Visser gave his find to the museum, where archaeologists identified it as the pommel cap, or handle end, of a 1,000-year-old Viking sword. The Fries Museum shared photos of the pommel cap on Facebook.

After further investigation, they determined that the handles belonged to Viking swords that had been thrust into the earth above two burials and had remained upright for 1,200 years.

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He noted that up to 4,000 swords from the Viking Age have been found throughout Europe, but only about 170 — 45 from Norway — have Ulfberht inscriptions. "We are not aware of similar swords ...

Visser gave his find to the museum, where archaeologists identified it as the pommel cap, or handle end, of a 1,000-year-old Viking sword. The Fries Museum shared photos of the pommel cap on Facebook.

Visser gave his find to the museum, where archaeologists identified it as the pommel cap, or handle end, of a 1,000-year-old Viking sword. The Fries Museum shared photos of the pommel cap on Facebook.