...anglo-saxon/frisian silver coin, a so called sceat. This coin can be dated to 680-710 AD and for me is certainly the find of a lifetime 
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Yippee!!!My very first ......
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wow ! Now there some history saved ! excellent find ! 
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Bridge End Farm
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awesome
Congrats for another Banner
Congrats for another Banner
curbdiggercarl57
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Beautiful!!!!!
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dgaughan
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outstanding a real beauty 
Detectingfreak
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Thats awesome!!! Congratulations on the Banner too!!!! I bet you are one happy camper to find that coin! 
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Excellent find well done.
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Derek752
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SWEEEEEEEEEEET !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congradulations Folkert - Certainly a coin that would make me moon walk Michael Jackson style
Derek
Congradulations Folkert - Certainly a coin that would make me moon walk Michael Jackson style
Derek
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Very nice coin just wish I could find something that old over here. Enjoy and HH Terry
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Amazing.... Thats an old coin 
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Do the markings mean something?
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Silver_Fox
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FYI Captain. Not if it was dropped soon after it was made. It wouldn't wwear while lying in the ground. Nice findCaptn_SE said:Wow, the detail on that old coin is amazing.I thought a silver coin that old would be well worn.
Congrats to you!!
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Beautiful!!
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way to go on a awesome old coin....
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Man, I would LOVE to find something like that. Nice job!!
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just wow, almost 1500 years old and in amazingly great condition. That would be a find of a life time. What's number one on your list?
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