🥇 BANNER Viking silver and fittings from Irish relic box

MisterTell

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Dec 30, 2012
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🥇 Banner finds
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Extremely unusual findings, a fittings from Irish relic box , robbed by Vikings in Ireland in about 800 AD and taken to Norway.
It's never been previously found such fittings with metal detector before.
Photos of fittings I found, and an image of a complete relics box from google.
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Very cool. Thanks for sharing. Love the Celtic designs on that fitting.
 

I've just checked the distance from Dublin / Ireland and Lofoten where I found it .. journey is 1950 km or 1211 miles ... incredible distances ..
 

That is a really COOL find!
 

Very neat and unusual find.:thumbsup:
I love seeing this type stuff on tnet.
 

Congrats Mr Tell for earning Banner with this spectacular find!
 

congrats on your Banner finds
 

DANG WHAT A FIND ..
 

Your right, I have just voted.

Think of the Holy object that was in that box before the Viking ripped it off & took it on its journey home!

One could only dream! Yes!

And congrats on banner Mister T!!
 

That is an incredible find and a historical piece, great recovery, Congrats and HH
 

Congrats on the BANNER Tell!!!! In reality every thread you start could easily go up top. You're finds are incredible and historically important
 

Thank you all, and thanks for having Voted my found to banner.... :occasion14:
 

Amazing saves - great job!
 

Historic find congrats for the banner, hope to see more of your finds soon.
 

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