In one scene from The Dig, an excavator named Peggy Preston (Lily James) finds a small gold jewel buried among the ship's skeleton. This was only the beginning of the dazzling jewels that were found at the site. The Sutton Hoo purse-lid is the richest of its kind ever to be discovered.In one scene from The Dig, an excavator named Peggy Preston (Lily James) finds a small gold jewel buried among the ship's skeleton. This was only the beginning of the dazzling jewels that were found at the site. The Sutton HooSutton HooSutton Hoo is the site of two early medieval cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near the English town of Woodbridge. Archaeologists have been excavating the area since 1938, when a previously undisturbed ship burial containing a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artefacts was discovered.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sutton_HooSutton Hoo - Wikipedia purse-lid is the richest of its kind ever to be discovered.7 Feb 2021