During the discovery, the brooches and rib bones were collected with the soil still attached, providing additional data. Reiersen noted the exceptional condition of the find. "Often, brooches like these are found through metal detecting on ploughed land, and in those cases, the grave is usually completely destroyed and scattered by the plough. In this case, the grave was largely intact, and it's extremely important—and fortunate—that there was an opportunity to excavate and document it," he said.
