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Staffordshire Hoard: Inquest to rule if new items are treasure Staffordshire Hoard: Inquest rules nearly all new items as treasure
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An inquest is to be held to determine if pieces of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver found in the same field as the Staffordshire Hoard are treasure. Nearly all the pieces of Anglo-Saxon gold found in the same field as the Staffordshire Hoard have been declared treasure at an inquest in Stafford.
The 90 items, including a possible helmet cheek piece and an eagle-shaped mount, were found after the field in Hammerwich was ploughed in November. The verdict was 81 of the 91 objects were treasure as they were more than 300 years old with a precious metal content of above 10%.
To be ruled treasure the objects must be more than 300 years old and have a precious metal content of above 10%. The items were found after the field in Hammerwich was ploughed in November.
Coroner Andrew Haigh will make the verdict at the Stafford inquest later. The latest finds of gold and silver fragments will now be valued by the British Museum.
South Staffordshire coroner Andrew Haigh said: "The original Staffordshire Hoard was a magnificent find and I hope these further 81 items can be added to the current collection and saved for the nation."
Part of hoard
He added 10 of the items were rejected on the grounds they were "wastage" but he said they may still be of interest.
The pieces were recovered by a team of archaeologists and metal detectorists from the Stoke-on-Trent Museum Society and Archaeology Warwickshire after the field had been ploughed.The pieces were recovered by a team of archaeologists and metal detectorists from the Stoke-on-Trent Museum Society and Archaeology Warwickshire after the field had been ploughed.
Some of them are fragments that fit with parts of the original hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver, archaeologists said.Some of them are fragments that fit with parts of the original hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver, archaeologists said.
The original hoard was found in July 2009 by metal detectorist, Terry Herbert. The original hoard, valued at £3.3m, was found in July 2009 by metal detectorist, Terry Herbert.
Those artefacts have been dated to the 7th and 8th Centuries and are currently on display in Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham.Those artefacts have been dated to the 7th and 8th Centuries and are currently on display in Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery jointly own the original hoard, which includes 3,900 artefacts.
They acquired the hoard after a 12-week fundraising campaign, in which £900,000 was raised through public donations, with funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and five local councils.