STOP PRESS! Extremely rare, early bronze-age "Scandinavian style" axehead (1700-1000 BC) found in S. Karelia Finland.

On the 3rd of May 2022 experienced metal detectorist Mika Pinomäki ventured on a well planned detecting trip in an area that he knew from before. Upon arrival to the search area he found out that the landowner had deep-plowed a cultivated area. This activity had left a few interesting items only some 5 cm:s below the ground surface. The items in the clayish soil were easily within the range of Pinomäkis metal detector. 

To his amazement Pinomäki found a remarkably well preserved Scandinavian bronze-age axehead some 8-10 cm:s in length in the topsoil of the newly plowed field. 

The first pictures of the newly found and uncleaned bronze-age axehead. Pictures by Mika Pinomäki.

Pinomäki immediately reported his unique find to senior archaeologists. The find was inspected by Archaeology professor Mika Lavento from the University of Helsinki and Pinomäki was allowed to make his find public. The axehead is the first bronze-age find in the larger S. Karelia region.

The amazig early bronze-age Scandinavian axehead photographed before it was sent to the Finnish Heritage Agency (Museovirasto). Photo Mika Pinomäki

If anyone of my Scandinavian fellow archaeologists have more information about this type of axeheads please send me a message to jfarchaeology@gmail.com . 

Congrats to Mika Pinomäki for a job well done :)