Did they just leave these lying around?

 

Yet another amateur find of a cache of ancient gold, this time in Norway.

You'd think that the citizenry of that era would be a bit more careful with their valuable possessions, wouldn't you?

Amateur makes 'gold find of the century' in a farmer's field after buying a metal detector because his doctor told him to get more exercise

"He [the amateur metal searcher] was shocked to learn he had in fact dug up nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls - some of which date back as far as the fall of the Roman Empire."

Ancient gold from Norway