Metal detecting Norway - Old VIKING Iron

Welcome again to the metal detecting journey!
This time the destination is northern Norway, which besides interesting detecting places to explore, offers breathtaking scenery as well.
The first destination was the beach, which was not so easily reachable; a long drive, a boat taxi, and a few kilometers of hiking was part of the expedition, and the detector came along packed in the pack bag. On the other hand, the secluded location allowed for a luxurious silence and other people, not to mention other detectorists, were certainly far away.
As one might guess, the Atlantic Ocean brings things ashore, and therefore a number of discoveries were fishery-related, wooden pieces with nails, and so on. There were old rusty buoys on the beach, and even a big whale’s jaw bone! Quite a unique place, but a couple of hours detecting didn’t reveal anything remarkable.
The next destination was the fjord surrounded by the snow-capped mountains and rocky beaches. It was a low-tide, during which the shoreline was revealed for a more favorable search area.
Compared to the ocean side beaches, this shallow fjord beach felt really clean with only few beeps here and there. That makes the detecting interesting and in a short time it is possible get around a fairly large area.
Unlike in other locations, in Norway I changed the detector settings to show all metals, including iron. These fjords have been sailed for thousands of years, and of course, I had in my mind that the shore might hide old treasures from the Iron Age.
This time I found something very interesting! At about twenty centimeters’ depth, I found this odd looking iron piece. I saw immediately, that it was a really old, hand-made piece of forged metal made by a blacksmith.
I’ve made online searches for similar pieces, but with no results. I also sent the photos and information about this discovery to the Norwegian Viking Museum, but I haven’t received a response yet. If they respond, I'll post a new video about any additional information, so subscribe and stay tuned!
If you had any idea what this metal piece could be, write it down to the comments.
Thanks for watching!

[@BerserkerGang2019]

This thing is called a Krampe. It holds to planks together. And is also used when splitting wood planks from logs to hold logs in place.

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

Great video well done on the finds

[@detektorking2685]

Great video

[@arcadia449]

Very interesting. I am wondering if it came from an old Viking ship? Maybe to fasten pieces of wood together, like a staple?

[@johanbtheman]

This

[@warfoxjen]

Hi friend i saw your coment on my channel. im a carpenter for a living and it looks to be an timber iron to hold the big timbers in place. it got some age to it.

[@skelitalmisfit12]

That looks to me like a small Log Dog, holds logs in place to be hewned or carved. It seems a bit on the smaller anemic side but could simply be used for small logs

[@DiggingCanuck]

Great scenery. Perhaps that metal strap is used to tie two pieces of wood together (ie ship building or house)

[@ExploringAlabama]

Handle off 1940s or 50s ice chest/cooler. they were metal, fell off easily, and the "point" on the ends are simply where they were flattened out with a screw hole. That rusts away first turning the thinner metal to points. At best 1800's similar type handle.
Also if you put links on others videos, they go straight to a spam folder waiting for approval. Just thought I'd let you know. Only I saw it.

[@levity2893]

it`S a simple attatcment that was hammered in to logs to keep them together lenghtwise. normal thing in norway

[@arcadia449]

I've also seen similar things hammered into the end of tree trunks in timber yards to stop the trunks from splitting during drying.

[@FrznTsEntrtnmnt]

Thanks!

[@ARWMusic]

Cool stuff dude.

[@TrueVikings]

Hello, sorry for late response, your message ended up in the spam folder for some reason. Cool video man! My guess is something newer since it is not that oxidized after having been laying around on a wet beach all the time. But my imagination wants to have it hold together the planks on a dragon ship of course. Terveisiä

[@Janhyooz]

Hi, Just saw your comment on my channel, went to spam folder, hence delay in reply. I would agree with the other comments below in that it looks like a staple or timber iron. However if you want to be sure, might be worth sending photos and dimensions to your local museum? ATB, GL&HH, Ian.

[@jeretuononen]

Beautiful! Might be something used in building ships?