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This is a list of hoards (buried treasure caches) that were unearthed in North America. "Unearthed" unusually means they were found buried in the ground but some are hidden by other means. Baltimore gold hoard [1] Bank of New York Hoard [2] Castine Hoard [3] Dawson Film Find [4] Great Kentucky Hoard [5] Saddle Ridge Hoard [6]
The hoard consists of 617 silver coins and 65 other items, [3] including ornaments, ingots and precious metal.These items were hidden in a gilt silver vessel lined with gold (variously identified as a cup, bowl, or pot) which is thought to possibly be an ecclesiastical vessel from Northern France either plundered [9] or given as tribute. [5]
The House of the Vestals Hoards, or the Casa delle Vestali Hoards are a set of two coin hoards discovered in and around the House of the Vestals, on the Roman Forum during the late 19th century. [1] The first hoard, discovered in 1883, consisted of 836 primarily Anglo-Saxon coins as well as several artifacts.
A hoard of loot is a buried collection of spoils from raiding and is more in keeping with the popular idea of "buried treasure". Votive hoards are different from the above in that they are often taken to represent permanent abandonment, in the form of purposeful deposition of items, either all at once or over time for ritual purposes, without ...
Lost Treasure: True Tales of Hidden Hoards (1930) Minerals, Metals and Gems (1939) My Jungle Trails (1937, 1941) The Ocean and Its Mysteries (1917) Perfumes and Spices (1940) Precious Stones and Their Stories; The Real Story of the Whaler: Whaling Past and Present (1916) Rivers and Their Mysteries; Romantic and Historic Virginia (1935)
List of hoards may refer to: List of hoards in Britain. List of Bronze Age hoards in Britain; List of Iron Age hoards in Britain; List of Roman hoards in Britain; List of hoards in Ireland; List of hoards in the Channel Islands; List of hoards in Romania; List of hoards in Asia; List of hoards in North America
The West Norfolk Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins in England, comprising 132 gold coins [1] and four gold objects dating to around 610 AD, ...
Cheapside pictured in 1909, with the church of St Mary-le-Bow in the background. The Cheapside Hoard is a hoard of jewellery from the late 16th and early 17th centuries, discovered in 1912 by workmen using a pickaxe to excavate in a cellar at 30–32 Cheapside in London, on the corner with Friday Street.