Favorite Finds - International

FEBRUARY 2022 WINNER!!!

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My International Favorite Find for February 2022 is the Gold Byzantine Coin, discovered by Peter P. from Europe with his Ace 250.

Peter’s story: I went to a hill, quite far to succeed, but I believed that there could be findings because from that hill there is a beautiful view of the surroundings, which was important for fortifications in ancient times. After I succeeded, I saw a lot of holes. I quickly realized that someone was looking carelessly. I thought I was late but after hiking so much I decided to taste my luck.

I found a few coins and a ring in the first half hour, and then, a gold coin! What a surprise I couldn’t believe! A real Byzantine gold coin solidus Justinian I. The feeling when you find a gold coin is hard to describe, especially when you find it in a location that is already dug up when you know that someone was so close but was unlucky. And who knows how many I skipped. Trust your intuition and never give up. Thank you Garrett ACE 250 :)

Peter P. WINS an ACE Apex Metal Detector. CONGRATULATIONS
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JANUARY 2022 has TWO WINNERS!!!

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My International Favorite Find for January 2022 is the 3rd century A.D. Gold Roman Coin, discovered by Sergey Y. from Europe with his AT Pro.

Sergey’s success story: Hello dear Garrett team! Once in the fall, there was one amazing and incredible day in my life! It was connected with my Garrett AT PRO and a Roman gold coin I found in the field, at the depth of a spade bayonet. When I first took this find in my hand, I had the impression that I touched a history that was two thousand years long! It’s just great! This coin represents the gold aureus of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Probus, 3rd century AD. Thank you for really cool and lucky metal detectors! Garrett, best of the best!!

Yours sincerely, Sergey

Sergey Y. WINS an ACE Apex Metal Detector. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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My second International Favorite Find for January 2022 is the lot of 14 Silver Roman Coins, discovered by Costache F. from Europe with his EuroAce.

Hello. I went out again with my friends for a detection game. A whole day I wandered the whole forest without special results. On the way to the car I came across a glade with big grass and many rose hip bushes. I had a clear signal...I dug a great discovery...a world of Roman silver! I wiped the coin from the ground and I noticed that it was a republican denarius with the abduction of Sabina. I continued to detect another signal again. I managed to discover 12 Republican denarii from different periods. The next day I went to that place again and I discovered 2 more coins. The feeling is unique. I am very satisfied with my Garrett EuroAce device. I am actually in love with him. Who seeks, finds.

Costache F. WINS an ACE Apex Metal Detector. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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DECEMBER 2021 WINNER!!!

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My international Favorite Find for December 2021 is the Roman Magnentius 350-353 A.D. Coin, discovered by Oleksiy U. from Europe with his Ace 250.

Oleksiy’s success story: Hello it’s Alex from Europe. In 2019 I discovered a new place near my city, using Garrett ACE 150 and I found a couple Roman coins near small river. Since 2019 I was there maybe 15 times without any finds and now on the end of 2021, I found this one with Garrett ACE 250.

It’s Miliarense. Magnentius 350-353 A.D. Draped, holding globe and scepter. Very rare specimen.

Best regards, Oleksiy

Oleksiy U. WINS an ACE Apex Metal Detector. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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November 2021 WINNER!!!

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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!!!
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OCTOBER 2021 WINNER!!!

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My International Favorite Find for October 2021 is the Gold Roman Aureus coin, found by Ruslan S. from Europe with his AT Pro.

Ruslan’s story: Garrett THE BEST! Hello dear and beloved Garrett’s company! I want to share with you my recent find! My Garrett AT Pro found my first Roman gold coin in early October! It was a clear and warm autumn day. I went on a picnic with the family. I also took a metal detector with me. And as it turned out - not in vain! After walking along the neighboring field for only about ten minutes, my AT Pro caught a weak signal underground. A couple of seconds later, a coin fell out of the breast of the earth - an Aureus - 2-3 century BC! When I rubbed it, I just couldn’t believe my eyes! Yes! Yes! Yes! This is a great find! I was immensely happy that day! Thanks Garrett!

Ruslan S. WINS an ACE Apex metal detector. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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SEPTEMBER 2021 WINNER!!!

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My international Favorite Find for September 2021 is the Hoard of 17th Century James 1 and Charles 1 Coins, found by Tom B. from the UK with his Ace 250.

Tom’s success story: Hi, I managed to find a soldiers civil war coin hoard with the Garrett Ace 250 and just wanted to say what a great detector it is. It was 10 gold and 8 silver coins, I was speaking to a guy at Regton's (one of your distributors) at a detecting event and he mentioned to email you. The hoard is mentioned on Regton's website, and few other places online it can be found under Taunton civil war coin hoard. Thanks for your time. Keep up the good work.

From the Somerset County Gazette: Civil War’s soldier’s wages found in Taunton - almost 400 years on. The 18 silver and gold coins uncovered in a garden in Nerrols Farm, Taunton, totaled £5 5s 33⁄4d – 5 1⁄2 months wages for a common soldier in the 17th Century and £450 in today’s value. But the hoard, probably belonging to a Royalist soldier and left during the siege of Taunton in 1645, could fetch thousands of pounds when it is bought by the town’s Museum of Somerset. An inquest, which concluded the coins are treasure, heard how they were found by a young man in October as he took down a tree in his parents’ garden so they could build a workshop. His mother told the hearing in Taunton: “He saw something glistening so he took it out and realised it was a coin. He started to dig deeper and eventually found 18 coins in total.”

The coins – Thirteen from England, four Scotland and one Ireland – date from between 1601 and 1645. It is thought they were possibly stashed in a leather purse, which has since rotted away.

A report from The British Museum says: “The coins belong to the reigns of James I and Charles I and the period they cover and the denominations present are very similar to many other recorded coin hoards from the mid- 17th Century, the period of the English Civil War. They are a highly selected group of good condition, high value coins and do not simply reflect the general coinage in circulation at the time.”

Tom B. WINS an ACE Apex Metal Detector! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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AUGUST 2021 WINNER!!!

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My International Favorite Find for August 2021 is the 17th Century Copper Coins Hoard, discovered by Andrey F. from Europe with his Ace 400i.

Andrey’s success story: The best day of the passing summer. The usual hot weekend in August did not bode well for anything unexpected. I sat on the veranda drinking my morning coffee. Suddenly my friend called. Two hours later, sweating under the last rays of the setting summer sun, we made our way with metal detectors along the vast harvested wheat field. Suddenly, there was a loud bell sound on my Garrett ACE 400i. After sweeping the coil at different angles, I realized that there was something interesting underground! Yes! Love that Garrett bell trill! I started digging. A silhouette of my comrade could be seen in the distance.

Having dug a hole deep into the bayonet of a shovel, the signal became even clearer and stronger! Here’s another half-bayonet, and the shovel hit some kind of vessel! Only one thought flashed through my head - this is a treasure!! And so it was! Yeees! I carefully began to rip up the ground around the find. From the pit, the outlines of a not small clay pot were already visible. It took my breath away. My heart sank, caught my breath a little, and pounded in my chest again. From a pit about 20 inches deep I took out a medieval pot stuffed to the top with 17th century fine copper coins !! This moment cannot be conveyed in words! The feeling of indescribable euphoria, joy, happiness and pride in my favorite metal detector overwhelmed my soul of a search engine on that wonderful day! Garrett!

Thank you for your reliable and so beloved devices! I’m happy :)

The hoard of coins was donated to the Poltava Museum of Local Lore.

Andrey F. WINS an ACE Apex Metal Detector! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
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JULY 2021 WINNER!!!

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My International Favorite Find for July 2021 is the Prague Gross 1300 - 1305, Wenceslaw II, Kingdom of Bohemia Coin, discovered by Petr C. from Europe with his AT Max.

Petr’s success story: It was the twelfth of January, Christmas was finally over, and in the shop where I work, everything started to calm down at least a little. So I invite a friend from work to the detector and we go through the old carriages above the village. It’s snowing a little, it’s a few inches of snow on the ground and it’s freezing. We leave at 10am, one First Republic crown falls, two buttons, a cartridge case and three grunting savages. It looks miserable, my friend is freezing, so the decision is made to return home. But I still don’t turn off the detector, I don’t want to put up with a lousy treasure hunt.

Ten meters from the road, a double signal at 10 and 15 cm, 76, 78, 86, occasionally hums on the Garrett into the iron. I’m starting to dig, cursing at the supposed shotgun cartridge. It is stupidly traced between the roots. In the premonition of the shotgun, I angrily dig up with pickaxe. And then I dig out another handful of clay with my hand and the head of a lion and a piece of the inscription * GRO * laugh at me from the mud and snow. I just stare quietly and for the next few seconds my brain just doesn’t work. A friend behind me has already understood the critical information and is cursing at me. I’m still staring! I turn the coin and rub it. Only then I really realize what I found!

Petr C. WINS an ACE Apex Metal Detector! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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JUNE 2021 WINNER!!!

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My International Favorite Find for June 2021 is the set of Three Gold Sovereigns, discovered by Mick S. from Australia with his AT-Max.

Mick’s success story: WOW!! The three gold coins I found happened on Sunday, June 12th. It was a awesome day weather wise. I was with a group of 5 other fellow detectorists (4 of them swinging Garretts). There was finds coming out everywhere, a lot of early English coins but also American coins, Californian goldfield buckles, and an American powder flask. Americans featured heavily during the Australian gold rush in the early 1850s.

I was teamed up with a friend who decided to walk left and I went right and as you can imagine straight in to the path of the gold. At first all I seen was one coin flick out of the hole and I knew straight away that it was a gold coin! What I did not know was he had friends and to my amazement there was three all up. The coins where 4 inches down and rang up a 66 signal on the AT MAX. The area I found them in was the Victorian goldfields here in Australia. The coins are British Sovereigns dated 1842, 1844, & 1852. Love your machines hope a new one comes out soon.

Mick S. WINS an ACE Apex Metal Detector. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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MAY 2021 WINNER!!!

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My international Favorite Find for May 2021 is the Golden Byzantine Cross, found by Roman Y. from Europe with the AT Max.

Roman’s success story: Garrett the BEST. Good day, dear GARRETT company! I am a longtime fan of your metal detectors. I started my search with the Garrett ACE 250 and continue with the Garrett AT MAX. On the eve of Victory Day, May 8, I had a day off. I drove out to a field that had been knocked out long ago. Previously, it contained Roman coins and fragments of antique ceramics.

You just won’t believe what I found! After about an hour of searching, I heard a weak, barely audible signal in the headphones! Oh yeah! Great, professional headphones, help you find very interesting targets! I started digging! And suddenly, something yellow appeared from the breast of the earth. It took me a while to realize what it was. But having cleared the find from the ground, my eyes looked at it for a long time and in surprise. Can not be! It’s just magic! Golden Byzantine cross!!! And I found it with Garrett AT MAX! This was the largest find possible in this field! It was a delight!

Thank you, dear Garrett, for unforgettable emotions!

Roman Y. WINS an ACE Apex Metal Detector. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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My second international Favorite Find for May 2021 is the Golden Aureus of Septimius Severus Coin, found by Sergey M. from Europe with the AT Pro.

Sergey’s success story: My first gold coin! Greetings to the wonderful company Garrett! I hasten to share with you my new find! On the first of May, right on International Labor Day, I came across a gorgeous gold coin! After passing the field in length and across, all day long, my dear Garrett AT PRO caught a signal. The coin was not deep from the surface. As it turned out, it was a gold Roman coin! Oh my God! My eyes didn't immediately believe it!

It turned out to be a genuine golden Aureus of Septimius Severus (AD 193-211)! On the reverse there is a portrait of Yulia Domna, his wife. After such finds, emotions just go off scale !!! And there is enough inspiration for many, many years to come! Thanks Garrett !!! Yours faithfully, Sergey.

Sergey M. WINS an ACE Apex Metal Detector. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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