"Some time near AD750, someone left a Viking sword along a mountain plateau in southern Norway. On a late October day more than 1,250 years later, a hiker named Goran Olsen picked it up."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/o ... king-sword
Talk about eyes only...
- godfrey
- UKDN Platinum Supporter and UKDN Magazine Contributor
- Posts: 1877
- meble kuchenne warszawa
- Joined: Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:16 pm
- Main Detector: XP Deus
- Location: Bristol
- dig-it-pete
- Finds Advisor & Moderator
- Posts: 11230
- Joined: Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:08 pm
- Main Detector: Manticore
- Location: East Devon
- Contact:
- Old Git John
- UKDN Valued Member and Platinum Supporter
- Posts: 15232
- Joined: Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:00 pm
- Main Detector: SIMPLEX
- Location: Redruth
Re: Talk about eyes only...
Incredible find, thanks for the link.
I used to have an issue regarding having an inferiority complex, I no longer have an issue with being inferior.
- Strollingby
- UKDN Supporter - Bronze
- Posts: 1623
- Joined: Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:16 am
Re: Talk about eyes only...
Good read thanks for posting
- Donnydave
- UKDN Valued Member and Diamond Supporter
- Posts: 21249
- Joined: Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:32 pm
- Main Detector: XP Deus
- Location: Doncaster
- Contact:
Re: Talk about eyes only...
Interesting read it makes you wonder if any of these swords have been missed by detectorists because of ignoring iron signals on known Viking sites
- IronRon
- UKDN Silver Supporter and UKDN Magazine Contributor
- Posts: 1979
- Joined: Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:11 am
Re: Talk about eyes only...
I read this in the mail.. its hard to believe that an iron sword would still be in that condition after all those years in a wet environment as was found.
- Tony Miller
- Registered User
- Posts: 404
- Joined: Sun Dec 14, 2014 1:00 pm
- Main Detector: CTX3030
- Location: East Riding
Re: Talk about eyes only...
Thanks for a most interesting read. I shall keep my eyes open when I am fishing there next year.
FUBAR