My first Roman coins

[Acquisitor]

obviously they require extended cleaning but I'm posting them anyway


the left one is a silver denarius, not sure yet which emperor issued it, but with proper cleaning it will shine as new, or nearly so, when I pulled it from the ground it was dark brownish, I did not even understand it was silver til I got home and started to clean it


the right one is more interesting imo, its an AS coin issued by Nero Claudius Caesar, the patina is very nice and I will keep it, all I need to is to remove the rust on the back side. The picture does not do justice to this coin as it's much greener in reality than on the pic

 

[Charlene]

Cleaned or not, they're beautiful!

 

[Acquisitor]

it feels quite nice to find something whats 2000 years old yes

 

[Eric Willoughby]

Absolutely smashing! I am absolutely mad about all things Roman.

 

[Acquisitor]

Absolutely smashing! I am absolutely mad about all things Roman.

the field where I found them used to be a Roman settlement in Wallonia (Southern Belgium), nothing reminds there of the Romans anymore, but the cultuvated field contains many old forged nails, pieces of bronze items and such. All these items make it hard to search for coins with all the signals of course. I have just discovered the field and will be coming back over and over and over again

 

[jjg70]

That's fantastic to have a piece of history from that era

 

[freddy williams]

Excellent finds HH ...

 

[Bank Runner]

 

[Daedalus]

It would be awesome to be able to hold coins like that in your hand . You are lucky you live where there is so much history.

Great finds , keep them coming .

 

[Steve in PA]

Sounds like you have just begun to scratch the surface of that site, and we should expect to see many more coins from you. Some of those other "non-coin" signals could be valuable Roman artifacts.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Congratulations! Hopefully some day i will get the opportunity to dig some too.

 

[Eric Willoughby]

What kind of detector are you using? What depth did you find those coins at?

 

[KOOTNEY KID]

 

[traverdog]

Great finds!!

 

[Acquisitor]

What kind of detector are you using? What depth did you find those coins at?

I'm using a simple ace 250 with a 10x14" coil which increases the depth by a few inches compared to the standard ace coil...

the silver coin was about 4" below the surface and the green coin was about 7-9 inches below

 

[cntrydncr1]

congrats on the Romans!! It is exciting to find things that old for sure!

 

[Nutriasub]

Beautiful coins, whish I could find some nice silver ones, and in such good condition!

Congratultions

 

[Mackaydon]

Here's what your Nero coin would hopefully look like after some cleaning:
http://www.coinarchives.com/473906a17f64a5be46a1fa2bcf079067/img/gorny/stuttgart1/image00401.jpg
Great finds!
Don.....

 

[kane23]

Awesome ! I've only ever found two ancients here in the USA in 41 years....Kane 23

 

[liftloop]