Katzin pulled the shell-encrusted relic from the sand and held it before his GoPro camera.

“It evidently belonged to a Crusader knight.”

Scuba Diver Discovers a 900-Year-Old Crusader Sword off the HaCarmel Coast

Shlomi Katzin was scuba diving last…

It may have been unearthed during a recent storm that shifted the sand that hid it for centuries.

The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated and supported by the Roman Catholic church.