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Unseen for 1000 years: how one man unearthed an astonishing collection of ancient Viking plunder

5 December 2017

In 2014 Derek McLennan made the in a field near Dumfries.

Following months of painstaking research Derek, a keen metal detectorist, unearthed a hoard of Viking treasure. Experts have described it as in Scotland.

Viking Treasures

Metal detectorists unearth a hoard of Viking treasures in Scotland.

  • (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News, October 2017)

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