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    As Requested, my dug spurs from Germany

    Hello diggers,
    Here are my dug spurs over the last 5 years detecting in Germany. I can hardly believe that I dug three of them just this year! They span about 300 to 400 years during the medieval period. The oldest dates to the 1300s and the newest dates to late 1500s or early 1600's (per museum evaluation). Enjoy!
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    What an amazing collection of dug spurs!

    One of them is a different color. Is it bronze? The others are probably that high quality iron. It is so cool seeing them all together like this!
    Lifetime totals:10 Large Cents, 422 Indian Heads, 2 Two Cent Pieces, 1 Capped Bust Half Dime, 1 Seated Half Dime, 10 Shield Nickels, 68 V Nickels, 125 Buffalo Nickels, 31 War Nickels, 16 Seated Dimes, 133 Barber Dimes, 407 Mercury Dimes, 252 Rosies, 4 Seated Quarters, 18 Barber Quarters, 21 Standing Liberty Quarters, 90 Silver Washingtons, 1 Seated Half, 3 Barber Halves, 17 Walking Liberty HalvesYouTube Channel: Tony Two-Cent https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmz...RlHTBIU42bUORg

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    Awesome collection!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tony Two-Cent View Post
    One of them is a different color. Is it bronze?
    Tony, yes, it is bronze and quite frankly, the only bronze example I can find online. Since bronze isn't as durable as iron, I wonder if this would have been a "parade" only spur and not used in actual day-to-day riding. It would have been a shiny gold color when it was new.
    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) ☺YouTube Channel: Full Metal Digger ☺Instagram: Full_Metal_Digger ☺

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    Wow great finds thx for posting. WD
    Total silver 11 - Goal 50 (2024 Finds) - 1 Ben Franklin -1 SLQ ('24) - 1 Washington - 0 Barber Dimes - 3 Mercury Dimes- - 3 Roosevelt Dimes - 0 V Nickels - 0 Buffalos - 2 War Nickels - 2 Indian -- 31 Wheats - $25.75 in clad (2 1$ Bills) Relics: MILESTONES since 2012: 1700 silver coins - 8000 Clad Quarters - 500 Roosevelts - 750 Mercury Dimes

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    Museum quality pieces!
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    Oldest coin: 1699 William III halfpenny
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