All contained plate and jewels of extraordinary richness, and often of rare workmanship.

"The treasure found," says M.Perrot, "surpassed all expectation, and even all hope.

Never had such a discovery been made of such a collection of precious articles, where the material was of the richest, and the specimens of different styles most curious.

There were many bracelets of massive gold, and among them two which weighed a pound apiece, and several others of a weight not much short of this.

Gold was met with in profusion under all manner of forms--finger-rings, ear-rings, amulets, flasks, small bottles, hair-pins, heavy necklaces.
Silver was found in even greater abundance, both in ornaments and in vessels; besides which there were articles in electrum, which is an amalgam of silver with gold.