It even says in the article that it's probably fake. Someone probably threw it in for laughs and left it there
Honestly I don't believe that it's excalibur since if it was underwater the whole time it'd be more worn down considering it's been hundreds of years
Someone did what I have been wanting to do since forever ago. Make an elaborate fossil toss it somewhere crazy and wait for the day it's discovered.
Prop. Hardly rusted and the leather doesn't look old, like if it was even a few years old, the leather would have rotted or been eaten by fish. Blade construction is wrong too, uses modern welding.
Who lets a kid run with a sword in her hand? Someone call the authorities! And that's gotta be fake. King Arthur/Excalibur enthusiasts would've already checked that area
It's a prop that someone left there. also, the king isn't decided by Excalibur, it's decided by Caliburn which broke in battle. Caliburn was the rock in the stone and after it broke, the Lady of the Lake gave Arthur Excalibur which he later returned to the lake.
"Matilda running with the sword after she found it." Errr, how about teaching her some common sense first? This is a whole new level from "don't run with scissors."
I'm guessing she's safe but damn that had me worried for a second. Someone get the kid to stop running wild carrying a long weapon
it'd have to be a prop or perhaps some LARP/renaissance fair thing, rather than a true sword. the mere fact that they let a young girl run around with it shows they're either REALLY bad parents, or (even if it was rusted) the blade had no edge to it at all (or both), which would be something appropriate for a "fake" sword.