Ancient dacian fortress

yo6oej

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Together with a friend I found a Dacian fortress (dating about II century B.C. - I century A.D.) . Near this place were in ancient salt resources, fertile land close to the river Mures, but also a strategic control of large valleys. All these reasons but also because in old documents and maps were references to the names (lost in time) suggesting a strategic location we decided to research this place. The area is hidden by forests and quite difficult to access. After a few visits there, I received confirmation from the team of archeologists that we found a very interesting and unknown Dacian fortress.
We recovered these : - dacian pottery shards , fortress iron nails from the wooden reinforcement , thumbtack type ornaments that adorn the handles of tools, items palisade (maybe the shields, etc...), dacian iron ploughshare , dacian iron chisel , two knife blades , curved blade , two parallel segments of iron (probably handle) , two fragments of dacian ironbrooch , 5 dacian iron tools (hidden) for wood processing , two bronze bells , iron object like a buckle , fragments of knife , suport fragment of a bronze vessel , roman republican silver denarius, Lucius Memmius, 109-108 BC , roman republican silver denarius, Lucius Marcius Philippus, 56 BC., commemorative coin, with reference to the construction of the famous Roman aqueduct Aqua Marcia in 144 BC. (in this areas , roman republican coins were the currency in the Dacian world) , two flint and three medieval knife blades (outside of the ancient area).
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Eagleye

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Wow what a discovery! I love them big coins.
 

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Great site with lots of history! That place looks just right for detecting like the hill you showed yesterday. Thanks for the education! And you got some old coins there. II century BC. Thats stunning.
 

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What a Buzz , detecting artefacts from a site over 2000 years old , good luck finding more awesome items .. cheers Mick
 

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Maybe one day we will get a Rep. Coin, but they are near impossible in my area.

Well done on another great find - 'the site'.
 

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La vostra ricerca e duro lavoro hanno pagato con reperti che solo una manciata di persone sarà abbastanza fortunato da scoprire. Complimenti per l'ottimo lavoro svolto.
 

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Awesome finds, congratulations! I'd like to see more pictures of the tools please!


The items like this are "fire starters", the steel components of flint & steel kits carried by travelers. They are probably medieval-19th century, and it makes sense that a few would be lost at a location like this, as it would have been a good spot to camp for the night.

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Congrats on an awesome find!
 

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Amazing finds, it would be surreal to dig up those coins!
 

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Minunat! Truly Amazing , Shawn
 

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yo6oej

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Sorry friends as many pictures that I have posted in this thread were not visible from the beginning :BangHead:
I just edited the posts and uploaded pictures again.Now seems to be all right :icon_thumleft:
Enjoy :hello:
 

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yo6oej

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Awesome finds, congratulations! I'd like to see more pictures of the tools please!

"Plumbata" , thanks a lot !

I just edited the posts and uploaded pictures again
(including pictures of tools) :hello:
 

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yo6oej

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Great site with lots of history! That place looks just right for detecting like the hill you showed yesterday. Thanks for the education! And you got some old coins there. II century BC. Thats stunning.

Thanks for your post my friend "Westfront" :hello:
 

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yo6oej

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Maybe one day we will get a Rep. Coin, but they are near impossible in my area.

Well done on another great find - 'the site'.

Who knows ? I don't think it's impossible... Good luck "Crusader" :hello:
 

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