Since Sacco didn’t bring the sword for them to examine in-person, they could only evaluate the sword based on the picture she posted on social media.

They’re riding on horseback, so it’s usually more like a ceremonial piece.” “This would have been used by members of the American military cavalry, typically. “She reached out and she asked us what we thought about it but also what was the legality of the situation,” said Grinnan said. Nicole Grinnan, the organization's interim executive director, said Sacco had reached out to the archeology network inquiring about the sword, which Grinnan believes is a heavy cavalry sword circa the 1840s. They also posted about the discovery on their social media. Sacco continued, “We want to get it looked at and appraised before trying to clean it up, so we don’t break it if it’s an actual historical artifact.”Īrchaeologists at Florida Public Archaeology Network said they got an email from Patty Sacco about the local couple’s discovery. “Pulled on it a couple times, and low and behold a sword.”

“The waters were pretty clear, and he saw part of the handle sticking out from the sand,” Sacco said. The post included the comments of Patty Sacco, who said her husband found the sword while looking for seashells about 30 yards out in the Gulf. − It wasn’t exactly King Arthur’s sword in a stone more like a sword in the sand that a man said he pulled from the surf on Pensacola Beach in Florida, but the reaction has been almost as enthusiastic.Ī post about the discovery on Facebook has gone viral with 65,000 reactions, plus thousands of shares and comments, not 24 hours after it was posted on Wednesday.

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