Man stumbles upon 2,700-year-old sword in the forest
Published: Jul. 17, 2026 at 10:57 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
(CNN) - A hobbyist with a metal detector stumbled on a big find in a forest in northern Poland.
He discovered a well-preserved bronze sword from the late Bronze Age.
It had apparently been standing upright in the ground for nearly 2,700 years.
Experts said it dated to between 900 and 700 B.C.
The man reported the discovery to heritage officials, and archeologists removed it from the sandy soil.
It will be studied further before going to a museum.
Similar discoveries have been made in the area.
Two bronze swords were found in a peat bog nearby back in the 1920s.
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