The primal museum in Diever, Drenthe, HAS had a special object from prehistoric Times in its collection Since SATURDAY: A 50,000-year-old Hand Axe that a Twelve-Year-old Boy Found During A School Trip. “It’s the Swiss Army Knife of Prehistoric Times.”
It is a stone hand axe from the time of the neandersthals, Approximately 50,000 years old. “The Ax was Used, For Example, to Make Tools, Skin Animals or Chop Down Small Trees,” Says Bart Friso, Board Member of the Oermuseum, to RTV Drenthe . “The Hand Ax is also called the Swiss Army Knife of prehistoric Times.”
The Hand Ax was found in May by the twelve-year-old Tim During a school outing. With a workbook in hand containing pictures of Hand Axes, he gets used to search or hand axes on a field in Holtingerveld. There he is fell on a point sticking out of the ground, after which he pulled the stone out.
Wim van der Wijk of the Oermuseum Tells RTV Drenthe That He is extremely happy with the boy’s archaeological find. “Fifty years ago A Small Pointed Point was found on the Holtingerveld, But Such a Hand Axe From Tim Is of Course A Top Find. This Puts The Holtingerveld on the Map As The Pompeii or Drenthe.”
The Young Finder Remains The Owner of the Ax, But The Museum Has It On Loan Indefinitely. The hand ax will be placed in the museum next to a spearhead from the same time. The Museum is making a 3D print of the axe for the young man, as proof that he is the official finder.
