Historical Artifacts

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Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.

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Norse tool chest discovered in a peat bog, Sweden, ~1000 AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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[–] datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

two oil filter wrenches?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4stermyr_chest#Contents

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Three padlocks
Two keys

... Well fuck.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

We might just have to call in the lockpicking lawyer.

[–] BartyDeCanter 2 points 8 months ago

“I let my kid help one time and he lost the damn key. It’s my own fault really. I just hope that key turns up again soon.”

The owner, probably.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

I guess it was standard practice by Quick Lube to over tighten them even a thousand years ago.