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A man using a metal detector after his doctor ordered him off the couch found a cache of ancient treasure in what’s being called the gold find of the century in Norway. The gold pendants date to around A.D. 500. The pendants and gold pearls were part of a showy necklace that was made by skilled jewelers and was worn by society’s most powerful.
(AP) - At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10