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Ancient Dagger Up to 2.5k Years Old W Stars/Moons/Geometric Patterns Unearthed

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144 points bookofjoe | 1 comments | 07 Apr 25 21:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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thedudeabides5 ◴[08 Apr 25 06:03 UTC] No.43618765[source]▶
what metal is it made of?
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addaon ◴[08 Apr 25 06:07 UTC] No.43618783[source]▶
Bronze.

Hallstatt was bronze age, and if it was an outlier like meteoric iron (a) it would look like it (corrosion) and (b) it would have been called out.

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1. thaumasiotes ◴[08 Apr 25 07:31 UTC] No.43619232[source]▶
> Bronze.

> if it was an outlier like meteoric iron (a) it would look like it (corrosion)

It is corroded. That's why it's green.

Which, yes, means it's bronze, but note that it's being described as an "iron age dagger" and they think it was manufactured in southern Europe and traded to the north. Iron wouldn't be surprising.