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Title: Old Soldier Hits Gold Post by: Kev on March 08, 2011, 09:48:05 AM Former soldier Jim Belk has described the moment he found part of a gold Anglo Saxon sword while out hunting with his metal detector.
Mr Belk, 76, of Esmead, Chippenham, said: “I was in total disbelief. “I was just so shocked. It is absolutely the most significant thing I have uncovered.” He found the gold pommel – part of the hilt of the sword – last September in a field in Cricklade, which he had permission to search http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/8888421.Old_soldier_from_Chippenham_tells_how_he_hit_gold/ (http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/8888421.Old_soldier_from_Chippenham_tells_how_he_hit_gold/) Title: Re: Old Soldier Hits Gold Post by: romano-brit on March 08, 2011, 09:19:38 PM jammy git, getting land round theres bloody impossible
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