A man out for a walk through a forest near Gdansk in Poland did not stumble upon a nearly 2,700-year-old sword out of the ground. But that is exactly what happened.
The hobbyist, who was sweeping the forest floor with a metal detector, got a signal beneath his feet. When he investigated, he found a bronze sword standing upright in the soil, as if someone had planted it there and simply walked away centuries ago.
