A Bronze Age hoard uncovered by a Minelab X-TERRA 30 off the coast of Cornwall, southwest England is now on public display in a museum.
The hoard contains 49 objects in total, 45 of which were initially excavated and the remaining five were found in a subsequent inspection of the surface soil. Tucked under a rock in a cavity, the objects included five socketed axe heads, four blade fragments, a probable hogs-back knife, a unique buckle/horse fitting/scabbard decoration, a chape, a hilt terminal, 10 copper alloy fragments and 24 ingot fragments.
The items were cleaned, conserved, photographed, X-rayed and measured at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter.
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