Archaeologists in Norway have uncovered a Viking Age hoard containing 2,970 silver coins minted in England, Germany, Denmark and Norway. It is the largest Viking coin hoard ever discovered in Norway — and archaeologists aren't done digging yet.

Two metal detectorists found the first 19 coins April 10 on a farm near the village of Rena in eastern Norway, according to a translated statement from Norway's Directorate for Cultural Heritage. The detectorists alerted local archaeologists, who joined the search the following day.

Experts at the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo are already examining the coins, dubbed the Mørstad Hoard after the farm where it was discovered.…