Erlend Bore

Viking find?!
The detector did not make a lot of noice for this one, but I still dug it.
It is a fragment of a gilded fibula of the Urnes or Ringerike type. Viking or early middle ages 1050-1100 AD. Delivered to the county archaeologist today and it went straight to the museum for conservation.

I found a 3000 yo axe!
While detecting on a new permission I found this bronze socketed axe. It is from the bronze age about 2500-3000 years ago. Delivered to the county archaeologist in Stavanger. Amazing to hold this object thinking about someone using it in that same spot a thousand years BC!

Excellent second half and Ødegaard is shooting again. But why did Arteta not sub Merino? The red card should have been avoided.

Sometimes we detectorists are just happy to help. Today I went out to a farm where a woman had lost her only car key while working with cattle in the field. Quite long grass, but as she had a clear idea of the most likely area, I found the keys quite quickly. Happy people, glad to help. 😊

A single silver plated tea spoon (marked 60GR NM) was the best find on my new permission this weekend. The land owner confirmed that they still had the same set at home and sent a pic of it. 😊

Sometimes in this hobby you get really excited for no good reason at all. 😅

Detected for 4 hours on new location farm in Jæren Rogaland Norway. Amazing weather, but few finds. A military button showing the Norwegian lion coat of arms and a simple buckle was all, besides scrap iron.

A search in lovely Mosterøy resulted in few finds besides scrap pieces of lead, 5 øre 1973-82, a water tap and this object that is probably part of a folding knife/pocket knife.

Nice search trip this Sunday. Only find was this keyhole, but got to see some great petroglyphs of slips on rock. My wife joined me for this search, so great company as well. 😊

This find might be part of a so called "gout belt" (NOR: "giktbelte"). This was used as treatment worn around the hips and on the skin in the 1800s and early 1900s. There is text on it possibly saying "ARSENIC" and CHATGPT says that such an "arsenic plate" was used for mediale purposes as well.

These two coins showed up hard to read, but it seems to be two samples of the "1 skilling danske" from 1771 and king Christian VII. The coin is often refered to as "lucky" due to the symmetri of 7's on both sides and as the "liquor shilling", due to the copper from stills being used to mint it.

The oldest coin I have detected so far! I found it in a farmers field near Stavanger this Saturday. It's a Swedish 1 öre from 1751-1768 King Adolf Fredrik. Quite a rare find around here.

New farm permission this weekend in the Stavanger area. I detected some nice coins, like this little silver one.
Norwegian 10 øre 1883, Oscar II.

A quite foggy search in Rennesøy today. Met a few lamas, but found very little. A button and some kind of metal tag besides the usual scrap metal.

Amazing game by the Arsenal!

Great search at the beautiful island of Rennesøy today. This is a hobby of patience, so after 4 hours the result was this little copper coin, a 1/2 Skilling 1840, King Carl Johan XIV.

The company is allready boycotting Russia since 2022, because of the invasion of Ukraine. Unreal that the USA is now qualified to join that list. What happened to our highly respected ally?

Did the doctor prescribe you some planekillers?

Probably. Arsenal without a striker and major injury trouble need to avoid a series of losses and secure the top 4 and CL spot for next season. Then they must make some moves. Sterling out and some top class in.

A bit windy today, but found time for a short search in the surf with my detector and sand scoop. Not much luck though. A few Norwegian and Swedish coins from the 1970s.

Maybe he and Krasnov could move to Starlinkgrad?

Happy with my prediction 😄

Trump being in "disinformation space", is the best description since the so-called president himself said: "We need more intelligence".

3-1

Speaking of cowards. Musk is using "hidden" signs to communicate his white supremacist agenda. The 14 US flags in his posts, probably refer to the so-called "14 words slogan" that reads: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children." Fits the arm use context as well.

This is starting to look a bit like the plot in "Die Hard"...

Last summer this coin showed up on my metal detector in Norwegian waters. It is from Ukraine, hard beaten, but still with it's identity intact. 🇧🇻🇺🇦

Quisling said more or less the same in Norway in the 1940s. He also claimed to be all good and the chosen one, attempted a coup and ruled for the facists. I recommend the TV series "Quisling" or the film version "Quisling's last days", based on the diary of the priest that visited him in his cell.

Må Viking ut å handle igjen da, eller satser man på at det går bra?

"Why? What did you hear?!"