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Gold diggers

Friday 23 February 1996 19:02 EST
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Gold diggers

Gold pendants found on a skeleton dug up by workmen could be dated to the 7th century, a treasure trove inquest heard yesterday. Three pendants and glass beads formed part of a necklace buried with a young Anglo-Saxon woman. Builders Darren Manley and Terry Coombs, who found the 1,300-year- old skeleton last July while refurbishing houses in Mere, Wiltshire, were allowed to keep their find by a jury at Salisbury coroner's court.

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