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A man with a metal detector in Staffordshire has made an archaeological discovery of spectacular significance, comprising over thirteen hundred items dating to the seventh or eighth century. It's the largest hoard of precious metal from the Anglo-Saxon period "by quite a large margin", according to the British Museum's head of portable antiquities and treasure, and the craftsmanship is of outstanding quality. Another expert compared it to "finding a new Lindisfarne Gospels or Book of Kells", and said that it will "alter our perceptions of Anglo-Saxon England as radically, if not more so, as the Sutton Hoo discoveries". Fortunately for the Press Association, the British Museum's head of portable antiquities and treasure was also obliging enough to facilitate the headline-writer's task by giving an estimate of its value in hard cash.