Despite the past few years of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs running our lives, the “geek culture” takeover has been grossly overestimated. Virgins still go to college, LARPers keep their cloaks in their backpacks and nobody plays Mario Party until they’re drunk and inhibitions are down.
But, that doesn’t mean you’ll always be a loser, you geek. Your moment to shine is out there waiting for you, and Terry Herbert (who, as an Englishman, may or may not be a hobbit) is living proof.
While indulging in his metal detecting hobby out in a rural English farm field, he uncovered the world’s largest trove of Anglo-Saxon gold. The pieces are mostly military armor parts and bear Christian symbols and Biblical passages.
Herbert will split the monetary value of the find with the farmer, but his real reward is that he finally has an awesome response when hecklers ask if he’s found anything with his metal detector yet.
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