🥇 BANNER -550 BC Coin found Scuba detection with CTX

[frogmaster-riviera]

Hi all

Found today in the Med sea, -9m scuba diving using Minelab CTX 3030 with Coiltek 10x5 CTX coil.




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This coin is over 2500 years old!

Created by the Grec chamber of Commerce for the Marseille region (French Riviera)

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[bill from lachine]

Folks,

I don't know why more banner votes aren't in.....this one deserves to be up top....

My vote is on the way.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

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[AgeofDiscovery]

Once again you have another amazing find!!! Keep it up!!!!

 

[detectahead]

After deeper research, the period is aroud -300 to -130 BC (still old).

I have some bronze and silver versions from this period. Keep in mind that in Europe, Antique coins are "everyday finds", I don't say you can find them on the street, but even a Newbie will find similar coins. Antique coins are more common to find in good shape then recent coins, because of the quality of the compound.

Thanks Fm, for letting everyone know that you don't have be some super detectorist to find a coin like yours. Yea, it helps to have nice equipment but that's not all it takes.
Fantastic find and a well deserved congrats to you!

 

[Fitzwilk]

Wow, that is a beautiful find. You must be the first person to hold that coin in your hand in over 2,000 years. I can only imagine the feeling. Thanks for sharing your find. Banner vote!

 

[frogmaster-riviera]

I really want to thanks every body and your warm welcome.

In Europe, we have 3 coins periods:

Recents coin : from 1800->now days
Middle Ages and Royales -> 600 -> 1799
Antiques : from -600 -> +550

All of them are commun, antique coins are found in regions where the Grecs and the Roman Empire had a footprint.

99,99% of them are found inland. My first coin find was a 1640 Royal coin that I've in a field next to my countryhouse!

To come back to this discovery, it is not usual to find coins in the sea, most of the time we find these amphoras in massive amount:

All of them are from -600BC -> +300





It is not allowed anymore to bring them back to surface


Hope you can now understand why there is a need to use VLF OR "special Pulse Induction" detectors (<15μs playback start) to digg underwater in here. We have almost 25 centuries of human pollution under the sea as well.

In here we say : "The Bins of the past are today treasures"

 

[ARC]

Outstanding.

 

[frogmaster-riviera]

Thanks Fm, for letting everyone know that you don't have be some super detectorist to find a coin like yours. Yea, it helps to have nice equipment but that's not all it takes.
Fantastic find and a well deserved congrats to you!

Let me show you a study case:

Gold Napoleon coins 1840, hammed in a forest with a basic ACE250.
Value of the coins is around $2K each.


You may have the most powerfull detector, if you have nothing under it, no chance to to digg something!!!

Having a high end detector is only for comfort, hunt areas with difficult terrain and have the pleasure to gear a great machine. I've seen incredible finds hammed with $300USD detectors...

 

[Mackaydon]

If authenticated as represented, I'd vote banner.
Don..

 

[bill from lachine]

frogmaster,

True about the caliber of machine shouldn't really matter much in finding the good stuff.....I've found keepers with beginner, intermediate and advanced machines....you just have to get the coil over the good stuff.

Regards + HH

Bill

Let me show you a study case:

Gold Napoleon coins 1840, hammed in a forest with a basic ACE250.
Value of the coins is around $2K each.
View attachment 1110522

You may have the most powerfull detector, if you have nothing under it, no chance to to digg something!!!

Having a high end detector is only for comfort, hunt areas with difficult terrain and have the pleasure to gear a great machine. I've seen incredible finds hammed with $300USD detectors...

 

[frogmaster-riviera]

frogmaster,

True about the caliber of machine shouldn't really matter much in finding the good stuff.....I've found keepers with beginner, intermediate and advanced machines....you just have to get the coil over the good stuff.

Regards + HH

Bill

In here on local forums in the country of the DEUS, we say for fun "even without a coil, the DEUS smells the coins"

I personaly detect with my friends on low trashy areas, most of them don't have high ends detectors, and we all have our pockets full of relics and greats coins similar to the one I've found underwater. The Euroace of my kids is a pleasure of simplicity and power in all metal mode.

I always say : to get 10% more depth, be prepared to pay 100% more.

On silver antique coins like those ones that i appreciate the most (obole marseille, -130BC) :



The Xterra 705 using it's Prospecting Mod is a killer, even compared to GPX 5000, trust me...(I'm not the guy that had the Xterra this day)

 

[bill from lachine]

frogmaster,

Being based in Europe probably a good comparison for the quality of machines versus value would be wine....I've had Chateau wines that as you say cost 100% or more than table wines and the quality certainly was not that much greater than the common ones.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Fantastic underwater find! My vote for Banner!

 

[frogmaster-riviera]

frogmaster,

Being based in Europe probably a good comparison for the quality of machines versus value would be wine....I've had Chateau wines that as you say cost 100% or more than table wines and the quality certainly was not that much greater than the common ones.

Regards + HH

Bill

Bill, I see you come from Quebec, so what I'm going to say below need to remains between us :

"Il est plus facile de se rassurer en passant commande d'un détecteur haut de gamme confortablement du fond de son canapé que d'aller se confronter à la réalité"

Pour le vin, étant un amateur je dirais que tout vin est à découvrir et à apprecier du moment qu'il est cultivé, récolté et produit avec amour et passion!

Sorry for the foreigners of this forums

 

[bill from lachine]

frogmaster,

Thanks for the chuckles and yes I agree with the jest of your message....for the rest of the folks well they'll just have to learn the language of Molliere to get the humor....lol.

Salutations!

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

frogmaster,

Thanks for the chuckles and yes I agree with the jest of your message....for the rest of the folks well they'll just have to learn the language of Molliere to get the humor....lol.

Salutations!

Regards + HH

Bill

Google translate works fine....

Posted From My $50 Tablet....

 

[bill from lachine]

TH,

Yeah just having a bit of fun with one of my French cousins from across the pond....there's pluses and minuses with speaking both French and English.....the main one being I end up messing them both up on a regular basis....lol.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

TH,

Yeah just having a bit of fun with one of my French cousins from across the pond....there's pluses and minuses with speaking both French and English.....the main one being I end up messing them both up on a regular basis....lol.

Regards + HH

Bill

NP, I was only saying Google translate works on most languages...

Posted From My $50 Tablet....

 

[frogmaster-riviera]

How do you you want me to "get it authenticated"?

Will a picture on an IPAD showing this post will be enough?

 

[ARC]

Frog...
whats your rundown on your excel setting over there ?

 

[frogmaster-riviera]

Frog...
whats your rundown on your excel setting over there ?

Please explain, I'm newbie on this forum + english is not my mother tongh...