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  • Bronze Age spear found by a metal detectorist on a Jersey beach

    02/28/2021 10:05:10 PM PST · by 11th_VA · 57 replies
    Yahoo News ^ | Simon de Bruxelles Sun, February 28, 2021
    One of the most spectacular bronze age weapons discovered in northern Europe has been found by a metal detectorist on a Jersey beach. The perfectly preserved 35cm long spear head made from copper alloy was found buried point down at the low water mark on one of the lowest tides of the year. It is in such good condition that the finder Jay Cornick thought it must be a modern fishing spear. He put it in his bag and didn’t think much more about it until he showed it to archaeologists from Jersey Heritage. The spearhead was found last August...