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Claim
In 2013, a small figure dated at around 800 AD was discovered in Hårby, Denmark by three amateur archaeologists.
Correction
The Hårby figurine was found in late 2012, not 2013, and the National Museum says it was discovered by detectorist Morten Skovsby, who was accompanied by three amateur archaeologists—not found by three people.
Full reasoning
This sentence mixes up both the date and the finder attribution for the Hårby figurine.
- The National Museum of Denmark's 28 February 2013 announcement says the figure was found by Morten Skovsby and that he discovered it shortly before New Year (i.e. late 2012), not in 2013.
- The Guardian's contemporaneous report likewise says the figurine "was found at the end of December" by Morten Skovsby, who was learning to use a metal detector with three amateur archaeologists. That means the article's wording "by three amateur archaeologists" is inaccurate: the reported finder was one detectorist, accompanied by three others.
So the discovery was announced in 2013, but the find itself was made in late 2012, and the credited finder was Morten Skovsby, not "three amateur archaeologists."
2 sources
- Fynbo finder valkyrie fra vikingetiden
Det var den fynske detektorfører Morten Skovsby ... da han kort før nytår opdagede den lille figur.
- Flight of the valkyrie: the Viking figurine that's heading for Britain
The figurine ... was found at the end of December by Morten Skovsby, who was learning how to use a metal detector with three amateur archaeologists near the village of Hårby.