A horde of silver found in the urn shown.

In the days of Viking raids many valuables were buried in an attempt to prevent their seizure by raiding groups. Sometimes, due to a variety of reasons, these caches were not recovered and have lain buried for centuries. This is one such treasure trove.

[Ko*]

Wonder how many of these are still burried...

[JackieR]

we were stopped recently on an photo outing by an angry farmer who thought our tripods were metal detectors!! This must have been soooooooooooooo exciting for the detectorist who found this!

[Lesley]

What a find, maybe they forgot where they buried them..

[Suzanne]

Amazing find, even more so that the urn survived intact

[Jane Pittenger]

Wouldn’t you have loved to have found this in one of your urns? I would

[4rky]

Great shot. That is some treasure trove!

[Marnie]

Oh wowee, imagine finding one of those in your back-yard. Amazing it survived in such good nick.

[Dorothy]

Impressive sight. You did well to minimise the reflections.

[Casablanca]

That's a good display of them, super.

[Sarah]

Makes a great image

[Taffy]

Very impressive find, and well photographed to convey how much was there!

[Rob Z]

@madeinnl I know Ho - isn't that a tantalizing thought?.....

[Rob Z]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond Can you possibly imagine finding something like this!!

[Rob Z]

@rosie00 Or apparently some of the owners perished in raids etc - fascinating history isn't it?....

[Rob Z]

@suzanne234 How true is that - pottery urns like this don't often make it to now - it must have been well hidden or buried. Fascinating history!!

[Rob Z]

@jgpittenger I just can't imagine finding something like this - what a story for the kids!!

[Rob Z]

@4rky What was amazing was the number of these hordes they had on display in the museum. It must have been terrifying times to live in! ....

[Rob Z]

@golftragic The museum was amazing Marnie - they had so many of these hordes plus a whole range of Roman treasures - and then we ran out of time - still only on the bottom floor of 5 floors!....

[Rob Z]

@nobled Thanks Dorothy - you are quite correct - it was very tricky to do - hence that particular POV. Thanks for noticing - I really appreciate your comment. Cheers Rob

[Rob Z]

@casablanca And what a super museum - we ran out of time after only the first floor! XX

[Rob Z]

@sarahlth Thanks Sarah - the reflections were very hard to deal with.

[Rob Z]

@taffy Thanks Taffy - the history in Edinburgh is so interesting. These hordes all had such stories associated with them. :)

[Marnie]

@robz Crikey, what a shame.