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Hoard of 1,000-year-old Viking coins unearthed in Denmark – artefacts believed to date back to 980s found by girl metal-detecting in cornfield last autumn

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Tags: denmark, middle ages.early, vikings, currency, coins, archaeology.amateur, metal detecting, hobbies, museums, north jutland museum, 10th century, discoveries, source.the guardian, short read
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/21/hoard-of-1000-year-old-viking-coins-unearthed-in-denmark

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Title
Hoard of 1,000-year-old Viking coins unearthed in Denmark
Published
Apr 21 2023
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  1. Camus
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    This probably ranks up there with finding an actual dinosaur skeleton while digging for fossils as a kid. That girl must be ecstatic!

    This probably ranks up there with finding an actual dinosaur skeleton while digging for fossils as a kid. That girl must be ecstatic!

    7 votes
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    vord
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    This was basically the plot of The Detectorists. Glad reality imitates fiction sometimes.

    This was basically the plot of The Detectorists.

    Glad reality imitates fiction sometimes.

    5 votes
    1. Adys
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      A lovely series that was, and one that comes back to me any time I come across metal detection stories.

      A lovely series that was, and one that comes back to me any time I come across metal detection stories.

      3 votes