National Geographic: Lost Gold of the Dark Ages (2010)

TV. This National Geographic special on the greatest Anglo-Saxon gold hoard ever discovered is fairly interesting. The bloke who discovered the trove in a wide-open field surrounded by three major highways with a customized metal detector tells his story (along with the narrator). We learn how academics were brought in and kept the dig under wraps (to guard against nocturnal thieves). We learn the scope of this astonishingly large find, see many of its pieces up close, and learn of their purposes. Only speculation so far can surmise why and by whom they were hidden and forgotten. Here is a real -- and England's greatest -- tale of priceless buried treasure that's well worth seeing. 3.5 stars.