A while ago there was a necklace discovered in Sweden [1], thought to be about 2000 years old it made international headlines. Then it made headlines again when analysis revealed it was a fake.

Not saying this knife will turn out to be a fake but seeing "Experts will soon conduct a metallurgical analysis" makes me just that little bit hesitant.

1) https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/unikt-jarnaldershalsb...

Since the press in Poland wrote about this, I'll add a little context. According to the Muzeum Historii Ziemi Kamieńskiej's spokesperson, the knife is actually up to 3-2,8. They used the X-ray fluorescence method to come up with that number. The dating is being disputed, as it was rushed out after the discovery, and it's not like you can use carbon dating on metal. There's still chemical analysis to be done, but that doesn't give accurate results either. Some scientists point to the XVIII-XIX CE. Apparently some experts had a look at it and say it's from the Middle East, and if made of brass it could mean it's from I BCE, and it's been stylized to look ancient.

Reminds me of "Detectorists."

https://www.amazon.com/Detectorists-BBC-Series/dp/B06XC4TPTN

Here in the US, if you search along the roads, mostly you're just going to find trash.

I have a question. Who gets to own the dagger? The museum? Or the people who found it? What the general law around finding things like this and ownership?

Its so beautiful.

I wonder what alloy it was made of.

I am surprised it looks in such a good condition after 2,500 years buried in a lump of clay.