A king's ransom: Silver jewellery buried more than a millennium agowill now go on display in London and Yorkshire
From The Daily Mail:
An impressive Viking hoard of jewellery has made a father and son metal-detector team £1m, after being bought by two British museums.
The find, which is the 'largest and most important' since 1840, was found in a field in Harrogate, North Yorkshire in January 2007. It had been buried there for more than 1,000 years.
Valued at £1,082,000, the hoard was purchased by the British Museum and the York Museum Trust after two years of fundraising.
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