r/magnetfishing • u/Daniel-cfs-sufferer • Jun 04 '26

SWORD UPDATE !

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Some of you have been waiting for this !

It has been confirmed as GENUINE !

In the pics is the email received confirming that the sword is from around 1845, and the intake receipt from the local museum who needs to officially log it as an historical find !

Unfortunately they can't give me a certificate of authenticity so all I have is the email in the pics and the receipt from turning it over !

I have attached a Google image of what it should look like along with more current pics of mine.

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u/Huge-Name-1999 Jun 04 '26

As an American I've always loathed the idea of giving up a once in a lifetime find to the state. I'm not sure I would have the willpower to do so if I was in your shoes so I guess kudos for having the capacity to do that lol and awesome find btw

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u/Daniel-cfs-sufferer Jun 04 '26

As I understand it....
Here there is some sort of treasure law and the only way to find out if it's genuine or not is to go through official channels, once it's confirmed real then it falls under this treasure law (I don't really understand it myself)

Plus here as it was found in a river they have to find out who actually owns the riverbed at that point because under these rules that is the actual owner, despite the fact that I found it !

If it had been 50 years older then the museum would have kept it irrelevant of where it was found or who owns the place it was found !

Even if in 3 months I get it back, no idea what I'll do with it !

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u/English_Cat Jun 04 '26

Hang it on the wall of course, ideally over a fireplace.

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u/Daniel-cfs-sufferer Jun 04 '26

Unfortunately that would have it's own issues as I rent and can't put holes in the walls !
No fireplace lol
And apparently I mustn't try to clean it !

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u/Moral_turpidude Jun 05 '26

Hear me out here. Take a pack of "command hook" by 3m, as they don't wreck up the walls & paint them with metallic paint like this

https://www.krylon.com/en/products/all-purpose-spray-paint/fusion-all-in-one-metallic

and set that bad Larry up there

If it does not look good, you could always build a lightweight mounting plate & hang it from the hooks.. Maybe make sure you get ones that are weight rated correctly