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A 1000-Year-Old Nordic Spearhead Raises the Question - Were The Vikings in New York?


A Norse Spearhead
By 1930, Dr. C.T. Currelly, the curator of the Royal Ontario Museum, pronounced Hoffman’s find as an authentic Norse spearhead, most probably manufactured sometime between the 7th and 12th centuries AD. The experts also treated the iron so that the rusting would stop.
The artifact Hoffman found had a blade that measured 9.25 inches by 0.69 inches (23.5cm by 1.75cm) and a handle of 2.06 inches by 0.88 inches (5.23cm by 2.24cm). It is believed that, in its original form, both the blade and the handle would have been larger. As it stands, they are thoroughly rusted and there is even a small hole worn completely through part of the artifact. But given its design and iron composition, there is little doubt that this spearhead was originally crafted by the Vikings.  ....

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