By A Mystery Man Writer
The priceless artefact’s hilt was lost when a ‘magnet fisher’ tried to salvage it from a river
Have-a-go detectorists using magnets to find underwater treasure have been scolded by the British Museum after a Viking sword was damaged while being ‘fished’ from a river.The telling-off has come from the museum’s Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), which has reported record amounts of historical fi
We Should Have Never Found This Magnet Fishing! (Warning: Graphic
British Museum urges detectorists not to go magnet fishing after breaking Viking sword
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