Unbelievable Find While Metal Detecting!

Vldetecting · May 1, 2018

So today I went out to detect for another short hour hunt at the place where I found the handle of a silver spoon from 1856. I was thinking about detecting on some other parts of the field that was besides this place. At first I only found some bullet casings so I moved to the location where I've found all the better finds and I'm really happy I did! The first good find I got while I was walking towards the place while detecting was a strange bronze item that says 'L. Westerbergs T.F. Gefle' which stand for the company L. Westerbergs Teknik Fabrik which is founded in Gävle (where I live). I believe it has been used for chemical stuff in the late 1800's on that field cause that company/factory did some chemical stuff:

So, the next find I found probably 10 minutes after is a find that I didn't even have on my bucket list cause I never really thought about to find something like this. I got a clear 78-80 signal on my AT Max so I believed that it was going to be something good in that hole. I dug down a deep square hole and lift the dirt out of the hole and started pin pointing, the target wasn't in the hole so I checked the dirt I lifted over and the pin pointer beeps a lot in a small dirt pile so I think it's a big lump of melted copper or something and as soon as I lift the find out of the dirt I can see what it is. It's a woman bronze statue! I haven't seen someone dig up something like this and I my adrenaline is running faster and faster trough my veins. After getting home and cleaning it up a lot better I can see that the statue has a lot of beautiful detailed design and has been stuck to something. I only know that it's made out of bronze and weighs 64.43 grams, has a diameter of c. 55 mm x 50 mm. It looks like the woman is reaching for something, maybe it has been sitting on a clock or mirror? If anyone knows more about it please let me know:

After that find I detect around it and got another good reading on my detector, it was a shell looking bronze object. Don't know what it has been used for but I suspect it was for decoration:

And the last find of the day was a small mystery bronze item:

The statue will probably be in my top 5 finds this year! And I also hope to find some coppers this year too

A2coins · May 1, 2018

thats banner i. my book my frienz I want to see it cleaned if you clean it

Phishfarmer · May 1, 2018

Awesome finds. The female image figurine is really nice. I can picture incense going in the hole in the thing in her lap. The shell container could be for makeup; the Egyptians were using it tens of thousands of years ago. Just WAGS.