
Hoard Alert! The metal detectives of Europe struck gold once again—this time in Germany as bejeweled earrings and silver coins were turned up in Schleswig-Holstein.
The jewelry was all of gold and probably made by the Byzantines. The rings, earrings, and a brooch, all studded with gems, were deliberately buried along with 30 coins minted under the Danish King Valdemar II.
This helps date the burying of the hoard to around 1240 CE.
Schleswig-Holstein was called Hedeby at the time the riches were brought there. The area was part of
