A few European finds this week

[rayredditch]

Hope you enjoy them, just posted one of the fibula !
The metal BLOB at the bottom left of the bits and bob´s is a head (Got to clean it still)

 

[seger98]

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what are the coins?

 

[rayredditch]

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Don´t know yet, got to get my electrolyte on it first. But it´s a medieval one, definately !
The Fibula is 70bc to 90ad approx for the style.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

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Awesome finds Ray! That fibula is very nice, 2000 years old, congrats! You have made some very nice finds over the past few months. Having detected with you, I know they were not easy finds. I will be in touch soon, we will get together even if we can't detect and have a good time, Bernd included! A snowy BBQ on the grill sounds like fun. HH, Mike

 

[karib2517]

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good finds.

 

[rayredditch]

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Yep Mike, that would be fun, just let me know when ;-)
After Thursday morning it´ll be 3 to 6 weeks before I´ll detect again at the soonest, as I´ve got two ops on the same hand (Might be 3 or 4 as the finger next door is playing up too). Tomorrow night I´m going out for a few hours (Even if it rains, then I´ll take pasture).
HH Ray

 

[birdman]

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Ray ,that Roman Fibula kicks a$$ . Good stuff!

 

[rayredditch]

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Thanks Trent ;-)
Well tomorrow got the two ops, so want to get out today before the cabin fever sets in, but the winter has just decided to really kick in with 0 degrees, and snow coming down like there´s no tomorrow :-(
But, there´s still hope for later in the day, so long as it´s doesn´t settle too deep.
HH Ray

 

[CRUSADER]

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Ray ,that Roman Fibula kicks a$$ . Good stuff!

Ditto, unusual type (well over here anyway).

 

[t-bucket]

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nice finds and good luck on your next hunt.

 

[rayredditch]

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Got out this evening, it was actually warmer on top of the hill (minus 1.0 Celsius), than it was in the valley (Minus 3 Celsius).
Got 6 coins (all 1800´s), but one of them was a Silver 20 Pfennig. Also got 6 buttons, a medieval belt buckle part, 5 lead bag seals, and another medieval hammer (Makes about 6 or 7 of those I now have).
HH Ray

 

[tymcmurray]

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Nice finds.
Thanks for sharing.
Can we see a close up of the cleaned head?

 

[rayredditch]

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Will do when it´s cleaned, but had two operations on my right hand Thursday, so it´ll be a while before I can clean them (Or go hunting again)
HH Ray

 

[vercingetorix]

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what make you thing the hammer is medieval ?

found a similar item a few months ago and IDed as a celtic one by archeologists . a truly rare find
8)

 

[fourleaf]

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Nice finds !!!! good hunting and happy holidays!!!

 

[rayredditch]

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The pictured hammer could be Celtic, as the third biggest Opiidium in Europe is only 15km away, but also 7 castles, 20+ churches, water mills, and Roman temples, Villa Rustica, and Grave Mounds (Hügel Gräber), but the other hammer came later in the week, seem to be collecting them
Haven´t had time to clean them, or take them to my museum curator yet, as my hand has lots of stichtes in it
HH Ray

Vercingetorix, I used to be down in Toulose every week, and Pau, Bordeaux etc. too !! But not detecting, used to stay over at the Routiers by the market !

 

[vercingetorix]

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youre lorry driver right ?

hope you enjoyed your stay in Toulouse , some good restaurants down there too . I live a few kilometers to the north actually a small town along the highway .
don't worry you didn't miss anything since it is really hard to find a place to detect in the aera surrounding the city , lots of protected sites too .
you can try electrolysis to clean it up , thats what I did with mine and it worked pretty well ...
laurent

 

[rayredditch]

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Hi Laurent
Used to be a lorry driver, now a bit dissabled, due to a trip down some stairs on ice. But, some morphine, and I can still detect !
Used to take chemicals and plastics down, then bring back wine, calvados, and cognac !!
HH Ray

 

[vercingetorix]

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I 'm not a lorry driver but had a car accident a few years back . I spent quite a few months at the hospital under morphine too ... but I completely got over it now .

tough life
laurent

 

[rayredditch]

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Hope for an improvement soon, had two operations on my hand last Tursday, and on the 29th I have to go to the pain clinic. At the moment I´m on 22 pain killers a day, which includes the 140mg of morphine ( 2x60mg+1x20mg).
So I´m hoping ;-) and glad you got over it. I miss the laid back style and the cuisine of France.
HH Ray