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    My detecting weekend to france.

    A week ago i went to france for a nice 2 days of detecting.
    Found medieval and roman.
    Found a roman legionair army buckle (picture3).
    Have to clean the rest but here are some
    finds and pictures from the area.
    Greetings William from Holland.
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    Some more pictures
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    Last picture you see the buckles on the armor.
    Last edited by Willems; 04-22-2017 at 05:45 PM.

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    That coin is amazing!
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    Great finds and pictures. The buckle is amazing.
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    Thanks you guy's

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    To find a buckle from a Roman soldiers armor is incredible Willems , amazing piece of history just think of the battles it may have been in !
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    Quote Originally Posted by del View Post
    To find a buckle from a Roman soldiers armor is incredible Willems , amazing piece of history just think of the battles it may have been in !
    Thanks del
    I have another roman coin clean.

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    Every coin take me over 2 hours to clean it.
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    2 medieval buckles.
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    That is an amazing buckle and nice job on the ID! Congrats.


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    Boy those metal items last longer than those who wore them!

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