Ancient Gold!!!

shaun7

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Hello all, Crusader invited me to one of his fields today for my regular beating. I started off well with a hammered at the end of the first run ;D Followed by a couple of Roman and then another hammered :o By this time the tractor had caught up with us and was pushing us to the side of the field. He was coming straight at me when I dug what I thought was a gilded button :laughing7:

Turned out to be a Celtic gold Stater from 45-10bc :hello2: :hello2: :hello2: :hello2:

My first Celtic coin ;D

I went on to get a third hammered and beat my record for the day :o
 

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mirage83

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Dec 20, 2009
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Serious congratulations! In my opinion Staters have to be the most interesting of the gold coin finds I've seen here or anywhere.
 

Syrena Hunter

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congrats on the banner find.....too cool!!! :headbang:
 

pepperj

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Sweet stater, I would be happy with any of the hammered. :icon_thumright:
 

woody50

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Say Shaun, great hunting day, you really made Cru feel bad... A nice stater for sure, and of course a bunch of hammered in one day. Did you stay concentrated driving back home?
What is next on your list....? BTW nice bird too...
 

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shaun7

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WOODY50 said:
Say Shaun, great hunting day, you really made Cru feel bad... A nice stater for sure, and of course a bunch of hammered in one day. Did you stay concentrated driving back home?
What is next on your list....? BTW nice bird too...



I think I floated home Earl ;D

I don't know about the list, I can't motivate myself :icon_scratch:
 

CRUSADER

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May 25, 2007
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shaun7 said:
WOODY50 said:
Say Shaun, great hunting day, you really made Cru feel bad... A nice stater for sure, and of course a bunch of hammered in one day. Did you stay concentrated driving back home?
What is next on your list....? BTW nice bird too...



I think I floated home Earl ;D

I don't know about the list, I can't motivate myself :icon_scratch:
you could just roll over & die (you are getting on a bit) or you could see what you have achieved in the last 2 years & think that maybe, just maybe you could improve on it - or not
 

woody50

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shaun7 said:
WOODY50 said:
Say Shaun, great hunting day, you really made Cru feel bad... A nice stater for sure, and of course a bunch of hammered in one day. Did you stay concentrated driving back home?
What is next on your list....? BTW nice bird too...
I think I floated home Earl ;D
I don't know about the list, I can't motivate myself :icon_scratch:
Ah come on man, get out of the house in the weekend and try it again. I aways say, hmmm nice find, NOW for the next one. Go look for the next stater!
 

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shaun7

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CRUSADER said:
shaun7 said:
WOODY50 said:
Say Shaun, great hunting day, you really made Cru feel bad... A nice stater for sure, and of course a bunch of hammered in one day. Did you stay concentrated driving back home?
What is next on your list....? BTW nice bird too...



I think I floated home Earl ;D

I don't know about the list, I can't motivate myself :icon_scratch:
you could just roll over & die (you are getting on a bit) or you could see what you have achieved in the last 2 years & think that maybe, just maybe you could improve on it - or not



"Getting on a bit" :o :laughing9:

I'm going out at the weekend to find a gold hammered :icon_thumleft:
 

Silver Searcher

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shaun7 said:
CRUSADER said:
shaun7 said:
WOODY50 said:
Say Shaun, great hunting day, you really made Cru feel bad... A nice stater for sure, and of course a bunch of hammered in one day. Did you stay concentrated driving back home?
What is next on your list....? BTW nice bird too...



I think I floated home Earl ;D

I don't know about the list, I can't motivate myself :icon_scratch:
you could just roll over & die (you are getting on a bit) or you could see what you have achieved in the last 2 years & think that maybe, just maybe you could improve on it - or not



"Getting on a bit" :o :laughing9:

I'm going out at the weekend to find a gold hammered :icon_thumleft:
Shouldn't you aim for the Cartwheel first :laughing7: :wink:

SS
 

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shaun7

shaun7

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Silver Searcher said:
shaun7 said:
CRUSADER said:
shaun7 said:
WOODY50 said:
Say Shaun, great hunting day, you really made Cru feel bad... A nice stater for sure, and of course a bunch of hammered in one day. Did you stay concentrated driving back home?
What is next on your list....? BTW nice bird too...



I think I floated home Earl ;D

I don't know about the list, I can't motivate myself :icon_scratch:
you could just roll over & die (you are getting on a bit) or you could see what you have achieved in the last 2 years & think that maybe, just maybe you could improve on it - or not



"Getting on a bit" :o :laughing9:

I'm going out at the weekend to find a gold hammered :icon_thumleft:
Shouldn't you aim for the Cartwheel first :laughing7: :wink:

SS



I'm not aiming to go backwards mate ;D
 

Silver Searcher

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shaun7 said:
Silver Searcher said:
shaun7 said:
CRUSADER said:
shaun7 said:
WOODY50 said:
Say Shaun, great hunting day, you really made Cru feel bad... A nice stater for sure, and of course a bunch of hammered in one day. Did you stay concentrated driving back home?
What is next on your list....? BTW nice bird too...



I think I floated home Earl ;D

I don't know about the list, I can't motivate myself :icon_scratch:
you could just roll over & die (you are getting on a bit) or you could see what you have achieved in the last 2 years & think that maybe, just maybe you could improve on it - or not



"Getting on a bit" :o :laughing9:

I'm going out at the weekend to find a gold hammered :icon_thumleft:
Shouldn't you aim for the Cartwheel first :laughing7: :wink:

SS



I'm not aiming to go backwards mate ;D
Bit late for that :laughing9:
 

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shaun7

shaun7

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Silver Searcher said:
shaun7 said:
Silver Searcher said:
shaun7 said:
CRUSADER said:
shaun7 said:
WOODY50 said:
Say Shaun, great hunting day, you really made Cru feel bad... A nice stater for sure, and of course a bunch of hammered in one day. Did you stay concentrated driving back home?
What is next on your list....? BTW nice bird too...



I think I floated home Earl ;D

I don't know about the list, I can't motivate myself :icon_scratch:
you could just roll over & die (you are getting on a bit) or you could see what you have achieved in the last 2 years & think that maybe, just maybe you could improve on it - or not



"Getting on a bit" :o :laughing9:

I'm going out at the weekend to find a gold hammered :icon_thumleft:
Shouldn't you aim for the Cartwheel first :laughing7: :wink:

SS



I'm not aiming to go backwards mate ;D
Bit late for that :laughing9:



I don't know what you mean :tard: :tard: :laughing7:
 

woody50

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shaun7 said:
I'm not aiming to go backwards mate ;D
If you are a sincere metal detectorist there is no going backwards. A cartwheel, if you have not found one yet, is just as important as a gold celtic in my books.
I would be happy in either way, they are both rare to find and nice objects.
 

HISPAN

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WOODY50 said:
shaun7 said:
I'm not aiming to go backwards mate ;D
If you are a sincere metal detectorist there is no going backwards. A cartwheel, if you have not found one yet, is just as important as a gold celtic in my books.
I would be happy in either way, they are both rare to find and nice objects.

I hunted last week an old beer can a foreign brand and throw it away ..... I am repenting. ::) :laughing9:
 

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shaun7

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WOODY50 said:
shaun7 said:
I'm not aiming to go backwards mate ;D
If you are a sincere metal detectorist there is no going backwards. A cartwheel, if you have not found one yet, is just as important as a gold celtic in my books.
I would be happy in either way, they are both rare to find and nice objects.



It seems they're only rare to me Earl :-\

Of course, I will be over the moon when I get one. I just try and make it look like I don't want one because of the stick I get for not having found one yet :wink: :laughing7:

I'll bet when I do get one, I'll have the same reaction as with the Stater :icon_thumleft:
 

curbdiggercarl57

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You're collecting Banners like I've been collecting parking tickets.
Kudos!
Carl
 

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