Full Metal Digger
Well-known member
Hello friends, I just returned from a detecting trip to Germany, and I made so many great finds. Luck was with me on this trip! We were detecting near some old pathways deep in the forest and I got a scratchy 49 signal on my Deus II. Imagine my surprise when a complete set of spectacles came out of the ground. I was even more shocked when I learned how old they were. 1780s! Back then, eye charts did not exist, and strength of the lens was based on your age. It was known that your eyes got worse as you aged. Spectacles were sold according to your age. The strength (age) was etched onto one of the lenses and was typically in 5-year increments, 35, 40, 45, 50, etc. I was in for another big shock when I found a 65 etched onto one of the lenses!
