While he was walking he discovered a treasure more than 2,500 years old

An Orientering enthusiast in Sweden has discovered a Bronze Age treasure trove of 50 ornaments and relics at least 2,500 years old.

The discovery, thought to be “amazing” with “amazing” conservation, was accidentally discovered in early April in a forest near the town of Allings in southwestern Sweden, local officials said.

After being excavated by animals, ornaments were found in front of the rocks.

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“It simply came to our notice then. At first I thought it was a lamp, ”said inventor Thomas Carlson.

An orienteering enthusiast who was updating the map, and then bent over, found a necklace and ornament, he told Dagens Newheater daily.

“Everything seemed so new, at first I believed in fakes,” he said. After the discovery was reported, a team of archaeologists came to examine the site.

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According to Johan Ling, a professor of archeology at the University of Gothenburg, “most of the objects found were of bronze and were associated with a high-ranking woman of the Bronze Age.”

Dating between 750 and 500 BC. AD, among them necklaces, chains and staples are well preserved.