascinating.