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[Bard Gauden]

Hi to you all.

On the 1. of January I did an amazing find,
A find most detectorists will never get.

I found an early viking age sword! As soon as i realized what it was i carefully put it back in the hole and covered it back up.
Then I called my "state Archeologist" and told him about my find. He was very thrilled.

Today he came to excavate my find. (Third of January)
(You see, In Norway, all finds dating from before 1537 is automaticly protected by law)
And as he dug we found a complete sword (broken in 5 pices), 1 battle-ax and a scythe.
Even thou the person that was buried there is dissolved and not to be found, It is still most definetly a grave.

After he had removed the Items I checked the grave with my detector and there was still two pices left.
But they will be staying in the ground untill the summer. Then it will be a bigger excavation, as it might be more than one grave there.

Hope you like what I show you, and tell me if you want more pictures. EDIT; Check out page 5 for a lot more pics from the excavation

 

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[Admiral de Salee]

Sir, just one more across-the-pond person putting his 2 cents in. I "vote" to commend you for your actions!

My ancestry is half-Swedish, and I like that you're contributing to a more complete Scandinavian history.

 

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[acepro]

wow what a find, lets hope now that you gave it up they will do the correct thing with it! do you mind me asking what state your in?
happy hunting!

 

[Bard Gauden]

LOL The "unidentified object" turned out to be a windshield wiper for a tractor A bit disapointing, but very funny