In the 980s, Bluetooth lost a battle with his son, Sven Forkbeard, and is believed to have fled from Denmark toward modern-day northern Germany.
The oldest coin in the trove is 714 Damascus dirham, while the latest is a coin from 983, AFP reports. Harald I - his nickname is believed to come from a dead tooth that may have looked blueish - was a Viking king who united Denmark, conquered Norway and converted to Christianity.Īnd based on the date of the stash, the state archaeology office says, it's possible that the hoard wasn't just from Bluetooth's reign, but that it was directly tied to the king himself. They include coins, necklaces, brooches, rings, and a "Thor's hammer" (an amulet in the shape of Mjölnir). The two alerted professional archaeologists, and then helped recover of the rest of the trove - more than 600 silver objects dating from the late 10th century, the office says. The archaeology office of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, the German state where the items were found, did not provide the names of the discoverers, but credited a "volunteer" and a "13-year-old student" for the initial find. René Schön and student Luca Malaschnitschenko were searching northern Rügen island with metal detectors when they found something they thought was aluminum - but turned out to be silver, Agence France-Presse reports.
A 13-year-old boy and a hobby archaeologist have unearthed a "significant" trove in Germany which may have belonged to the legendary Danish King Harald Bluetooth.Īn amateur archaeologist and a 13-year-old student have uncovered a stash of thousand-year-old coins, rings and pearls on an island in the Baltic Sea in northern Germany, including items that might be tied to Harald Bluetooth, the famous king who united Denmark.
Tenth-century silver items are pictured on a table in Schaprode, northern Germany, on Friday.
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