Bronze Age dagger found in Norfolk
A Bronze Age dagger was found in a field in Norfolk.
''He gave it a cursory brush and left it lying around his office as a doorstop
The 27 inch, 3,500-year-old blade was unearthed by a farmer in East Rudham, who took it home and unwittingly used the knife as a doorstop for 12 years.
According to the Mirror newspaper, the blade has since been purchased by Norwich Castle Museum for £38,970.
Senior curator of archaeology at Norwich Castle, Dr Tim Pestell, said: ''The farmer found it and took it into the house because it would get in the way of his machinery.
''He gave it a cursory brush and left it lying around his office as a doorstop. It is amazing that it has been used as a doorstep but there are an awful lot of similar objects that are found just lying around a house.''