11. 15th Century Gold Pendant Discovered Buried in a Field
Place: England’s Hertfordshire
Year Found: 2009 Estimated Value: $350,000*
Apart from the inconspicuous spaces within homes, expansive grasslands also serve as a vast reservoir for unforeseen discoveries. A metal detector suddenly went off in 2009 while a housewife and her son were strolling across a field in Hertfordshire, England.
Gold Pendant from the 15th Century Found Buried in a Field (acdn.list25.com)
The two started to dig, and they didn’t have to go far before coming upon an expensive treasure. A gold pendant with a picture of Jesus on the cross was hidden four inches below the surface. After the treasure was delivered to a lab, scientists discovered it belonged to the fifteenth century. An estimate of the treasure’s worth was $350,000.
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