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[MARCVS]

Hello guys
Here i am after a long time
Maybe some of you still remember me
Yesterdays find with Minelab gpx 4500 coil about 80 cm deep
Celtic knife

HH

 

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[DigIron2]

That is incredible.nice find and congrats.

 

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[Lanny in AB]

Hello guys
Here i am after a long time
Maybe some of you still remember me
Yesterdays find with Minelab gpx 4500 coil about 80 cm deep
Celtic knife

HH

Nicely done!

Beautiful find of fascinating craftsmanship.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[JrMack]

I think they must have use an iron ore that contained carbide to make then so strong. Not a rock expert but I learned that on the show giant swoards.

 

[Plumbata]

First i thought that knife is iron made,but then when i wash it i spot bronze color,and some strange shades....simply amazing

After studying your 1st picture (of the washed blade) it appears that the knife was "burned", perhaps in a ritual offering, which as far as I understand was a common practice among the Celts. The blade itself looks like a ritual piece too, which would make sense. The rather even black oxide layer, along with reddish spots seem to suggest that its splendid degree of preservation is due to being in a prolonged fire.

I have a couple pieces in my collection which exhibit similar "patina" that i'd like to share for comparative purposes. First is an ancient Thracian/Dacian "Sica" dagger, from the Celtic Hallstatt culture (with very interesting runes/symbols that may have been relevant to it being burned). You can see the unusually smooth "black" iron oxide surface, along with faint areas of "red" oxide (below the strange symbols). Clearly, some of the protective surface was breached and bubbled over the centuries.



I also have a pretty standard Celtic spearhead dug in Germany that is in a worse state of preservation, but still retains small areas of the smooth "burned" oxide layers.



I'm no expert but your find seems to be of a rare and special style (and large size), and its practically unmatched degree of preservation makes it a truly extraordinary find. Let me know if you see the "burned" surface that I think I see in your pictures, and thanks for sharing your killer find!

 

[kray]

Beautiful find. Congrats on the lightening-fast banner recognition!! Is that a record?

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on making it up on the banner it's an amazing find.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Congrats on an amazing and well preserved find and making Banner!

 

[relicmeister]

That is one awesome relic. You should have the metal analysed if possible.

 

[jewelerguy]

very cool

 

[huntsman53]

Truly awesome knife! Congrats on the find and the Banner!


Frank

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Simply an "Awesome" finding, must have dug lots of trash to find that blade !

 

[MARCVS]

Thank you again all
Not much trash,iron here and there,field is pretty clean.Not much pottery either

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congratulations on your ancient knife find Marc!

I loved hearing the theory... "Some historians think that Celts put a meteorite stones during the forging".

Very cool stuff!
Dave

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Fantastic historical find! Congratulations.

 

[Calgarychef]

It is a fantastic knife, but am i the only one who thinks that theres something amiss with it? It doesn't look old, I mean I've dug iron that only 600 years old and there's almost nothing left of it. The condition looks too good for something that's almost 2000 years old. And iron was a scarce comodity in that time so the handle looks like a waste of material. Almost every knife from that age that I've seen has a thin handle section. So a nice knife, no a gorgeous knife but I'm doubtful about the celtic part.

 

[MARCVS]

Well this knife was very deep,about 80 cm in very hard ground,no air,no fertilizer to speed up decomposition.
You are right i also have a lot of knifes during my hunting career and most of them was in pretty bad shape.This one is the peace of art.
You might miss my post with part that it is kind of mystery how Celts forge knifes and swords so superior to Roman swords.
In one theory they put meteorite stones during the forge.
My English is not so good,but in your last sentence i think that you doubt that knife is Celtic!?
Well there is no doubt about it as you can see on my picture next to knife there was a spear and scissors (there was also a Umbo-iron round middle part of a wooden shield...but totally decomposed)
Everything is 100 % Celtic and knife is in that shape and condition thanks to Celtic craftsman who did a brilliant job

also few Celtic knives from internet so you can see similarity.

 

[Dug1898]

That's a beautiful, fantastic find. Such a timeless design and so old. I believe the meteorite theory.
That would be a good design for a modern knife today. Ive seen some people that make knives out of old railroad spikes. This would be a good design for that I feel. Congratulations!

 

[metalev4]

Thats an incredible piece, never seen one like that posted before.

 

[Rivers rat]

Very nice!!!!!!


RR

 

[Army of 1]

Stunning find Marc ,Banner worthy for sure , congrats ..cheers Mick