My impression is suspicious story and way too much active new rust for it to be that old and in that good of shape. But looks like it's being accepted by the pros as good.

Some more discussion/ links on it- http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=23128

... also, count me as suspicious. A single artifact in that condition and location?

"It may seem strange for the sword to have survived on the surface for more than one thousand years. However, to all appearances this is what happened here. Isolated finds of well-preserved iron arrowheads are also known from the high mountains, and some of these artefacts are even older than the sword. The preservation is probably due to a combination of the quality of the iron, the high altitude and the mostly cold conditions. For most of the year, the find spot would have been frozen over and covered in snow."

Also beautiful......

So was this ever determined to be real or fake? Amazing if this is real.....

PvL-Vorbeck07 said:

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So was this ever determined to be real or fake? Amazing if this is real.....

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Sounded real to me.