Transcript: U.K. Amateur Finds Massive Treasure Trove

MADELEINE BRAND
NPR All Things Considered
09-24-2009
U.K. Amateur Finds Massive Treasure Trove

Host: MADELEINE BRAND
Time 20:00-21:00 PM


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MADELEINE BRAND, host:

It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Madeleine Brand.

ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

And I'm Robert Siegel.

You know those people you see with metal detectors, scouring fields and beaches in their spare time, searching for who knows what? Well, it turns out that they do sometimes find stuff. An amateur treasure hunter in England has stumbled upon the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever discovered.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports from London.

ROB GIFFORD: It must be every treasure hunter's dream. One minute, you're picking through ...

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