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Hello, Alex.

      First, welcome to THunting.com.    Could you do yourself and everyone else a favor by going to our New Users Introduction board and posting a short introduction (doesn't have to be very personal.....just enough to say hello and to give the people a wee bit of your background)?   People are a bit more willing to respond if they know a bit about the person they're talking to, or at least know the person is willing to follow the community standards.

      Second, the very best way to get on the trail of likely caches is to dive deep into the history of your area and especially of it's eccentrics.   I'd suggest spending as much time as you can reading the old accounts of your town or accounts written by your local history group.  Also make a habit of reading OLD newspapers (local if possible, but the London Times will do if you can't find any old newspapers published in your area).....you want to look for accounts of serial robberies in the area and of people who either came into or lost a lot of money rather quickly (either is often a sign of possible cacheing). 
       Use the search function at the top right corner of the page and you'll pick up some more tips while you wait for more responses.

BA in Arizona

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Hey Welcome from Texas.

Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, is the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries of the 6th century and early 7th century. One contained an undisturbed ship burial including a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artifacts of outstanding art-historical and archaeological significance, which are now held in the British Museum in London. Other sites before then had already produced significant finds, but many had been looted.

Sutton Hoo is of a primary importance to early medieval historians because it sheds light on a period of English history which is on the margin between myth, legend and historical documentation. Use of the site culminated at a time when Reinwald, the ruler of East Anglia, held senior power among the English people, and played a dynamic if ambiguous part in the establishment of Christian rulership in England; it is generally thought most likely that he is the person buried in the ship. The site has been vital in understanding the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of East Anglia and the whole early Anglo-Saxon period.

The ship-burial, probably dating from the early 7th century and excavated in 1939, is one of the most magnificent archaeological finds in England for its size and completeness, far-reaching connections, the quality and beauty of its contents, and for the profound interest of the burial ritual itself. The initial excavation was privately sponsored by the landowner, but when the significance of the find became apparent, national experts took over. Subsequent archaeological campaigns, particularly in the late 1960s and late 1980s, have explored the wider site and many other individual burials. The most significant artifacts from the ship-burial, displayed in the British Museum, are those found in the burial chamber, including a suite of metalwork dress fittings in gold and gems, a ceremonial helmet, shield and sword, a lyre, and many pieces of silver plate from the Eastern Roman Empire. The ship-burial has from the time of its discovery prompted comparisons with the world described in the heroic Old English poem Beowulf, which is set in southern Sweden. It is in that region, especially at Vendel, that close archaeological parallels to the ship-burial are found, both in its general form and in details of the military equipment that the burial contains.

Although it is the ship-burial which commands the greatest attention from tourists, there is also rich historical meaning in the two separate cemeteries, their position in relation to the Deben estuary and the North Sea, and their relation to other sites in the immediate neighborhood. Of the two grave fields found at Sutton Hoo, one (the "Sutton Hoo cemetery") had long been known to exist because it consists of a group of around 20 earthen burial mounds which rise slightly above the horizon of the hill-spur when viewed from the opposite bank. The other, called here the "new" burial ground, is situated on a second hill-spur close to the present Exhibition Hall, about 500 m upstream of the first, and was discovered and partially explored in 2000 during preparations for the construction of the hall. This also had burials under mounds, but was not known because they had long since been flattened by agricultural activity. The site has a visitor's center, with many original and replica artifacts and a reconstruction of the ship burial chamber, and the burial field can be toured in the summer months.

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Hello AlexTheKid

There might not be hidden Hoards of treasures in your area, not at least newspaper records of it. However It may be of interest for you to save a read the following newspaper story dated from 1910.

It tells of Lowestoft suffering from coastal erosion and mention whole parishes have fallen into the sea. It might be worth while searching along the coast at low tide on the beaches for relics on theses former towns washed away by the sea.

Who know you might even find a treasure or two?

Hardluck

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Kid looks like you have your ducks all in a row. Im sure that we all have had visions of treasure when we were young. To see you show this interest gets me fired up. As a kid you may have an advantage by being young and people might say go ahead and hunt lad. Keep up the attitude and save you money to buy your equiptment. Good Luck

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My Pleasure to read your posts. Keep your head up and good things will happen to you.

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