An amateur metal detectorist has found a 3,500 year old medieval dagger which has shocked museum researchers by it's excellent condition. Matt Boom, 35, took up metal detecting five years ago ...

An amateur metal detectorist has found a 3,500 year old dagger which has shocked museum ... but is more used to finding shrapnel and Roman or medieval coins. READ MORE: Pharmacists warn over ...

It will sit alongside a medieval gold ring inscribed with the message: 'For love I am given'; an ancient Viking era dagger ...