{
  "id": 6792279,
  "title": "A Finnish Metal Detectorist Was Shocked to Unearth a Trove of Viking Age Silver in His Hometown. Then His Detector Went Off Again",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/a-finnish-metal-detectorist-was-shocked-to-unearth-a-trove-of-viking",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-11T19:14:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-finnish-metal-detectorist-was-shocked-to-unearth-a-trove-of-viking-age-silver-in-his-hometown-then-his-detector-went-off-again-180989487/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Weighing a combined ten pounds, the artifacts are estimated to be 1,000 years old and constitute Finland’s largest coin hoard of the era",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Science",
        "title": "Finland's largest Viking Age silver hoard discovered by metal detectorist — and it has thousands of coins and pieces of jewelry",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/finlands-largest-viking-age-silver-hoard-discovered-by-metal",
        "published": "2026-09-11T10:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}