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Anty Ep | 09-21-2007 09:27 AM
Viking hoard find in Gotland fantastic news, great luck Quote:
Current News Article Rain uncovers Viking treasure trove Sep 14, 2007 in Shipwrecks & Treasure, World Coins Reprinted from The Local - By James Savage A bout of torrential rain left a surprising legacy in the garden of one Swede: a Viking treasure trove. Two coins were uncovered by the rain on the lawn of farmer Tage Pettersson, on the island of Gotland, in early August. He called in Gotland�s archaeologists, who last week found a further 52 coins on the site. Most of the coins are German, English and Arabic currency from the late 900s and early 1000s. But archaeologists are most excited about the presence of six very rare Swedish coins, from the reign of Olof Sk�tkonug, king of Sweden from 994-1022. One of the Swedish coins has never been found in Sweden before, although an example has been found in Poland. One of the other coins is only the second of its kind to have been found. Archaeologist Dan Carlsson told Svenska Dagbladet that the coins were �very well preserved, and come from a period about which we know little in terms of coin history.� The English coins are likely to have been paid to the Vikings as an incitement to let them live in peace, he said. Gotland is one of the richest sources anywhere of buried Viking treasure. Discoveries of coins and other treasure are made on a regular basis.

Tn...Andy | 09-21-2007 09:35 AM
Re: Viking hoard find in Gotland Sounds like a dandy place to own a metal detector !

Krugerrand | 09-21-2007 09:19 PM
Re: Viking hoard find in Gotland Isn't that every boy's dream, to dig up some stinkin' buried treasure!? :bear_w00t: Well, I guess it's men's dream, too. :bear_tongue:

des00s | 09-22-2007 10:20 AM
Re: Viking hoard find in Gotland "The authorities thanked farmer Tage Pettersson after moving the coins to a museum and then gave him a free year pass to the museum so that he could view the coins anytime he wished to"

Maddie | 09-22-2007 10:46 AM
Re: Viking hoard find in Gotland Quote:
Originally Posted by Krugerrand (Post 746974) Isn't that every boy's dream, to dig up some stinkin' buried treasure!? :bear_w00t: Well, I guess it's men's dream, too. :bear_tongue:
And little girls' and women's dreams, too...although we think it would be nice to dig up some Viking jewelry with those coins, like maybe a nice pair of those huge gold tortoise-style brooches Viking women wore. :bear_tongue:

Tn...Andy | 09-22-2007 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by des00s (Post 747237) "The authorities thanked farmer Tage Pettersson after moving the coins to a museum and then gave him a free year pass to the museum so that he could view the coins anytime he wished to"
Which is exactly why you'll never hear about the other 99% that are found.

Anty Ep | 09-22-2007 11:25 AM
Re: Viking hoard find in Gotland Well the Nordic peoples are very community oriented and I would think that there will be future finds that are given up willingly just like this. I have had the great pleasure of viewing two fantastic collections of such archaeological finds, the longboat of longboats, the Oseberg ship which is kept in Oslo, and the glorious golden horde that is kept in Stockholm, at the National Museum of Antiquities, the gold room called guldrummet, btw, here is the Oseberg ship http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...g_longship.png Here are some reproductions you can buy if you really like Viking style http://www.northerner.com/html/beh-pendants_1.html

Anty Ep | 09-22-2007 11:28 AM
Re: Viking hoard find in Gotland anybody read Knut Hamsen? great novelist.

hystckndle | 09-22-2007 11:54 AM
Re: Viking hoard find in Gotland Anty, Appreciate your posts of interesting stuff. A guy that used to hang around here often, Midas / Panda lived in England, He had a detector and spent some time out and about looking I believe. I have read more than a few stories similar to this one about fellows plowing their field and coming across some interesting items. A gentleman I worked with once told me about how how he was out playing as a youngster in the early 60's and building a fort of some sort in the Central Florida area. They dug up an old leather pouch and some Spanish coins he said. The bad part about the story is that they let the local five and dime store guy talk them out of them in trade for some "free" sundries... I can only imagine how these came to be lost years ago. My father used to walk behind his fathers horse and plow in Mississippi in the early 30's... He would pick up an occasional arrowhead... I still have many of them. Interesting that you have been to Oslo to view those pieces. Great travelers they were. Have you by chance studied any of the henge sites or read much about the Grooved Ware people. ? Straying on the subject though...sorry... Just curious. Haystackneedle

GoldWampum | 09-22-2007 12:04 PM
Re: Viking hoard find in Gotland Quote:
Originally Posted by Tn...Andy (Post 747279) Which is exactly why you'll never hear about the other 99% that are found.
You got that right. Guess he didn't have mineral rights.

johngr | 09-22-2007 03:52 PM
Re: Viking hoard find in Gotland Don't get caught (illegal in Sweden and probably other Scandinavian lands as well). Such antiquities are automatically property of the Swedish gov't no matter where they're found.

Anty Ep | 09-22-2007 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by hystckndle (Post 747302) Anty, ..... He would pick up an occasional arrowhead... I still have many of them.
a lot of coin collectors have a few arrowheads laid back, dont we? I got a good friend who found one in my home state and put it in a nice box for me. I got it in my office next to this goofy little wooden viking doll with a rebel flag pin and an "inequality" pin too. if anybody eyeballs my stuff too closely they get the picture and need not ask Quote:
Have you by chance studied any of the henge sites or read much about the Grooved Ware people. ? Straying on the subject though...sorry... Just curious. Haystackneedle
Nope, not in person that is. I read about all the menhirs though-- thats what they call them in France, they have em in Bretagne-- and did you know they have them in Malta too? Of course the Myceneans constucted with collosal stones too. I think these were all constructions of the pre-Aryan indigenous peoples of Europe, who along with the Minoans and Egyptians had some sort of "Atlantean" type influences, if you will

____hoot____ | 09-22-2007 10:42 PM
Re: Viking hoard find in Gotland Gotland Island is where the proto-vikings that sacked Rome, the Visgoths, were from.

hystckndle | 09-23-2007 12:05 AM
Re: Viking hoard find in Gotland Quote:
Originally Posted by Anty Ep (Post 747653) a lot of coin collectors have a few arrowheads laid back, dont we? I got a good friend who found one in my home state and put it in a nice box for me. I got it in my office next to this goofy little wooden viking doll with a rebel flag pin and an "inequality" pin too. if anybody eyeballs my stuff too closely they get the picture and need not ask Nope, not in person that is. I read about all the menhirs though-- thats what they call them in France, they have em in Bretagne-- and did you know they have them in Malta too? Of course the Myceneans constucted with collosal stones too. I think these were all constructions of the pre-Aryan indigenous peoples of Europe, who along with the Minoans and Egyptians had some sort of "Atlantean" type influences, if you will
Hello AE, I have only found one real arrowhead ( and I would swear my wife planted it as I was talking on the trail about NEVER finding one--) and it is now mixed up in the collection of my late dads items. He had cigar boxes full of them, and I have kept maybe 50 or so. He stated to me once that he had a much more extensive collection and when he took many of them to "show and tell" at the elementary school in the early 40's the teacher "liberated" many of them from him. I used to go out to the river bank and look for pottery shards and such... I have found much of these near the Pearl River in Miss. and I even found some in Az. while on a trip there a few years back. In many places there ( Az ) it seems shards and items are prolific if you are in the right places. Neither I in person ( seeing a henge ) myself, although I have seen many of the Inca, Maya, Aztec, Olmec, and Athenian / Greecian structure types. I have heard about the Malta sites, and even of a henge in Egypt, which I am remiss in learning more of. I would like to visit Orkney and some of the lesser famous sites on the Isles. Many sites are placed on parallel or similar "tudes" and research has been finding much about these by mapping. Even some of the American sites have similar geographical features it seems. I am inclined to think that the Egyptians did not become immediately expert builders. I am also inclined to think that they learned these processes ( NOT from aliens ) but from the Summerians by way of ?? Which brings me in a round about way to the predecessors ( ? ) of your above long boat. ( incredible piece is it not ? ) The Book of Enoch speaks of the "watchers" and people from the north who had great knowledge. My interest is rekindled.. Perhaps tomorrow I will come out from under the used car and try and catch up on some reading. Regards, Haystackneedle P.S. Please post photo of little viking dude wearing a rebel flag !!!!!:D

Maddie | 09-23-2007 02:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Anty Ep (Post 747286) http://www.northerner.com/html/beh-pendants_1.html
These are more what I had in mind. http://www.quietpress.com/vikingbrooch.html

Unclad Lad | 09-23-2007 03:41 PM
Re: Viking hoard find in Gotland Quote:
"The authorities thanked farmer Tage Pettersson after moving the coins to a museum and then gave him a free year pass to the museum so that he could view the coins anytime he wished to"
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Which is exactly why you'll never hear about the other 99% that are found.
This gentleman has contributed something immeasurable to his people's history and culture. I'm sure he's very proud. Although they should have given him a lifetime pass! Quote:
One of the Swedish coins has never been found in Sweden before, although an example has been found in Poland. One of the other coins is only the second of its kind to have been found.
The thing about selling them is, they're too rare to find a buyer. They're unique. Spanish Doubloons are uncommon, but there's a market and a process for selling, trading, and buying. Trying to sell these would be like trying to find a buyer for the stolen "The Scream".

Anty Ep | 09-23-2007 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Maddie (Post 748027) These are more what I had in mind. http://www.quietpress.com/vikingbrooch.html
nice http://www.quietpress.com/Images3/W-58A.JPG

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