The Peebles Hoard was found by a metal detectorist in 2020 before being excavated in a single block in 2024.
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Museum staff conserving a Bronze Age hoard have described the “magical” moment the “silvery surface” of its contents emerged from beneath thousands of years of dirt and corrosion.
The Peebles Hoard, which was found by a metal detectorist in 2020, comprises more than 500 “unusual” bronze and organic objects, many without archaeological parallel anywhere in the world.
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The Carnoustie Hoard will go on display as part of the Scotland’s First Warriors exhibition, which opens next summer.
More than 800 artefacts were found in the North Yorkshire village in 2021.
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Archaeologists say it is a mystery why the buried Bronze Age valuables were never recovered by their owners.
