- I saw it, picked it up, came to the conclusion that it was a tooth and then I went to the archaeologist and said "hello, I think this is a tooth", says Ines Roos Bengtsson, now 13 years old, the day she made the find.

Almost two years later, she was told that it was not just any tooth she had found.

Studies have shown that the tooth is a baby tooth that is almost 2,100 years old.

- It really stands out, we find so incredibly few human remains here in Uppåkra and also from the earliest period when people began to settle here, says Sofia Winge, archaeologist and science educator at Uppåkra Foundation.

The tooth that Ines Roos Bengtsson holds in her hand is a 3D copy of the real find.

Children play an important role

Although it is unusual for children to make such important and great discoveries as the one made by Ines Roos Bengtsson, Karin Nilsson from the Uppåkra Archaeological Center Foundation emphasizes the importance of involving children in archeology.

- We started with children being allowed to dig for 3D-printed finds, but then we realized that we must take the children seriously and do it for real.

Here we see the result, she says.

At stations like these, school children get to test archeology - however, no one has made an equally important discovery as Ines Roos Bengtsson did two years ago.

The soil that the children are allowed to dig in on site is the most shallow that has already been traversed with a metal detector but can still contain important finds.

- It is the most superficial earth that has some holes about noise and we have not yet got any structure on and the researchers have not yet had time to go through, says Sofia Winge.

Future archaeologist?

For Ines Roos Bengtsson himself, the finding means that a dream has come true.

- One of the points on my "bucket list" was that I would like to be mentioned in the history books, says Ines Roos Bengtsson.

And that is exactly what will happen.

The historian Dick Harrisson's forthcoming book about Uppåkra will in fact contain a passage about "Ines tooth".

The finding has also given a bleeding tooth when Ines Roos Bengtsson thinks about the future.

- I may want to become an archaeologist, I think it is most exciting with bones, she says.

Watch Ines tell more about the tooth find in the clip - while she digs for new discoveries.