A forest in Poland hid an amazing historical treasure until a metal detectorist found it in June.
Marcin Wiśniewski was looking around the Gdańsk Forest District when he saw something unusual, Fox News reported Thursday.
A bronze sword was standing upright in the dirt; it was later determined to be 2,700 years old, dating to the Late Bronze Age.
Photos showed the sword half buried in the dirt and after it had been removed and cleaned up during excavation:
Wiśniewski contacted officials with the Pomeranian Provincial Heritage Conservator who said it was not the first sword from that time period found in the area.
“In the 1920s, two antenna-hilt…
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