Oct 24 2008
Bronze Age Axe Found by Metal Detectorist
A 75 year old metal detecting enthusiast found the find of his lifetime while detecting with members of the “Coventry Heritage Metal Detectors Society” earlier this year.
While he can’t reveal exactly where he found it, he describes “I felt pretty excited - it is pretty rare to come across such things. It is in excellent condition and still has a sharp edge. I have been metal detecting for more than 20 years and I classify this as my best find.”
Roy Crick is retired but carries out voluntary work and took the axe to the Birmingham Museum where it was authenticated and recorded. He hopes to have it displayed in the Kenilworth Museum some day.
Birmingham Museum’s finds liason officer says “It is by far the finest Bronze-age axe that has been recorded in Warickshire. You could almost cut your finger on the edge - it’s that sharp. For it to be in such good condition suggests that it was a new or nearly new one. We normally get people coming in with things they have found that are more than 300 years old - but this is closer to 3,000. From an archaeological point of view, I can say it is very, very important.”
