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    Another once-in-a-lifetime find!

    Hello friends,
    I'm sure you are sick of me posting all these finds but I have to share them with someone! I went back to meet my friends in the Swabian Alps again on Saturday. It's a 3 hour drive and worth every minute! We went back to the Roman/Celtic hotspot that we had detected twice before. It's quite a hike to get there but in ancient times it was a Roman crossroads and people obviously spent a lot of time there (maybe camping or waiting for escort?). My German friends have found over 100 bronze fibulas, dozens of silver coins, and even a silver bracelet.

    We spent 9 hours going up and down the hills hoping for high tones. We were making some good finds but the place has been hammered so hard it's difficult to find anything big or loud. I was up on the slope and got a faint high tone signal that repeated in both directions. It was so faint that it didn't register any numbers on my XP Deus. But I KNEW it was the best signal I had gotten all day and I was excited at what it might be. I dug down about 6 inches into the rocky soil and popped out a small iron looking ring. The kind that looks like rusty horse tack. As I examined it, turning it over and over in my hand I began to see it had an irregular shape like a finger ring. I rubbed it a bit and silver shined through! I was shouting to the other guys and they couldn't believe I had found a Roman silver ring from the 2nd or 3rd century! It had such a thick crust of iron around it. I'm guessing it was lying close to a nail or some other piece of small iron and over 1,800 years the iron leached onto the silver and formed a conglomerate. Once I got it cleaned up I could see an image inscribed on the ring. It looks like a tree to me. My German friend told me he thinks it's a cedar tree because these had special meaning to the Romans (reminds them of home maybe?).
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    I don't even know what to say, Dave!!!

    It's amazing how that beautiful 1800-year-old silver ring was under all of that iron rust. How lucky that you didn't just toss it into your junk iron pile. It's also amazing that the tree design was still clearly visible.

    This is an incredible find! I can't even come up with the proper words for it! You sure have been making the best of your remaining time in Germany.

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    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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    Thats a great find Dave , those very faintest high tones without numbers are my favorite to go after with the shovel . well done sir !

    Dan
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    so don't expect it from cheap people"

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    AMAZING!!!!!!!
    Maybe the Deus is the first technology to be able to fight that iron...and others have passed over it through the years.
    So happy for you!!!
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    I don't know what others would do with such a find, but if it fit I'd proudly wear it. BEAUTIFUL.

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    True historic treasure there!
    Detectors I use: Minelab Equinox 900 & Manticore
    Favorite finds I have made:
    1,000+ silver coins
    92pcs of 1700's Trade Era Silver
    Copper Culture Indian Artifacts
    125+ War of 1812 Era buttons and relics
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    (probably should have started with that one)

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    Amazing find! Congrats! I love those faint signals on the Deus too. You know it's something very small or deep and it's probably going to be a good find.
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    Never get sick of your posts of the GREAT history you have over there. I'm happy when I find silver that is 80 years old and you find stuff that is over a 1000 years back. Amazing WD
    Total silver 3 - Goal 50 (2024 Finds) - 0 Washington - 0 Barber Dimes - 0 Mercury Dimes- - 3 Roosevelt Dimes - 0 V Nickels - 0 Buffalos - 0 War Nickels - 0 Indian - 10 Wheats - $ 3.44 in clad
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    Awesome!
    Oldest find: 5,000 year old copper spearhead
    Oldest coin: 1699 William III halfpenny
    Purdiest coin: 1832 Capped Bust quarter
    Coolest find: USA button with blue threads still on shank

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