'Extremely Rare' 4,000-Year-Old Copper Dagger Discovered in Forest

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4. Metal detectorist stumbles on 4,000-year-old weapon while walking to his car. See it

Aspen Pflughoeft
February 23, 2024·
2 min read

A metal detectorist in Poland searched the forest floor for military artifacts from World War I or World War II. He swept the device above the ground, working his way through the trees. Eventually, he decided to call it a day.

As Piotr Gorlach walked to his car, a final beep from his metal detector revealed the day’s most significant discovery.

Gorlach had left the metal detector on out of habit, he told Science in Poland in a Feb. 22 news release. As he headed out of the forest in Korzenica, he heard it beep and started digging. A flat metal object with a greenish hue emerged.

Archaeologists identified the artifact as an extremely rare 4,000-year-old dagger.



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