Benjamin52
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- Apr 26, 2011
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Minelab CTX 3030
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hello Tneters.
I have not posted in a few months because I moved to Romania to study medicine. (Hard to get in to med school in Germany)
I finally got my Authorization to hold and use a metal detector in this country last week.
Today was my first hunt.
It was below freezing and snow covered the forest ground but I had to get out to detect!
Hunt started out slow with a few shrapnel pieces and some common coins.
After 4 hours of hunting we were ready to go back. On the way back I had to climb down a steep slope and was just swinging my detector to keep it moving..
I got a decent signal that made me stop half way down the slope.
I uncovered a silverish looking object.
First I saw this:
Wow, maybe a huge Roman silver fibula I thought? haha
Then I saw an eagle head.
(I could not yet see the red stones as eyes because of the dirt)
I pulled the object out and was disappointed because a hole in the head and the bottom part told me this object was definitely fairly modern, not Roman-age antique at least.
(I believe it is silver gilted or bathed but definitely not solid silver as the wear-marks on the head show a different color underneath)
Back home cleaning revealed what I think (Thanks Westfront for the suggestion) Is a sabre handle. From the making I am guessing around world war 1 or maybe around the 1900's as the oldest posibility.
The hole in the head is for a decorative attachment screw or nail to fit in...
The sparing on the bottom is to fit into the ring of the hilt I believe (see below)
Definitely a heart-stopper when it was in the hole but now still a cool find, I feel.
No other signals in proximity so I was not able to retrieve the guard or blade.
(other finds)
Not a bad find for a first hunt here. Hopefully many more interesting things to find out there!
The snowy forest was beautiful
Happy hunting!
I have not posted in a few months because I moved to Romania to study medicine. (Hard to get in to med school in Germany)
I finally got my Authorization to hold and use a metal detector in this country last week.
Today was my first hunt.
It was below freezing and snow covered the forest ground but I had to get out to detect!
Hunt started out slow with a few shrapnel pieces and some common coins.
After 4 hours of hunting we were ready to go back. On the way back I had to climb down a steep slope and was just swinging my detector to keep it moving..
I got a decent signal that made me stop half way down the slope.
I uncovered a silverish looking object.
First I saw this:
![26941405_10215090314521741_1582565925_o.jpg 26941405_10215090314521741_1582565925_o.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1385/1385070-fb7a1fc12e8c3ee6f0d6527acb118097.jpg)
Then I saw an eagle head.
![26908854_10215090313361712_1672696481_o.jpg 26908854_10215090313361712_1672696481_o.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1385/1385086-50686130e0dff62c82ce186554585ab1.jpg)
I pulled the object out and was disappointed because a hole in the head and the bottom part told me this object was definitely fairly modern, not Roman-age antique at least.
![26937840_10215090313241709_611988161_o.jpg 26937840_10215090313241709_611988161_o.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1385/1385107-fbb68e44a597c69efacd69a3fb55603a.jpg)
![26909751_10215090314041729_1744923620_o.jpg 26909751_10215090314041729_1744923620_o.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1385/1385126-824455b0aa15b5a7e510ad017fbd1e1c.jpg)
Back home cleaning revealed what I think (Thanks Westfront for the suggestion) Is a sabre handle. From the making I am guessing around world war 1 or maybe around the 1900's as the oldest posibility.
The hole in the head is for a decorative attachment screw or nail to fit in...
The sparing on the bottom is to fit into the ring of the hilt I believe (see below)
![26941359_10215090313841724_716671355_o.jpg 26941359_10215090313841724_716671355_o.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1385/1385146-81a893af4e26f844d1b44eb6901fad59.jpg)
![sabre hilt.jpg sabre hilt.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1385/1385153-56ed2b41079bce65d43743597fc18466.jpg)
Definitely a heart-stopper when it was in the hole but now still a cool find, I feel.
No other signals in proximity so I was not able to retrieve the guard or blade.
![26937790_10215090315241759_188521934_o.jpg 26937790_10215090315241759_188521934_o.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1385/1385175-0e3f401eb66ef36109bf14a2bbf276b7.jpg)
![26906481_10215090311481665_1962156046_o.jpg 26906481_10215090311481665_1962156046_o.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1385/1385198-aa599f523d3b1afb597860caf0785978.jpg)
Not a bad find for a first hunt here. Hopefully many more interesting things to find out there!
The snowy forest was beautiful
![26855147_10215090317841824_742434759_o.jpg 26855147_10215090317841824_742434759_o.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1385/1385211-873cc1bc04ef4bf475cec4d7d5647e04.jpg)
![26941840_10215090317721821_1146698491_o.jpg 26941840_10215090317721821_1146698491_o.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1385/1385238-ee723826acba14960067c7adecf72525.jpg)
![26829138_10215090316841799_1274932544_o.jpg 26829138_10215090316841799_1274932544_o.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1385/1385257-bf5afc9588d561df6b43d117fb08fe31.jpg)
Happy hunting!
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