Pictures of some selected finds (click on the picture to enlarge it)
Sword
Sword from year 323AD - ritually folded .Found by Arne Schau on an assignment for the museum of archaeology in Oslo.
Gold ingot
Gold ingot from appr.roman ironage-older germanic ironage :0-550AD. The Ingot consists of both gold,silver and copper, which explains the cracks in the ingot. Found on an assignment for the museum of archaeology in Stavanger on Avaldsnes in Rogaland by John Kvanli.
Disc-brooch from the younger germanic ironage /merovingian time approx.600-800 AD
This is a disc brooch in bronze med decorations consisting with consentrical rings. The hole in the middle is after a pin which probably have held a piece of bone or part of a tooth from a walrus.a needle can be seen on the back of it. There has only been known 3 brooches like this in Rogaland before.All found by Rygene members.This one is found at Utsola in Sola, Rogaland by John Kvanli.Handed over to the museum of archaeology in Stavanger
Bow brooch
Bow brooch in bronze pre-roman-ironage( 500BC-0), found in Horslunde, Lolland, Denmark by Thor Holmboe. Handed over to LFS museum in Denmark.
Dragon fibula
A little dragon fibula from the beginning of Christianity in the Nordic region 1050 - 1150AD. Goes under the definition disc brooches. Found at Little Utterslev in Lolland,Denmark by Thor Homboe.For registration to Lolland-Falster Stiftmuseum.
Horse harness- Viking era
Horse harness in bronze from approx. 900AD. Found by Tommy Olesen,Sjaelland, Denmark. Handed in to the National Museum in Copenhagen
Book clasp from medieval time
Book clasp which might symbolize "St.jørgen and the dragon" and originates from an early medieval book from a monastary in Hasted, Lolland,Denmark. Found by Thor Holmboe and handed in to Lolland Falster Stiftsmuseum.
Early Viking Oval brooch /turtle brooch
Oval brooch/ turtle Brooch from early viking era found by John Kvanli during assignment for the Museum of Archaelogy in Stavanger at Froyland, Time county,spring 07.This oval brooch is one of a pair.Oval brooches like this is carried by women during the ironage.
