Confirmed: early medieval Gold and roman bits...

[Westfront]

On my latest hunt i had part of a once very good site under the coil. With a very small time frame it was no time to grid the whole field so i just grid the known hot spots. Finds were sparse and i assume i was later as the competition...
Still got some finds.
Religious pendants, buttons, token, coins and a brooch

Scrappies, nice condition nail, drawer pull acorn, weird pendant, a first for me.

Pendant close up

Two better coins, left one has some silver wash left and could be an early Follis, rare in our area.

The find of the day came 10 steps from the truck. I just thanked the detecting gods for my success whilst still swinging the coil, then a clear loud beep in the headphones...one cut with the spade and a glimpse of gold in the dirt...
At home and cleaned it looked early medieval to me. Probably 7thC. merowingian brooch. Today a had a meet at the archies and they had a look on it.
Early medieval is confirmed, could been a brooch, could been an earring. Against the brooch is the thick gold, against the earring is the big size of formerly about 25-30mm. As early Merowingian gold is rare as hens teeth, this little piece went into the safe at the museum immediately and will be probed from an expert soon.

Thanks for looking and good luck to you all on your next hunts!

 

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[Blak bart]

Geez man.....that is just incredible!! Congrats on the killer gold piece !!

 

[CreakyDigger]

Sweet stuff...must be an amazing place to swing a metal detector.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Banner vote from me, that’s a superb piece of history. I wonder what it looked like before being bent up.

 

[Westfront]

Banner vote from me, that’s a superb piece of history. I wonder what it looked like before being bent up.

Something like this is possible. This is 1th.C BC but matches the site as well. I'd say even better....have to wait what the experts say.

 

[trdking]

banner

 

[Mackaydon]

The attribution for the coin on the right will contain the following words: "Providen" (possibly 'Providen tiaeaes'), turrets, door, star and camp gate.'
Don.........

 

[CRUSADER]

Something like this is possible. This is 1th.C BC but matches the site as well. I'd say even better....have to wait what the experts say.

I think Roman is still in the mix, either way it's an Extremely Rare Find - Big CONGRATS

 

[CRUSADER]

PS. If you get a further ID on the type of Pendant, I would be interested to learn.

 

[Westfront]

PS. If you get a further ID on the type of Pendant, I would be interested to learn.

As soon as i get info i'll forward it to you.

 

[Aureus]

Amazing finds! That gold piece deserves a banner. Please keep us posted on any additional info. Congratulations!

 

[ajaj]

Definitely post the results. Exciting find!

aj

 

[MetalArchSC]

Wow!!!!! Banner!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Wow! Super old gold is awesome. Let us know what the consensus is from the experts on the ID. Congrats!!!!

 

[RiverRat3]

Awesome discovery!

 

[Westfront]

Thank you all! I will update when i get more info!

 

[cudamark]

Looks like the gold is just a piece of a much larger item. Nice find! Hope you can find the rest of it!

 

[Mackaydon]

This looks like your coin on the right:
[h=5]Roman Imperial: Constantine II (326-327 CE) AE3 Folles, [/h]

Don......

 

[Westfront]

This looks like your coin on the right:
Roman Imperial: Constantine II (326-327 CE) AE3 Folles,
Don......

Definitely very close! Thanks Don!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Sweet finds, congrats!