– It was a shock when I got to see the objects – StjordalensBlad

the Brothers Jørgen and Joakim Korstad was out with his detector on Wednesday this week. On a field in Hegra, they did a sensational finds from the bronze age. They found nine bronsealderøkser and a spearhead.

We did findings quite grundt, the most shallow, perhaps only 15 centimeters under the earth, ” says Jørgen Korstad.

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– Pleasantly surprise

Friday was the brothers Korstad on the site, which is kept secret, along with several fylkesarkeologer, archaeologists from the NTNU science Museum and archaeologist Helle Vangen Stuedal by Stjørdal museum Værnes.

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Several archaeologists met Friday to look at the findings from the bronze age. Here are the gathered at the meeting place before the expedition went to Hegra. Photo: Private

Fylkesarkeolog Lars Forseth denotes found that amazing.

It was almost as I did not believe what I heard when I got the message earlier this week. And it was a shock when I got to see the objects. A pleasing surprise, he says to Stjørdalens Blade.

Forseth says that it is currently too early to say what this means.

– But we can say that the discovery is from the period 4 and 5 in the bronze age, and the dating 1.100-700 before Christ, ” he says.

What more do you know?

” We don’t know if there is a depotfunn or verkstedfunn, but it may look like the remains of bronze casting. In the bronze age it was customary to lay down objects on the holy places.

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Korstad brothers found several axes and a spearhead on a field in Hegra. Photo: Private

Now to archaeologists, the directorate for cultural heritage, and NTNU science Museum dig down into the story and find out more about the findings to the Korstad-brothers.

the Area where the hatchets and at the forefront was found is automatically protected, and fylkesarkeolog Lars Forseth stresses that it is prohibited to go there and make the intervention.

– Much bigger than we thought

Jørgen Korstad tells Stjørdalens Blade that he and his brother Joakim tried to keep a low profile after the discovery of the field in Hegra this week. But yesterday slammed it.

It was a lot. I have received many phone calls, and messages, ” says Jørgen Korstad.

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- It is much bigger than we first thought, ” says Jørgen Korstad. Photo: Private

It was only during the collection with a two-digit number of archaeologists yesterday it dawned on him what had happened.

– It is much bigger than we first thought. We realised that there was something special, and terminated the search and called the archaeologist. But that it should be so vehemently we could not imagine, ” he says.

– You don’t get the less desire to continue with the detector now?

– the Lady said I was hooked from before, but it is not less now, no!