The Viking's Haul

19/09/2026

The Myklebust Ship is one of the many Viking ships currently being laid up for Winter. This one is rather special, as it is the largest longship currently afloat.
Just check this video out. The woman isn’t at the stern of the ship when she starts her walk to the bows, but even so, see how far she still has to walk to get there and see how many sea chests she passes on the way!

Thanks to Andrew Taylor, for sending this to me👍😊

19/09/2026

I’ve long known that there were brown, grey & orange versions of Crown Lynn’s “Cresta” pattern, but today I’ve found out that there’s also a GREEN version!
Now I’m wondering if there are any others?🤔😂

18/09/2026

More Crown Lynn and another visit from Bettina😍

17/09/2026

And then there was more!

16/09/2026

More Crown Lynn & Temuka.

15/09/2026

With a New Zealand government election coming up soon, I hoped this might help😉😂

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13/09/2026

A few recently acquired uncommon Crown Lynn cups.

12/09/2026

Recently I shared an article about Finland during the Viking Age and the Finns’ relationships with their Scandinavian neighbours. Hot on the tail of this article - and another on the biggest hoard ever found in Denmark - comes this hot-off-the-press article about the biggest Viking Age hoard ever found in Finland!
In this day and age of amateur metal detectorists everywhere, new discoveries are coming thick & fast!

The finds suggest a late Viking-Age date for the enormous hoard.

11/09/2026

Magnetic, metallic spiders!🕷️