Metal detectorist finds Viking brooch

thats so amazing.. awesome piece of history.. i thing mrs hind (the flo) will be at the spring rally in april..

Alan do you live or know any1 near chippenham?
 
Viking Brooch

Hello there, the Viking Trefoil Brooch is now on display at the Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum, but here's a closer photo of the brooch :-)
 

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Thanks Alan, actually, Dad was the finder, I was the one who found bullets and other stuff, I have been detecting on and off since the mid 70's, and have never found anything like the brooch, Dad thought it was a drawer handle at first, so put it in with his other finds, it was about 6-8 inches deep, when I got back at the end of the dig, I saw a crowd of other detectorists, then saw dad in the middle, I remember him saying, "Didn't find much,.....lots of bullets,...oh...I did find this", the FLO's face lit up very well.:)
 
Thanks very much everyone, I will congratulate Dad again, wishing everyone the luck he had, (Including myself), we will try and make it to the Woodhill rally on the 17th April:)
 
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