Metal Detectorist Finds Thousands of Viking Age Silver Coins in Finland
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4.5 kilos in silver, buried 45 cm deep. An enthusiast of metal detectors made the greatest discovery of Final Iron Age coins on Finnish soil.
With its metal detector, a Finnish prospector made an exceptional discovery: nearly five kilos of silver coins, about 1,000 old
<p>The largest treasure of the Viking Age has been found in Finland - more than 4 kg of coins lay underground for about 1000 years. In the forest, they found a treasure weighing about 4.5 kg, hidden 1000 years ago. Among the finds are thousands of coins, jewelry and minted silver.</p>
A metal detectorist has found Finland's largest silver coin hoard: the thousand-year-old find may contain thousands of coins.
The largest Iron Age silver hoard in the country's history has been found in Sysmä, southern Finland: a collection of Viking coins weighing nearly 4.5 kilograms. The find, hidden in bark containers and consisting of thousands of international coins, sheds new light on Finland's trade relations thousands of years ago.
The discovery at Sysmä broke an archaeological record that had stood in Finland for more than 130 years.
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