A metal detectorist recently spotted a 2,700-year-old bronze sword in an unusual position — standing upright in the ground.
The discovery was announced by the Pomeranian Provincial Heritage Conservator on Facebook earlier in June.
The weapon was found by hobbyist Marcin Wiśniewski in the Gdańsk Forest District in northern Poland, near the Baltic coast. It dates to the Late Bronze Age, between 900 and 700 B.C.
I never find cool stuff like this when I go out in the woods. Granted, not a lot of swords in North America circa 700 BC.