- It might just be rookie's luck, but an amateur Norwegian metal detectorist is celebrating his good fortune after unearthing what could be the nation's biggest ancient gold discovery in more than a century.
The gold hoard was discovered by Erlend Bore from Sola. According to the museum, the 51-year-old bought his metal detector a year ago and he sees it mostly as a hobby to get out of the house. Although the gold disks looked like ancient coins, the museum said that they were, in fact, jewelry. The gold pendants are known as "bracteaters," and the museum said that they were not used to buy or sell goods with, but were decorations.
The museum said that the motif on the gold disks also makes this a unique discovery. The bracteaters feature designs of a horse.