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The Herefordshire Hoard

Near Leominster, Herefordshire

A Viking-age hoard that detectorists kept secret, and most of it is still missing.

In 2015 two metal detectorists found a Viking-age hoard near Leominster, including around 300 coins, gold jewellery and a crystal ball. Instead of reporting it, they secretly sold items.

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When
Found 2015
Where
52.2300, -2.7300
Group
Lost treasure

Visiting

Recovered items are displayed at Hereford Museum and Art Gallery.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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