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Researchers analyzed three Viking swords: The orange rectangle shows the area investigated. The center image is a 3D rendering created from scans of the sword, with corrosion shown in white.

A 10th-century Viking sword fragment was discovered by a metal detectorist scouring a field in the Netherlands. Further research is being done to find out more about the ancient item.

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The sword (pictured) was found by a hiker in Haukeli in central southern Norway. It is 30-inches (77cm) long and is believed to date back to between 750AD and 800AD.

The Viking sword next to the Vistula River in Włocławek. The sword is at least 1,000 years old, dating back to the ninth or 10th century, archaeologists said. Photos show the well-preserved sword.

No Viking artifacts had been found before at the property, Wintervoll said, but a Viking grave containing a sword, spear, glass beads and a horse bridle were discovered on a nearby farm in the 1930s.

The blade was made from a combination of carbon and steel to make it strong and durable while still flexible. Only 13 of these types of swords have ever been found in Poland, archaeologists said.

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