The Viking period on the Isle of Man ran from 850 to 1266 AD A 1,000-year-old silver ingot found by a metal detectorist is of "real importance" in understanding the Viking period on the Isle of ...

This ingot might have been cast from melted down booty or lots of little pieces of 'hack silver'. Whatever it was made from it was melted down into an ingot to make it easy to transport.

In this backdrop, the police searched a container in Thalner village of Shirpur taluka at 5 am today and discovered 10,000 kg of silver ingots worth Rs 94.68 crore," said the official.

The vessel, which was carrying coins and silver ingots, sank on Goodwin Sands in January 1740. More than a thousand vessels are known to have been wrecked on the notorious sandbanks, dubbed "the ...