A thousand-yearold hoard relating to Danish king Harald Bluetooth has been uncovered
Thirteen-year-old Luca Malaschnitschenko probably didn’t expect to findmore than a fewbits of rubbishwhen he went metal-detecting on Rügen, a German island in the Baltic Sea. Instead, along with
amateur archaeologist René Schön, the teen discovered a silver coin. After alerting Germany’s archaeological office, a dig was planned with the boy’s help.hey discovered a hoard of around
600 coins as well as brooches andahor’s hammer. based on the dates on the coins, experts believe they are linked to 10th-century Viking Harald Blåtand Gormsson, remembered for uniting Denmark. Nicknamed Bluetooth after a dead chomper with a bluish tint, his name was given to the modern technology as its purpose is to unite people as Gormsson did in Denmark. he location of the hoard lends credence to the theory that Bluetooth fled to Germany after being deposed by his son,Sweyn Forkbeard.
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