He Bought a Metal Detector to ‘Get Out’ and Found the Most Expensive Viking Treasure in History | the Chronicle

At the start of the year, Ole Ginnerup Schytz, He bought a metal detector to practice a new hobby, linked to one of the subjects that interests him the most: archeology. However, Danish never imagined that this would be the reason for the discovery of 22 unique objects which today constitute one of the greatest golden treasures in pre-iking Danish history.

The treasure was found near Jelling, in a friend’s field in southwestern Denmark., a region that was the cradle of the Viking kings between the 8th and 12th centuries.

In addition to the saucer-sized medallions, Roman coins were also found which were made into jewelry. According to expert testimony, among the coins there is one that refers to the Roman Emperor Constantine, from the beginning of the 4th century.

We think that this treasure may have been buried as an offering to the gods in their time of severe climate change, when temperatures got very cold after a volcanic eruption in Iceland in 536.

Now i found it It will be exhibited at the Vejlemuseerne as part of a large Viking show which will open on February 3..

The Viking Age began in 793 AD with the attack on the English monastery of Lindisfarne, which is the first known Viking attack. The event that marked the end of his glory days was the death of the king Harald hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.