HacksilverBuried treasure, catalogued

Buried and found

Across: when each hoard was buried (the middle of its estimated range; the short line shows the range). Up: the year it was found. Hoards found by metal detectorists cluster at the top since the 1970s; the bottom rows are the chance finds of ploughmen, quarrymen and builders.

Period
Region
Material(none selected = any)
1600165017001750180018501900195020002000 BC1500 BC1000 BC500 BCAD 1AD 50010001500 Buried → Found → Priam's Treasure: buried c. 2500 BC (Troy II), roughly 2550-2250 BC, found 1873 Nebra hoard (Nebra sky disc): buried c. 1600 BC, found 1999 Valchitran Treasure: buried Late Bronze Age, roughly 15th to 12th century BC, found 1924 Treasure of Villena (Tesoro de Villena): buried c. 1300-1000 BC, found 1963 Eberswalde Hoard (Eberswalder Goldschatz): buried 10th-9th century BC, found 1913 Mooghaun North Hoard (Great Clare Find): buried c. 1000-700 BC, found 1854 Dowris Hoard: buried c. 900-600 BC, found 1820 Kabul hoard: buried c. 380-350 BC, found 1933 Rogozen Treasure: buried mid-4th century BC, found 1985 Panagyurishte Treasure: buried c. 300 BC (late 4th to early 3rd century BC), found 1949 Oxus Treasure: buried probably 4th to early 2nd century BC (uncertain), found 1877 Ipswich torcs (Ipswich Hoard): buried 1st century BC, found 1968 Snettisham Hoard: buried c. 100-50 BC, mostly around 60 BC, found 1948 Broighter Hoard (Broighter Gold): buried 1st century BC, found 1896 Winchester Hoard: buried c. 75-25 BC, found 2000 Grouville Hoard (Le Câtillon II): buried c. 60-30 BC, found 2012 Melsonby Hoard: buried 1st century AD, found 2021 Bredgar Hoard: buried c. AD 43, found 1957 Hallaton Treasure: buried c. AD 40s-50s, found 2000 Gundestrup cauldron: buried probably 1st century BC to 2nd century AD (uncertain), found 1891 Hildesheim Treasure: buried probably 1st century AD, found 1868 Boscoreale Treasure: buried AD 79, found 1895 Trier Gold Hoard: buried c. 196, found 1993 Berthouville Treasure: buried late 2nd or 3rd century AD, found 1830 Neupotz Hoard: buried c. 260, found 1967 Cunetio Hoard: buried c. AD 274, found 1978 Beau Street Hoard: buried c. AD 274 or soon after, found 2007 Frome Hoard: buried c. AD 290, found 2010 Tomares Hoard: buried c. 310 or soon after, found 2016 Shrewsbury Hoard: buried c. AD 335, found 2009 Water Newton Treasure: buried 4th century AD, found 1975 Kaiseraugst Treasure: buried c. 350-353 (around 351), found 1961 Seaton Down Hoard: buried c. AD 348-350, found 2013 Mildenhall Treasure: buried 4th century AD, found 1942 Esquiline Treasure: buried late 4th or early 5th century, found 1793 Pietroasele Treasure: buried late 4th or first half of the 5th century AD, found 1837 Szilágysomlyó Treasure: buried late 4th to first half of the 5th century AD, found 1797 Thetford Hoard: buried late 4th or 5th century AD, found 1979 Hoxne Hoard: buried after AD 407/8, found 1992 Traprain Law Treasure: buried 5th century AD, found 1919 Carthage Treasure: buried probably 5th century, found 1850 Tureholm Treasure: buried Migration Period, 5th to mid-6th century AD, found 1774 Patching Hoard: buried after AD 461, found 1997 Gaulcross Hoard: buried 5th to 6th century AD (debated), found 1838 Vindelev Hoard: buried early to mid-6th century AD, found 2020 Norrie's Law Hoard: buried 6th century AD (debated), found 1819 Sutton Hoo ship burial: buried c. 610-635, found 1939 Lampsacus Treasure: buried late 6th or 7th century, found 1847 Crondall Hoard: buried c. 635-650, found 1828 Staffordshire Hoard: buried c. 650-675, found 2009 Pereshchepina Treasure: buried c. 650-680, found 1912 First Cyprus Treasure: buried after 641, probably mid-7th century, found 1897 Kaper Koraon Treasure: buried 7th or 8th century, found 1908 St Ninian's Isle Treasure: buried c. 750-825, probably about 800, found 1958 Treasure of Nagyszentmiklós: buried probably 8th or early 9th century (disputed), found 1799 Pentney Hoard: buried probably mid-9th century, found 1978 Sundveda Hoard: buried c. 850-860 or slightly later, found 2008 Trewhiddle Hoard: buried c. 868, perhaps a few years later, found 1774 Beeston Tor Hoard: buried c. 875, found 1924 Herefordshire Hoard: buried c. 879, found 2015 Watlington Hoard: buried c. 879-880, found 2015 Spillings Hoard: buried after c. 870, found 1999 Hoen Hoard: buried c. 875-900, found 1834 Bedale Hoard: buried late 9th or early 10th century, found 2012 Galloway Hoard: buried c. AD 900, found 2014 Silverdale Hoard: buried c. 900, found 2011 Huxley Hoard: buried c. 900-910, found 2004 Cuerdale Hoard: buried c. 905-910, found 1840 Harkirke Hoard: buried c. 910-915, found 1611 Ardagh Hoard: buried c. 900 or a little later, found 1868 Vale of York Hoard: buried c. 928, found 2007 Duesminde Hoard: buried mid-10th century or later, found 2002 Skaill Hoard: buried c. 950 (some accounts 950-970), found 1858 Vårby Hoard: buried 10th century, found 1871 Terslev Hoard: buried mid to late 10th century, found 1911 Hiddensee Treasure: buried late 10th century, found 1873 Schaprode Hoard (Harald Bluetooth hoard): buried late 980s, found 2018 Hornelund Hoard: buried late 10th or early 11th century, found 1892 Lenborough Hoard: buried c. 1035, found 2014 Derrynaflan Hoard: buried probably 10th to 12th century, found 1980 Chew Valley Hoard: buried c. 1067-68, found 2019 Sandur Hoard: buried c. 1070-1090, found 1863 Græsli Hoard: buried after c. 1080, found 1878 Burge Hoard: buried soon after 1143, found 1967 Lewis chessmen: buried after c. 1150; date of burial unknown, found 1831 Tutbury Hoard: buried probably March 1322, found 1831 Colmar Treasure: buried c. 1348-49, found 1863 Erfurt Treasure: buried 1349 (before the massacre of 21 March), found 1998 Środa Treasure: buried c. 1348-50, found 1985 Dune Treasure: buried 1360s or 1370s (perhaps 1361), found 1881 Fishpool Hoard: buried winter 1463 to summer 1464, found 1966 Cheapside Hoard: buried c. 1640 (between 1640 and 1666), found 1912 Lohe Hoard: buried 1741 or later, probably the early 1740s, found 1937 Baltimore Gold Hoard: buried after the mid-1850s, found 1934 Saddle Ridge Hoard: buried 1894 or later, found 2013
Bronze AgeIron Age & classicalRomanMigration periodEarly medievalViking ageMedievalEarly modern & later

Longest and shortest in the ground

HoardBuriedFoundYears in the ground
Priam's Treasurec. 2500 BC (Troy II), roughly 2550-2250 BC18734,273
Nebra hoard (Nebra sky disc)c. 1600 BC19993,579
Valchitran TreasureLate Bronze Age, roughly 15th to 12th century BC19243,224
Treasure of Villena (Tesoro de Villena)c. 1300-1000 BC19633,113
Eberswalde Hoard (Eberswalder Goldschatz)10th-9th century BC19132,813
Mooghaun North Hoard (Great Clare Find)c. 1000-700 BC18542,704
Dowris Hoardc. 900-600 BC18202,570
Rogozen Treasuremid-4th century BC19852,330
Kabul hoardc. 380-350 BC19332,298
Panagyurishte Treasurec. 300 BC (late 4th to early 3rd century BC)19492,244
Oxus Treasureprobably 4th to early 2nd century BC (uncertain)18772,132
Grouville Hoard (Le Câtillon II)c. 60-30 BC20122,057
Winchester Hoardc. 75-25 BC20002,050
Ipswich torcs (Ipswich Hoard)1st century BC19682,043
Snettisham Hoardc. 100-50 BC, mostly around 60 BC19482,023
Melsonby Hoard1st century AD20211,980
Hallaton Treasurec. AD 40s-50s20001,952
Broighter Hoard (Broighter Gold)1st century BC18961,946
Bredgar Hoardc. AD 4319571,914
Gundestrup cauldronprobably 1st century BC to 2nd century AD (uncertain)18911,841
Hildesheim Treasureprobably 1st century AD18681,818
Boscoreale TreasureAD 7918951,816
Trier Gold Hoardc. 19619931,796
Beau Street Hoardc. AD 274 or soon after20071,730
Frome Hoardc. AD 29020101,719
Neupotz Hoardc. 26019671,707
Cunetio Hoardc. AD 27419781,703
Tomares Hoardc. 310 or soon after20161,701
Shrewsbury Hoardc. AD 33520091,672
Seaton Down Hoardc. AD 348-35020131,662
Water Newton Treasure4th century AD19751,625
Berthouville Treasurelate 2nd or 3rd century AD18301,610
Kaiseraugst Treasurec. 350-353 (around 351)19611,610
Mildenhall Treasure4th century AD19421,577
Thetford Hoardlate 4th or 5th century AD19791,564
Hoxne Hoardafter AD 407/819921,564
Patching Hoardafter AD 46119971,516
Vindelev Hoardearly to mid-6th century AD20201,495
Traprain Law Treasure5th century AD19191,482
Pietroasele Treasurelate 4th or first half of the 5th century AD18371,424
Esquiline Treasurelate 4th or early 5th century17931,403
Carthage Treasureprobably 5th century18501,400
Szilágysomlyó Treasurelate 4th to first half of the 5th century AD17971,382
Staffordshire Hoardc. 650-67520091,346
Gaulcross Hoard5th to 6th century AD (debated)18381,338
Sutton Hoo ship burialc. 610-63519391,316
Tureholm TreasureMigration Period, 5th to mid-6th century AD17741,299
Norrie's Law Hoard6th century AD (debated)18191,269
Pereshchepina Treasurec. 650-68019121,247
Kaper Koraon Treasure7th or 8th century19081,228
First Cyprus Treasureafter 641, probably mid-7th century18971,226
Lampsacus Treasurelate 6th or 7th century18471,208
Crondall Hoardc. 635-65018281,186
St Ninian's Isle Treasurec. 750-825, probably about 80019581,170
Sundveda Hoardc. 850-860 or slightly later20081,148
Herefordshire Hoardc. 87920151,136
Watlington Hoardc. 879-88020151,136
Pentney Hoardprobably mid-9th century19781,123
Spillings Hoardafter c. 87019991,114
Galloway Hoardc. AD 90020141,114
Bedale Hoardlate 9th or early 10th century20121,112
Silverdale Hoardc. 90020111,108
Huxley Hoardc. 900-91020041,099
Vale of York Hoardc. 92820071,079
Beeston Tor Hoardc. 87519241,050
Duesminde Hoardmid-10th century or later20021,044
Schaprode Hoard (Harald Bluetooth hoard)late 980s20181,032
Treasure of Nagyszentmiklósprobably 8th or early 9th century (disputed)1799999
Lenborough Hoardc. 10352014979
Chew Valley Hoardc. 1067-682019952
Ardagh Hoardc. 900 or a little later1868948
Hoen Hoardc. 875-9001834946
Terslev Hoardmid to late 10th century1911939
Cuerdale Hoardc. 905-9101840932
Derrynaflan Hoardprobably 10th to 12th century1980930
Vårby Hoard10th century1871908
Trewhiddle Hoardc. 868, perhaps a few years later1774902
Skaill Hoardc. 950 (some accounts 950-970)1858900
Hiddensee Treasurelate 10th century1873893
Hornelund Hoardlate 10th or early 11th century1892880
Burge Hoardsoon after 11431967820
Græsli Hoardafter c. 10801878790
Sandur Hoardc. 1070-10901863783
Harkirke Hoardc. 910-9151611701
Erfurt Treasure1349 (before the massacre of 21 March)1998649
Środa Treasurec. 1348-501985636
Lewis chessmenafter c. 1150; date of burial unknown1831606
Colmar Treasurec. 1348-491863514
Dune Treasure1360s or 1370s (perhaps 1361)1881511
Tutbury Hoardprobably March 13221831506
Fishpool Hoardwinter 1463 to summer 14641966502
Cheapside Hoardc. 1640 (between 1640 and 1666)1912259
Lohe Hoard1741 or later, probably the early 1740s1937187
Saddle Ridge Hoard1894 or later2013100
Baltimore Gold Hoardafter the mid-1850s193439