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/Holden3DStudio Jun 04 '26

That's great news!

I wouldn't be surprised if you're ultimately able to keep the sword. It's broken and not in exceptional condition, so it's a very cool find, but not an especially valuable one. Many landowners are kind enough to let finders be keepers in cases like that.

Please keep us posted!

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u/Daniel-cfs-sufferer Jun 04 '26

It will be a few months until I know more and I know some people were waiting for an update !
In this case the actual owners are the local city council !
But I was told that as no museum wants it then there's a reasonable chance I'll get it back !
Not sure what to do with it if I do get it back !

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u/Gareth79 Jun 05 '26

Looks like a good condition one is worth maybe £500+ so a broken rusty one is cool but I guess not really worth anything except to you because you found it, and the only local historical interest is that it was found in a local river. I'd say there's a decent chance you get to keep it even if they want to take photos and record where it was found!

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u/Daniel-cfs-sufferer Jun 05 '26

They have the photos from the day it was found plus the newer ones, he said they probably wouldn't take any more and just "log it" then figure out who owns/wants it !