Benjamin52
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- Apr 26, 2011
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Had the weirdest hunt today.
Just drove to a random nearby forest close to my village for a 1 hour evening hunt before it got dark.
Not a lot of luck for the first 45 min, only shell fragments.
Then on a little elevation under a big tree a mixed signal.
I dug about 5cm down and found the remains of a decomposing piece of cloth wrapped around something.
Inside were several oval and round objects stacked and one cross. (total of 7 to be exact)
2 of them crumbled and fell to pieces right away but I could still tell they were some kind of pendant because of the noose where they hang from a necklace. They were made of lead. Another one was split in half also lead or alloy and really crusty oxidation.
3 + the cross were solid but also had lots of oxidation on them.
I took all pieces home and cleaned. The 3 that crumbled and broke were not really worth cleaning further they were just gone beyond repair.
Here are the 4 remaining pendants that are made of a copper alloy I believe and therefore withstood the time:
All are religious motifs with inscriptions like "Holy Francis pray for us..etc.."
The second one from the left is more intresting as it features a "Tatzenkreuz" - (a military symbol which goes way back to the order of teutonic knights but was most popular in the 2 world wars) on one side which makes me believe this find might be from around WW2 time.
The type of writing also confirms they cant be older than early 20th cnt.
I felt kind of eerie at that place. I wonder if someone might have commited suicide or if it were lucky talismans of a fallen soldier.
Will probably never know but -although not valuable or very rare- sure memorable experience to find so many at once in this manner.
Thanks for looking,
happy hunting.
Just drove to a random nearby forest close to my village for a 1 hour evening hunt before it got dark.
Not a lot of luck for the first 45 min, only shell fragments.
Then on a little elevation under a big tree a mixed signal.
I dug about 5cm down and found the remains of a decomposing piece of cloth wrapped around something.
Inside were several oval and round objects stacked and one cross. (total of 7 to be exact)
2 of them crumbled and fell to pieces right away but I could still tell they were some kind of pendant because of the noose where they hang from a necklace. They were made of lead. Another one was split in half also lead or alloy and really crusty oxidation.
3 + the cross were solid but also had lots of oxidation on them.
I took all pieces home and cleaned. The 3 that crumbled and broke were not really worth cleaning further they were just gone beyond repair.
Here are the 4 remaining pendants that are made of a copper alloy I believe and therefore withstood the time:
All are religious motifs with inscriptions like "Holy Francis pray for us..etc.."
The second one from the left is more intresting as it features a "Tatzenkreuz" - (a military symbol which goes way back to the order of teutonic knights but was most popular in the 2 world wars) on one side which makes me believe this find might be from around WW2 time.
The type of writing also confirms they cant be older than early 20th cnt.
I felt kind of eerie at that place. I wonder if someone might have commited suicide or if it were lucky talismans of a fallen soldier.
Will probably never know but -although not valuable or very rare- sure memorable experience to find so many at once in this manner.
Thanks for looking,
happy hunting.
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