rebbel31
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Bronze Age. We need close ups of the broken off part. To me it looks like a "Lappenbeil" but could be wrong. It should date in early to middle urnfield period dating 1200-1050 BC. Great find.
Please report to the authorities, it could be a significant find depending on the area you live in.
Added a few pics. We gps'd the location and plan on taking to the museum to see if it's significant.
Looking at the added pics i cancel Lappenbeil. It's a "Randleistenbeil" / flat axe / flanged axe like Crusader stated.
Oh, forgot to mention, Flat axe is the first type of Bronze Age axeheads makes it about 3800 years old. I see a faint border along the stem wich makes me thinking it's an early type of Flanged Axe, still between 1800 to 1500 BC.
I agree, might be flanged.
However, I'm sticking with the earlier Flat Axe, as many of these have a small raised flange. Not easy to see, but similar to this;
British Museum - flat axe
Note; The Arreton is a flat axe with a kind of small flange, but ''It is very difficult to decide when raised edges of axes officially turn into flanges''
Yes, as you say, we have a similar period one & you can't find anything much older.....Ya nailed it. Thanks for the ID. It's exciting.