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    I found a hammered silver coin today

    Hey diggers,

    Today I took off from work just to go detecting! The spot I wanted to detect is along an old medieval road that used to connect my village to a neighboring village. There's a nice patch of woods with a small knoll at the point where the road makes a sharp turn. It looked very promising on Google Earth. I invited 2 detecting friends to go with me. Tom and Justin arrived at my house about 8:30 and we headed off in the light rain.

    We arrived at the site and was very pleased with how it looked in person. Right off the bat we each found a musket ball and then a bunch of bottle caps! I think a lot of Germans like to drink beer when they are hunting because there were beer caps all over the place! After about 30 minutes I got a very sweet 95 signal. It's one of those signals you KNOW is going to be good. I was very surprised to pop out a hammered silver coin at 4 inches deep! It's a 1707 2 Albus. To be honest I had never even heard of an albus before today! (not counting Harry Potter of course). It's the same size as a quarter and is my 15th hammered silver (and 30th silver coin overall) since arriving in March! Here's some pics and thanks for looking and commenting! Happy hunting, Dave.
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    Oldest U.S. coin: 1805 Draped Bust Large Cent
    Best Coins EVER: 1625 4 Sols from Kingdom of Chateau Renaud, France
    1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria
    Best Relics: Bronze Age Arrowheads & Spearhead, 2c Roman silver ring, complete medieval knight's spur (x6)
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    That coin is stunning, Dave! Holy cow, 311 years old! It still has incredible detail, and it's silver to boot! WONDERFUL!

    Lifetime totals:
    9 Large Cents, 415 Indian Heads, 2 Two Cent Pieces, 1 Capped Bust Half Dime, 1 Seated Half Dime, 10 Shield Nickels, 68 V Nickels, 124 Buffalo Nickels, 31 War Nickels, 16 Seated Dimes, 131 Barber Dimes, 405 Mercury Dimes, 249 Rosies, 4 Seated Quarters, 18 Barber Quarters, 19 Standing Liberty Quarters, 89 Silver Washingtons, 1 Seated Half, 3 Barber Halves, 16 Walking Liberty Halves

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    Elite Member Bucknut's Avatar
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    BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Don't trade that one!...well you can if you want to. Looks like a new avatar for you! Congrats
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    @ Jared's "don't trade that one" Great find, Dave!! Are Tom and Justin from the US?
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    Another stunning coin! You're really doing well in Germany. So well in fact that you may get to spoiled and not want to hunt for our measly 100 year old coins.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    Are Tom and Justin from the US?
    Yep, they sure are. We are over here working and living the dream!
    Oldest Coin: 100-60 BC Gallic bronze coin (Sequani Tribe)
    Oldest Silver Coin: 1156 hammered Pfennig from (now) Bavaria
    Oldest U.S. coin: 1805 Draped Bust Large Cent
    Best Coins EVER: 1625 4 Sols from Kingdom of Chateau Renaud, France
    1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria
    Best Relics: Bronze Age Arrowheads & Spearhead, 2c Roman silver ring, complete medieval knight's spur (x6)
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    Oh baby! Nice "hammie" Dave! She's crisp!
    Sweet find!
    Congrats buddy!
    Keep'em coming!
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    What a stunning coin! One of our German Shepherd's is named Albus. He would love this coin!
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    At least you leaving the US my count of seated has gone up lol

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    Great coin Dave. 30 silvers since your arrival in Germany and 15 of them hammered.......
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    Every one of your posts are amazing Dave. That is one beautiful coin!!!!
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    Amazing find, like the addition of the map nice touch. Congrats on the great recovery. WD
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    Wow, that is one terrific coin, congrats!
    Jeff
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