Every now and then

 

Before clearing a site and digging foundations for buildings and homes, in many places a survey is required to make sure that historical or religiously important artifacts and sites aren't accidentally dug up, covered over, dessicrated, or destroyed.

And when digging in a place with as much historical and religiously important stuff all over the place like in England, every now and then something pretty darned amazing is found, 

This was one of those times.

A 1,300-Year-Old Gold Necklace Found in an Early Christian Burial in England Is a ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime Discovery,’ Says Archaeologist

The so-called "Harpole Treasure," which scholars think may have belonged to a female religious leader, will be featured on BBC Two's "Digging for Britain."

Here's the necklace as found, and reconstructed.