Museum staff conserving a Bronze Age hoard have described the "magical" moment the "silvery surface" of its contents emerged from beneath thousands of years of dirt and corrosion.The Peebles Hoard, which was found by a metal detectorist in 2020, comprises more than 500 "unusual" bronze and organic objects, many without archaeological parallel anywhere in the world.

Museum staff conserving a Bronze Age hoard have described the "magical" moment the "silvery surface" of its contents emerged from beneath thousands of years of dirt and corrosion.The Peebles Hoard, which was found by a metal detectorist in 2020, comprises more than 500 "unusual" bronze and organic objects, many without archaeological parallel anywhere in the world.