Viking Sword Found by Reindeer Hunter

[4Nines]

On Friday, we received the incredible news that a sword had been found at high altitude in our county. The discovery was made during reindeer hunting. The pictures accompanying the news were just stunning. One of them showed a hunter holding an extremely well preserved Viking sword.

Our minds were racing, but the immediate thought was that we had to inspect the find spot as quickly as possible. The question was whether this was an isolated find, or if there could be more artefacts here. After consulting with the Museum of Cultural History and the National Park authorities, two members of the Secrets of the Ice team visited the find spot yesterday, together with two of the reindeer hunters (including the finder Einar Åmbakk), a local metal detectorist and a local archaeologist. The group set out from a summer farm and reached the finds area after three hours of brisk walking up the mountain in strong wind.

The reindeer hunters had not taken a GPS position for the find, but we were able to access the exact coordinates through the geographical data stored in the photos. This was very important, as experience shows that it could otherwise have been difficult to relocate the exact find spot in a terrain with few landmarks. Using a GPS, the find spot was quickly re-discovered.

Read more: Breaking News: A Viking Sword Found at High Altitude - Secrets of the Ice

 

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[dascrow]

wow, that's incredible!

 

[13dolphins1]

Nice

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[GB1]

dang that is nice and a rare find

 

[AlienLifeForm]

Incredible find, what are the odds? Also discovered, two admins I have never seen before.

 

[4Nines]

Usually, we are stuck in the backroom working on the site, but sometimes we find the light of day

 

[Argentium]

If this sword is legit , It would certainly be the best condition sword of Viking manufacture that is known ! Thanks for sharing and please update us with any test results !!! How Exciting !

 

[Javadroid]

That's an incredible find! Thanks for sharing this -- let us know if you hear more on authenticity, details, etc.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

That is a wonderful find. In astonishing condition - frozen and just waiting for recovery.

Gives a Great profile of the blade shape. Most modern "repros" lack that tip style.

 

[Chocograph]

I live ten minutes out of Lillehammer in Oppland county where it was found. Since I only read one of the news sites I wasn't aware of this until today. It's incredible.

 

[johnnycat]

That's a find of 10 lifetimes!!!

 

[nsdq]

Dang

 

[RustyGold]

Awesome find!

 

[sprailroad]

If only it could talk, from being made, used and lost.

 

[Underwonder]

Now that is a real sword in a stone story! It looks like real rough terrain there to do more metal detecting!

 

[scruggs]

It just shows you...treasure is everywhere!