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[vince76]

On Google maps, my new site was about three hours by car so I left home at 2.00 this morning. But Google was wrong and I was there at 4.00. I could stay in the car and wait but I think you already know what I did. Using the car lights I began searching for some lost stuff. The first hole produced this broken seal ring.

I tried it but I'm not brave enough


Some nice Macedonian coins followed until my first Tetradrachm came out.


Alexander III. 323-313 BC. AR Drachm. Lampsakos mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / AΛEXANΔΡOY,, Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; Artemis left with torch beneath chair. Price 1379 var (no symbol in left field). Unpublished var without 'belt-buckle' symbol in left field. CNG 725215.

This was the very first time in my life kissing a coin

It was almost dawn when it began raining but I didn't stop and found two or three other coins and a lot of lead stuff.
After less than one hour I had two muddy shoes weighting 2kg each that's why I decided to leave that area and head to another one. The rain stoped because it began snowing and it was windy too. The area was already painted in white. I was freezing but I didn't want to turn home. A Roman coin as the first and after that this beautiful silver coin jumped out of the hole. No ID yet.
This was the hardest day but with two great silvers I was happy to turn back home.




This is the rest







Driving back home


Thanks guys for watching.

 

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[Carolina Tom]

Awesome finds Vince. The silver coins are just spectacular, big congrats on those.

I see some lead sling ammo too! I had never heard of that, until you came along. Thanks for the lesson.

Best of luck to you sir.

 

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[vince76]

Awesome finds Vince. The silver coins are just spectacular, big congrats on those.

I see some lead sling ammo too! I had never heard of that, until you came along. Thanks for the lesson.

Best of luck to you sir.

Thanks Tom. It was Plumbata who noticed them and explained to me. Till that moment I was convinced to found fishing net weights. Funny
When I found lead pieces I got angry but I remember what Crusader said "no lead no site" so thanks to him its easier for me to decide which way to go. Westfront explained me that the clay pieces I was bringing home were loom weights.

 

[DetectorMoe]

Wow, Awesome stuff man. Nice digs!

 

[CRUSADER]

''Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. Circa 196-146 BC. Obverse: Head of the nymph Histaia right. Reverse: Nymph seated right on prow; Similar to this example:

https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ro..._interesting_control_mark/496695/Default.aspx

Cru'Dad''

 

[vince76]

''Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. Circa 196-146 BC. Obverse: Head of the nymph Histaia right. Reverse: Nymph seated right on prow; Similar to this example:

https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ro..._interesting_control_mark/496695/Default.aspx

Cru'Dad''

Wooooow!! This coin was giving me a headache! Thanks a lot Cru'Dad"! Respect.
Euboia seems to be at least 600 km from the top of the hill where I found the coin! It's a long way to the top

 

[CRUSADER]

Wooooow!! This coin was giving me a headache! Thanks a lot Cru'Dad"! Respect.
Euboia seems to be at least 600 km from the top of the hill where I found the coin! It's a long way to the top

Yeap, he put the time in. Because if it were Roman 100BC-400AD then little thinking required.

 

[Plumbata]

More awesome finds, congrats on your first tetradrachm!!

The Histiaia tetrobols are rather common, so while that one is a bit crystallized/damaged you are likely to find a nicer one sooner or later.

In the pic of the 3 arrowheads, the large iron one on the bottom looks like the tip of a Roman Pilum, a very excellent discovery!

Also in the image of your larger cleaned finds is what looks like a fabulous ornate 6th century Ostrogothic fibula brooch, can we see the front side of it?

 

[vince76]

A m a z i n g ! and not one pull tab?

Yeap, he put the time in. Because if it were Roman 100BC-400AD then little thinking required.

Thanks mate. I appreciate his help.

 

[vince76]

More awesome finds, congrats on your first tetradrachm!!

The Histiaia tetrobols are rather common, so while that one is a bit crystallized/damaged you are likely to find a nicer one sooner or later.

In the pic of the 3 arrowheads, the large iron one on the bottom looks like the tip of a Roman Pilum, a very excellent discovery!

Also in the image of your larger cleaned finds is what looks like a fabulous ornate 6th century Ostrogothic fibula brooch, can we see the front side of it?

Thanks Plumbata
You are right. Its too heavy for an arrow head. Now I think about it. The fibula was on the second day finds but I was just showing that my finds are not only silver and bronze. I found it almost on the bottom of the hill just before leaving. I posted it on the next day's thread.

 

[vince76]

This one was very dirty but I thought it was on of the usual coins. After cleaning just a little bit I noticed a green patina and the shape of the first square. That's was enough to realise that it was not one of the usual coins and I still don't know what it is!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Thanks for showing your finds! I’m in Bulgaria without a detector until 2 March. If you are close to Sliven I would love to see your finds.

 

[ivobg]

Cant wait for the snow to melt here

 

[CRUSADER]

This one was very dirty but I thought it was on of the usual coins. After cleaning just a little bit I noticed a green patina and the shape of the first square. That's was enough to realise that it was not one of the usual coins and I still don't know what it is!View attachment 1557066

''The artwork is normally referred to as ‘Incuse Square’ and in this case 4 of them are divided diagonally to form quarters but the middle one might have a central face? Too.

Ancient BC Thraco-Macedonian & Bithnyia coins used Incuse Squares normally in a square block of 4 known as a quadripartite. I have found no coin examples showing this configuration and wonder if it is something else such as a coin weight or gaming counter? Especially if the other side is blank & smooth. So is there anything on the other side?''

 

[vince76]

''The artwork is normally referred to as ‘Incuse Square’ and in this case 4 of them are divided diagonally to form quarters but the middle one might have a central face? Too.

Ancient BC Thraco-Macedonian & Bithnyia coins used Incuse Squares normally in a square block of 4 known as a quadripartite. I have found no coin examples showing this configuration and wonder if it is something else such as a coin weight or gaming counter? Especially if the other side is blank & smooth. So is there anything on the other side?''

Hi Cru. Yes, you are right. The other side is flat.

 

[sprailroad]

I met a guy while I was freezing and he asked me: Are you crazy? I said: No, I am metaldetecting!

And he asked you, "Are you crazy?" Well for many of us the answer would have been, "Am I crazy?, why yes, yes I am, for I am a DETECTORIST!" .....Aside from that, Great finds Vince, these are items we here would never otherwise see, thank you for the showing, kind of makes me wonder just who the first person was that held those coins, and what they were spent for etc.