A Finnish metal detectorist uncovered a roughly 1,000-year-old Viking Age silver hoard weighing about 10 pounds, described as Finland's largest coin hoard of that era.
Sources
- Smart News: History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/finland-largest-viking-age-silver-treasure-1234797661/ (artnews.com)
- https://gizmodo.com/a-metal-detectorist-just-discovered-finlands-largest-hoard-of-viking-age-silver-but-was-it-plunder-2000810800 (gizmodo.com)
- https://abcnews.com/International/viking-age-silver-cache-discovered-finland-metal-detector/story?id=136369223 (abcnews.com)
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