It doesn’t look like any Roman sword I’ve seen. It appears to be bronze, Romans made their swords out of iron. I suppose it could be ceremonial or something, but then it could be fairly modern. Or just a fake.
It doesn’t mean the Romans brought it there.
Could have been brought by Vikings.
Ping........! :)
Now if they had found a pizza oven...
I like that show. Basically everybody was at that island at one time or another...I am still waiting to see when the Sasquatch were first there.
The secret died with them.
When Chris came along, he made a permanent record and now look at the place...
There is a theory that the copper mines on the UP of Michigan were mined by someone other that the locals as the total amount of copper estimated to have been removed is larger than the known use of that metal by the locals by many orders of magnitude. However, the estimated amount roughly corresponds to the copper amounts used in Europe during the Bronze age ...
The term ‘discover’ means, at least to me, finding AND making use of what you discovered. I prefer, in this and all other pre-Columbus finds, EXCEPTING the Native Americans / First Nations, the term ‘encountered’, indicating accidental and ephemeral.
So how many ephemeral encounters were made on the Western Hemisphere? Given prevailing winds, ocean currents and the ability of hardy people to survive long periods of deprivation, I’d say a LOT! We are talking about pre-history to the late 15th Century.
Still, even though the Norse did make it for centuries at Greenland with a time at Newfoundland, it is still and only Columbus that made the permanent Discovery!
Thus setting off mass speculation that maybe Columbus was NOT the first.
But the “first” guy on the field is not necessarily the one they remember, it is the guy that brings home the trophy.
And Columbus sure brought home a few trophies, but mostly fueled the interest for much more exploration.
Slaves and gold were powerful incentives at the time.
the site where the sword was discovered is almost useless to say when the sword came to the island. the place has been dug up salted with fake treasure and has had just about everything done to it by treasure hunters. this makes getting accurate archeological info from any find impossible..... I suggest any one wanting an interesting mystery to read up on the island when I was a kid oak island in nova Scotia captivated me with the idea of finding pirate treasure.
My memory is jumbled. Somebody please help me. The Pilgrims at Plymouth observed their first Thanksgiving feast with their Native hosts, and greatly helped by the good offices of an Indian named Squanto, and his buddy Massasoit.
Squanto had supposedly been captured and taken to England at some point, where he learned the language, became a Christian, etc. He somehow made it back to America and was there, wearing a three piece suit and wingtips, ready to assist the Pilgrims when THEY arrived. How and when did all THAT inter-action take place between the two continents?
All the national and state mottos are in Latin.
CC
I got sucked into the Oak Island show. Last episode, Aztecs. Next episode, Romans? After that Ancient Astronauts? How many people were trampled on the Island from everyone burying their treasure there? The only treasure that they are like to find are the ratings treasure that they have already received...
I hope he gets a prize for this.
That said, whatever the origin of the sword, it was probably brought by Vikings.
We’ll know for sure if we discover the phrase “Romans go house!” crudely inscribed in a rock.
“What have the Romans really ever done for us?”
“The aquaduct?”