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The Staffordshire Hoard is the only hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered.

When the hoard was first catalogued, it was estimated at around 1500 items. Now further research and cleaning has revealed more than 3500 items, and the number continues to rise.

The items in the hoard are so small and fragile, the conservation team use pyracantha and cotoneaster thorns to clean them under the microscope. 
The nearest Roman town to the hoard find spot is Letocetum or Wall. It appears in the Antonine Itinerary, a Roman road manual, dating to the 4th century AD, as an important staging post on Watling Street.

After it was discovered in 2009, the Staffordshire Hoard was valued at £3.285 million ($5.173 million) and it was jointly purchased by Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (Stoke-on-Trent), using funds raised by public donation and charitable grants.