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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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[swamp yankee]

Congrats on one heck of an artifact! I love it! Find some more to show us,maybe a sword?HH.,,,,,

 

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[fongu]

Wonderful find and deadly weapon in any century. My Grandpa told me that beautiful things and deadly things go hand in hand, so I always dated ugly girls. lol
Grandma told me pretty is, is pretty does and that made all the difference.

 

[hostagedk]

so cool, nice find!

 

[Ranger121]

Beautiful shaping. I would buy a copy if I find a knifemaker selling it.

 

[bfalk]

That is fantastic!! Lovely design. Wonder where it's from? Got any clues?

 

[RebelYeller]

Very jealous! Great find!

 

[Garrett424]

Fantastic find.
congrats.

 

[scaupus]

Sounds like it could be wrought iron, which were very individualistic and quirky alloys depending on where and how made. Some types were suitable for making tools and weapons by cold working the metal. Some types were rust resistant, and some types were very, very rust resistant. It all depended on which impurities were in the alloy and how much (copper, tin, etc. Wrought Iron with a high phosphorus content was the most rust resistant.)

I believe that a ulu shaped vegetable chopper made by my great grandfather in the late 19th century is wrought iron. He was not a smith, per se, and probably cold worked a piece of wrought iron he got hold of into the form of a chopper. Superficially, the surface looks somewhat similar to your Celtic piece, especially on first glance. I've marveled at it's perfect condition, the color sort of a deep, very dark brown, a lot like a bronze patina, and without a spec of rust. With wrought iron, pieces centuries apart and found in widely varying environments can both appear to be in somewhat similar condition. Anyway, for what it's worth, that's my theory.

 

[Old Dude]

I know everyone's tastes are different, but I believe this is the best piece posted on Tnet in the last couple years at least. The design of that is beautiful. Congrats on the most deserving banner find I have seen.