Viking Raven Strap End

[robfinds]

I found this strap end a couple of weeks before Christmas. At first I thought it was meant to represent a fish (it looks a lot like a pike). It is actually a Viking raven strap end 10th Century. The raven is shown with wings folded, it is meant to show one of the ravens owned by the Viking god Odin, I think they were is eyes and ears.

Regards
Robert.

[Silver Searcher]

Super find Rob did you clean it or leave it

SS

[Silver Searcher]

WOWZERS..
We can only dream of finds like this on THIS side of the pond..

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a 'strap end?'

They went on the bottoms of leather straps, for decoration, and were sometimes made from Silver. They are highley prized find in the UK, and to find a Viking one is a spectacular find indeed

SS

[robfinds]

WOWZERS..
We can only dream of finds like this on THIS side of the pond..

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a 'strap end?'

Yes as Colin says they were put on the end of leather straps as decoration. Like we do now with belts.

[robfinds]

Super find Rob did you clean it or leave it

SS

I left it uncleaned, I sold it to a guy in Norway, so it's gone back home

[Silver Searcher]

Super find Rob did you clean it or leave it

SS

I left it uncleaned, I sold it to a guy in Norway, so it's gone back home

It's good when that happens

SS

[Silver Searcher]

By the way Rob....stop teasing us and get them finds posted, that I know you have

SS

[shaun7]

I'd love to find anything Viking

[birdman]

Awesome historic find!

[Hunter]

Awesome find!!!

[TheDane]

Super find Rob did you clean it or leave it

SS

I left it uncleaned, I sold it to a guy in Norway, so it's gone back home

[Deepdiger60]

There is so little known yet about Viking history archeologist are just now understanding it since the Viking,s where such nomads and never really settled down for any long period of time how does anyone determine whether its Viking or not ? iam no expert on Viking history just the little i have read ,that's a amazing find i would give anything to get over there a search for things like that it must be my English blood i was born in Cornwall the Cornish Coast Good Hunting Jim

[TheDane]

There is so little known yet about Viking history archeologist are just now understanding it since the Viking,s where such nomads and never really settled down for any long period of time ...

Not really true, Deepdiger !
Don´t know where you got this knowledge ??
In my country they were living permanently, mostly as farmers, for about 300 years !!

[Deepdiger60]

There is so little known yet about Viking history archeologist are just now understanding it since the Viking,s where such nomads and never really settled down for any long period of time ...

Not really true, Deepdiger !
Don´t know where you got this knowledge ??
In my country they were living permanently, mostly as farmers, for about 300 years !!

Actually i read it in a issue of National Geographic about 2 Viking villages found in coastal South Eastern Canada and Northern most coastal Maine both accidental finds by archeologist i believe it was back in 1995 along with the remains of one of there long ships very interesting to read Jim

[TheDane]

Oh, now I understand, you talk about those who came to America !!

Then your info might be right, but not as a general description of the Vikings in Scandinavia.

Isn´t it strange: In our World that is so fixated on knowledge and correctness, we still teach our kids in school that Columbus was the first European in America, when science knows that the Vikings were the first Europeans in America ??

[Deepdiger60]

Oh, now I understand, you talk about those who came to America !!

Then your info might be right, but not as a general description of the Vikings in Scandinavia.

Isn´t it strange: In our World that is so fixated on knowledge and correctness, we still teach our kids in school that Columbus was the first European in America, when science knows that the Vikings were the first Europeans in America ??

Long before the Vikings journey,s across to find the East Coast of North America the Native American people were already settled in the Americas 1000,s of years they first came to the West Coast thanks to the last ice age crossing the frozen Bering Strait,s they were Northern Chinese nomads as we know today as Eskimos all the way down to South America the Aztec people a migration that took thousands of years hence fourth somewhere in between the Native American evolved , that sets the record straight who really discovered North America Jim

[TheDane]

Oh, now I understand, you talk about those who came to America !!

Then your info might be right, but not as a general description of the Vikings in Scandinavia.

Isn´t it strange: In our World that is so fixated on knowledge and correctness, we still teach our kids in school that Columbus was the first European in America, when science knows that the Vikings were the first Europeans in America ??

Long before the Vikings journey,s across to find the East Coast of North America the Native American people were already settled in the Americas 1000,s of years they first came to the West Coast thanks to the last ice age crossing the frozen Bering Strait,s they were Northern Chinese nomads as we know today as Eskimos all the way down to South America the Aztec people a migration that took thousands of years hence fourth somewhere in between the Native American evolved , that sets the record straight who really discovered North America Jim

Right Deepdiger60 !!

I was only talking about the first Europeans in America !!

[robfinds]

There is so little known yet about Viking history archeologist are just now understanding it since the Viking,s where such nomads and never really settled down for any long period of time how does anyone determine whether its Viking or not ? iam no expert on Viking history just the little i have read ,that's a amazing find i would give anything to get over there a search for things like that it must be my English blood i was born in Cornwall the Cornish Coast Good Hunting Jim

A lot of Cornish people consider themselves a separate race and not English.

Robert.

[Deepdiger60]

There is so little known yet about Viking history archeologist are just now understanding it since the Viking,s where such nomads and never really settled down for any long period of time how does anyone determine whether its Viking or not ? iam no expert on Viking history just the little i have read ,that's a amazing find i would give anything to get over there a search for things like that it must be my English blood i was born in Cornwall the Cornish Coast Good Hunting Jim

A lot of Cornish people consider themselves a separate race and not English.

Robert.

That is true my sister went to Northern Cornwall a few years ago to trace out family history its seems it goes back to the Celts .
Cornwall is recognized as one of the "Celtic nations" by many Cornish people, residents and organizations.

[Deepdiger60]

There is so little known yet about Viking history archeologist are just now understanding it since the Viking,s where such nomads and never really settled down for any long period of time how does anyone determine whether its Viking or not ? iam no expert on Viking history just the little i have read ,that's a amazing find i would give anything to get over there a search for things like that it must be my English blood i was born in Cornwall the Cornish Coast Good Hunting Jim

A lot of Cornish people consider themselves a separate race and not English.

Robert.

That is true my sister went to Northern Cornwall a few years ago to trace out family history its seems it goes back to the Celts .
Cornwall is recognized as one of the "Celtic nations" by many Cornish people, residents and organizations.

Just for laughs i have a funny story about a Uncle of mine Michael who was the Queens personal body guard back in 1982 she booted him out of the Palace by the way no refection on me his personal live style so there is some Royal Blood in a away in the Family
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