Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Treasure Blog: 16th Century Gold Reliquary Pendant

Found in Hockley, Essex (UK) by a 3-year-old boy who was on an outing with his parents.

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It's a lovely thing. That's one disadvantage of living in the United States, there's less treasure buried out there waiting to be discovered, and none of it over 600 years old, whereas in Europe and Asia the treasures go back millennia.

1 comment:

Jenny said...

oooh... pretties!


To your point - I recall a native comic saying once something to the effect of well of course we were environmentally friendly. That's easy when all your trash is either biodegradable or rocks! :)