This is one of my best finds, it's a 10TH Century lead Viking disc brooch. The find was the first signal on a new field about 5 years ago. After many searches of the field it was the only Viking object found.
I suspect this to be a lead test piece. Much rarer than a normal lead disc brooch as it was a one off test that the smithy did to test the mould before using the more expensive bronze or copper-alloy.
There will be, one day , what defines history though. I suppose it's different things to different people. If an object is only a hundred years old ,but it teaches us something or gives us pleasure and interest surely that's what counts.