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    Found gold twice !

    Hey there on the other side of the planet ! Haven't been here for a while. But I'm still keeping the coil to the soil, and did some stunning finds this week.
    First I've found a golden pendant from the 17th century (1650) and it is 22 K gold with little crystals in it, unfortunately the plough hit it but still a great find. It was found on former ground where use to be a little castle in the 17th century. I will have it restored.

    And then, the day before yesterday, I found this huge golden ring on a field. As you know, we live below sealevel. And the spot where I found this ring was used by former pirats like vikings to go ashore. This ring will be investigated by an archaeologist to be sure it is a vikingring, but we are 99 procent sure that it is the real thing. I will add picture of an ancient viking ring to compare.

    Kind regards, Johan

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    And this is the ring I've found:

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    AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!! Do you have turn over the ring to the museum like in England? Congrats on such amazing finds! You've got my vote for best jewelry of the month! Best wishes and HH, Dave.
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    Two mind blowing finds!

    That pendant certainly has a WOW factor! Good luck with the restoration, that it a good decision. What a gorgeous piece!

    And I hope the ring turns our to be Viking era. It sure does look like the other one in those photos. Incredible!

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    Two beautiful finds , Congratulations twice !! I like the design of your ring far more than the sample one pictured .Both very worthy of finds of the month !!

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    Amazing finds. Museum type stuff. Super congrats on the double GOLD. WD
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    Incredible finds and amazing history, congrats!
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    Making my finds look kinda like SH**!! BUT thanks for posting. Showing what real treasure looks like. I pray you don't have to turn that in given it's not a horde. Study and return to finder please!

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    What Everybody above Said!!!! OUTSTANDING
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    Quote Originally Posted by DaddyDigger View Post
    AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!! Do you have turn over the ring to the museum like in England? Congrats on such amazing finds! You've got my vote for best jewelry of the month! Best wishes and HH, Dave.
    Yes, if it's the real thing I will (sell) hand it over to the museum where it belongs....so everyone can take a look at it. Tomorrow i'll visit the archaeologist, exciting !!
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    Holy $%#$@ ! Those are beyond cool finds.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tony Two-Cent View Post
    Two mind blowing finds!

    That pendant certainly has a WOW factor! Good luck with the restoration, that it a good decision. What a gorgeous piece!

    And I hope the ring turns our to be Viking era. It sure does look like the other one in those photos. Incredible!

    Hey Tony, thanks for your reply. I visit the local archaeologist and it did turn out to be a real Viking-ring (Danish). That is something or what. I'm very very pleased with it.
    They will be doing more research and it will be named it the yearbook of finds in the City were I live. Price: unknown yet.
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    i'd rather it stayed in private hands, but that's just me. Think of all the stories you can tell when people see you wearing it! And besides in a museum, it could end up in a drawer someplace and forgotten about for a couple centuries who knows. be very interesting to know how much you get for it .

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    Two stunning finds.....hope that ring turns out to be a viking ring (sure does look like it from the photos).
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    Quote Originally Posted by aloldstuff View Post
    Two stunning finds.....hope that ring turns out to be a viking ring (sure does look like it from the photos).
    Yes, it's the real thing. Viking 9th century, Danish
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    Incredible finds Johan Truly treasure to dream of !! Huge congrats and thanks for sharing it with us .

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    very nice. finding gold is always a good thing!
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    very nice. congrats!
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    Haha also nice here johan

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cheap Thrills View Post
    Two beautiful finds , Congratulations twice !! I like the design of your ring far more than the sample one pictured .Both very worthy of finds of the month !!
    Yeah....WOW!
    I agree with Cheep Thrills, that your ring is a even more beautiful than the one pictured as an example!
    Simply stunning!
    Congrats!
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