Archeo metal detector finds

Hey, all you hunters.

With today's post I will demonstrate that working with archaeologists is beneficial for both parties and there is no need to be afraid to communicate with them.

Not too long ago I found this beautifully preserved bronze knife in a forest near a town. So I started digging around to find out what it might be dated as. My colleague Azaz was kind enough to forward my photos of the find to the HK museum and this is the reply from there:

Hello.

I owe you some information about the knife you showed me in the photo. It belongs to the Brunn type knife group, which is typical for the Czech-Palatinate mound
culture of the Middle Bronze Age. The centre of occurrence is in Horní Falec and a more precise classification is the end of the Middle Bronze Age, archaeologically it is the stage
BC1, i.e. about the middle of the 14th century BC. There are 7 of them published from our territory so far, in the spatial range from Louny to České Budějovice.

Yours sincerely
Miroslav Novák Museum HK

I would like to thank Azaz and Mr. Novák for their efforts to help.

I will add that this is probably the burial equipment of a high ranking person in that culture.

And today I handed over this find to the archaeologist mgr. Kateřina Blažková from our district museum. She was thrilled with the find and its details. We talked for a few hours about various aspects of archaeological finds and about my findings, which I had already handed over earlier.

There was coffee, of course. :-)

On this occasion I received a donation contract and a thank you note from the museum director.

So Hunters if you find something, don't be afraid to go and or approach an expert,who will help with the identification of the find.

I wish you all good luck and good finds.

SHORTY

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