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WINNER #1
My Favorite International find for April 2013 is the Pair of Early Bronze Period Battle Axes, discovered by Oliver D. from Sebis, Romania.
Oliver was invited by a friend some 150km away to go detecting in a big plowed field with dark brittle soil. Oliver used his Garrett Ace 250 with a large Detech coil and his friend used his GTI 2500. Oliver wasn’t having as good of luck compared to his friend, but that soon changed.
Oliver shares the moment. “I was a little disappointed of my bad luck, when I got a cracking signal, the signal I was waiting for all day. Pinpointed on the spot, then got on all four and dug like 30cm deep to find “something” that at first glance I thought it was a tractor piece. But a closer look, and once I lifted it from the ground…Wow! I knew by its weight and form: THIS IS SOMETHING AWESOME! I called my friend who was a few meters on my left and showed him. He was astonished! Then we started scanning the area right away for more. A few meters away popped out the second one! Then, nothing else, although we scanned a third time.”
Oliver shares the discovery. “The artifacts are two battle axes from the early bronze period (cca. 3500-2200 B.C.) of which one has a deep cut from their glorious war days! Now they are resting in the regional museum, following to be restored.”
Oliver concludes. “With this I would like to thank Garrett for creating a wonderful detector that gave me the opportunity to make such a find, and through this to help enrich my country’s historical knowledge and patrimony.”
Congratulations Oliver and your friend. Those are an awesome pair of ancient battle axes! Oliver D. WINS a Garrett PRO-POINTER®!
Oliver was invited by a friend some 150km away to go detecting in a big plowed field with dark brittle soil. Oliver used his Garrett Ace 250 with a large Detech coil and his friend used his GTI 2500. Oliver wasn’t having as good of luck compared to his friend, but that soon changed.
Oliver shares the moment. “I was a little disappointed of my bad luck, when I got a cracking signal, the signal I was waiting for all day. Pinpointed on the spot, then got on all four and dug like 30cm deep to find “something” that at first glance I thought it was a tractor piece. But a closer look, and once I lifted it from the ground…Wow! I knew by its weight and form: THIS IS SOMETHING AWESOME! I called my friend who was a few meters on my left and showed him. He was astonished! Then we started scanning the area right away for more. A few meters away popped out the second one! Then, nothing else, although we scanned a third time.”
Oliver shares the discovery. “The artifacts are two battle axes from the early bronze period (cca. 3500-2200 B.C.) of which one has a deep cut from their glorious war days! Now they are resting in the regional museum, following to be restored.”
Oliver concludes. “With this I would like to thank Garrett for creating a wonderful detector that gave me the opportunity to make such a find, and through this to help enrich my country’s historical knowledge and patrimony.”
Congratulations Oliver and your friend. Those are an awesome pair of ancient battle axes! Oliver D. WINS a Garrett PRO-POINTER®!
