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WINNER #1
My International Favorite Find for November 2021 is the Ceramic Vessel with 75 Ottoman Silver Coins from the 18th Century, discovered by Firiceanu R. from Europe with his AT Max.
Firiceanu’s success story: On Friday, October 23, together with my friend who is also my detection partner, we investigated an area with a forest for a few hours after work. The area was promising, so we decided to start a more thorough prospecting next week. Unfortunately on Monday morning my friend was tested positive for Covid 19. On that day, with sadness in my mind, I decided that after work for relaxation, to go to that area for a short detection of about 2 hours .... and after two holes with garbage at the third signal I discovered this treasure. Initially the signal was strange, just under a young Acacia tree (locust tree). I really thought it was a large iron object, a horseshoe or an axe, because at this signal I had discovered something like this before.
I started digging and when I found the twig of roots under the tree I was about to give up. But the increasingly strong and stable signal of the AT Max made me insist. I ended up digging with a knife because I really couldn’t dig with anything else without risking damaging the tree. When I took out the first piece of pottery and saw some edges that looked like coins, I thought I was going to have a heart attack. Unique feelings and immense joy came over me when I realized that I had really discovered a little treasure. These feelings were shared with my friend by phone, and we talked on the phone until I managed to get absolutely everything out of the hole.
Next day, after a night with insomnia, the treasure was taken to the county history museum, just as it was taken out of the ground, without cleaning or peeling the coins, to avoid damaging them. After 2 days I received the first update, that there were 75 silver coins. Now I’m waiting for pictures with them clean and an evaluation of the coins and also more info about them.
My friend is OK, he has an easy form of Covid 19, and in a few days he will be out and soon we will go to find the next treasure!
Firiceanu R. WINS an ACE Apex Metal Detector. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Firiceanu’s success story: On Friday, October 23, together with my friend who is also my detection partner, we investigated an area with a forest for a few hours after work. The area was promising, so we decided to start a more thorough prospecting next week. Unfortunately on Monday morning my friend was tested positive for Covid 19. On that day, with sadness in my mind, I decided that after work for relaxation, to go to that area for a short detection of about 2 hours .... and after two holes with garbage at the third signal I discovered this treasure. Initially the signal was strange, just under a young Acacia tree (locust tree). I really thought it was a large iron object, a horseshoe or an axe, because at this signal I had discovered something like this before.
I started digging and when I found the twig of roots under the tree I was about to give up. But the increasingly strong and stable signal of the AT Max made me insist. I ended up digging with a knife because I really couldn’t dig with anything else without risking damaging the tree. When I took out the first piece of pottery and saw some edges that looked like coins, I thought I was going to have a heart attack. Unique feelings and immense joy came over me when I realized that I had really discovered a little treasure. These feelings were shared with my friend by phone, and we talked on the phone until I managed to get absolutely everything out of the hole.
Next day, after a night with insomnia, the treasure was taken to the county history museum, just as it was taken out of the ground, without cleaning or peeling the coins, to avoid damaging them. After 2 days I received the first update, that there were 75 silver coins. Now I’m waiting for pictures with them clean and an evaluation of the coins and also more info about them.
My friend is OK, he has an easy form of Covid 19, and in a few days he will be out and soon we will go to find the next treasure!
Firiceanu R. WINS an ACE Apex Metal Detector. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
