March
04
/ 2021
A metal detectorist has made a great discovery on the island of Jersey – a rare and complete metal spearhead that is thousands of years old. Researchers have called the Bronze Age spearhead “unique to the Channel Islands and a rare find in Great Britain.” The metal detectorist who made the discovery, Jay Cornick, followed proper procedure and brought it to Jersey Heritage to be recorded. Jersey Heritage’s Curator of Archaeology, Olga Finch, explained that the Bronze Age spearhead “is a really exciting find for Jersey [because] it is unique and very rare in terms of its large size and the fact that it is intact.” The Killing of Swords: A Destructive Funerary Rite To Release the Spirit of Weapons
