🥇 BANNER Best find of the year, Viking age grave

[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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[detroitdigger]

What great find, once in a life time. Congrats!

 

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[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Disregard what I said about bone decomposition, again I'm wrong... damn Google search, SHOW ME THE TRUTH !! More research shows in dry conditions bones can last forever, in wet conditions bones don't do so well...... Only lasting a few decades or a century or so... So your right, the bones could be long decayed. Sorry I'm such a bad Google browser...

 

[Bard Gauden]

Fingers crossed for finding a few bits of bone.

 

[Jonathan_K]

Wow! Just... WOW! That's amazing! Congrats!

 

[TheCoinKid]

Tread lightly, It could be one of my relatives

Congrats. The find of a lifetime.

 

[mudd]

that's a real treat to see, now I need to find the Vikings of Kansas. Very nice find

 

[jamey]

you are a top notch kind of guy,way to go.can not wait for the update.thanks for sharing

 

[oddrod]

Banner for sure

 

[gimper]

way to do all the correct things,signs of bones would be present but in your climate just white colored soil in place of solid bone.Your karma should be at a high level for a good while!congrats to u sir!

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

amazing find congratulations

 

[BosnMate]

Absolutely an outstanding find, and sir, you are of outstanding character, a wonderful example of honesty. Please, when they come back and dig, take lots of pictures to share with us. My grandfather was one of those 800,000 thousand immigrants from Norway, only he came around the turn of the century. Most of the family settled in Minnesota, but he brought his wife to Los Angeles and settled there, at least for awhile, so I was raised on the west coast, and know nothing of my ancestors or family in Minnesota. I've been told they came from Bregen in the beginning.

 

[Breezie]

Outstanding HISTORICAL piece!!! Congratulations on finding it and making the BANNER! Way to go!


Breezie

 

[L0STANDF0UND]

A great find! As a native Icelander, I have dreamt of finds like yours! I recently watched a Netflix documentary on the re-creation of an 'Ulfberth' Viking sword. Such detailed craftsmanship was used back then. The quality of steel did not meet modern standards, and it is simply amazing that the sword you have found has not completely decomposed. The Ulfberth (200 known specimens), were constructed of a steel that was forged under higher heat than most were back in the age of the sagas, and in return, tend to stay whole for longer periods of time without fully decomposing. Hence my question, is it an Ulfberth? Might be worth looking into. Congratulations!
EDIT: ULFBERT, not Ulfberth. My mistake.
En stor finner! Som en innfødt islending, har jeg drømt om funn som din! Jeg har nylig sett en Netflix dokumentar om re-etablering av en "Ulfberth 'Viking sverd. Slike detaljerte håndverket ble brukt den gangen. Kvaliteten av stål oppfyller ikke moderne standard, og det er rett og slett utrolig at sverdet du har funnet ikke er helt nedbrutt. Den Ulfberth (200 kjente eksemplarer), ble bygget av et stål som ble smidd under høyere varme enn de fleste var tilbake i en alder av sagaene, og i retur, har en tendens til å bli helt for lengre perioder av gangen uten helt å rotne. Derav spørsmålet mitt, er det en Ulfberth? Kan være verdt å se nærmere på. Gratulerer!
EDIT: ULFBERT, ikke Ulfberth. Min feil.

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

Congrats! What a thrill to find something with so much history!

 

[damiani1]

If i found that i would also say it was 1538 :P Very very very cool!

 

[DrJoePrime]

Great Find! Congrats!

 

[Bard Gauden]

Here is a photo showing me and the archeologist, And the find. Im the one with the "fox" on my head and a coffee in my hand.


The Archologists could not stay away so they are coming back tomorrow to excavate some more goodies!

 

[Irony]

So excited! By the way, curious about the fencing - was it put up to protect the site or was it already there before you found the grave?

 

[damiani1]

Hey Bard, I am just curious do you get any sort of insensitive for this recovery and being honest?

 

[bigfish313]

Congratulations on your find!