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Viking Age silver treasure found in Norway

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DIG DEEPER at Norwegian SciTech News:
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2022/11/viking-age-silver-treasure-found-in-stjordal-municipality/

On 21 December 2021, Pawel Bednarski made the discovery of a lifetime using a metal detector. It was actually a bit of a coincidence that he ventured out on this particular day. The weather had been uncooperative for a while, but the forecast was for a couple of days of better weather. Bednarski decided to take the chance and do a search on a plot of land at the Kongshaug plateau in Stjørdal.

“The first item I found was a small ring that didn’t look particularly interesting at first glance. Then another ring appeared – and then a piece of a bangle,” Bednarski says.

Eventually he had unearthed a whole trove of small silver objects, including pieces of coins, jewellery and silver wire – all a mere two to seven centimetres below the ground.

“The objects were covered in clay, so it wasn’t easy to see what they looked like. It was only when I got home and rinsed off one of the bangle pieces that I realized this was an exciting find,” says Bednarski.

DIG DEEPER at Norwegian SciTech News:
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2022/11/viking-age-silver-treasure-found-in-stjordal-municipality/
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