For a moment his sight and mind betray him. He thought what he saw were chocolate coins. It took him a while to realize that he had really found a treasure.

The surprise of his life was given to Erlend Bore, who came across a handful of jewelry more than 1,500 years old with a metal detector in Norway, El Universal reported on its networks on November 14, 2023.

Bore, the AFP agency said, is an archeology buff and his particular anecdote took place in August. The gold jewelry dates back to the 6th century, a find considered the country’s “gold find of the century,” the agency said.

The 51-year-old man said he was walking in a farmyard near Stavanger with his metal detector and the device started ringing on a hill.

“Initial I thought they were chocolate coins or Captain Sabeltann”, a famous Norwegian imaginary character, recalled Erlend Bore, quoted in AFP.

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Excitedly, he “informed the archaeological services that they had discovered about 100 grams of jewelry dating from about the year 500 AD, at a time of great migrations of peoples in Europe.”

Bore found nine gold medallions and pearls that once formed a luxurious necklace, as well as three rings of the same metal.

University of Stavanger

For the director of the Archaeological Museum of the University of Stavanger, Ole Madsen, this is “the gold discovery of the century in Norway.”

This latest find “is unique, especially because of the reason stated on the medallions: a type of horse that belongs to Norse mythology,” experts said.

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According to the law, AFP points out, Erlend Bore and the owner of the land must receive a reward, the amount of which has not yet been determined.

But… according to the same laws in Norway, objects older than 1537 and coins older than 1650 are considered state property and must be returned to the authorities.

The proposal, according to El Universal, is “to exhibit the discovery at the Archaeological Museum in Stavanger.”

The latter has provoked all kinds of comments and many have tried to put themselves in the shoes of that archeology fan and confessed what they would have done if they had found that treasure.

And you… what would you do if you had something similar to Erlend Bore?

(JO)