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My Favorite Find for April 2014 is the Thracian Golden Rings Necklace, discovered by Fanel S. from Romania. He found this extraordinary ancient treasure in two locations using his Garrett AT Pro.
Fanel describes the first part of this exceptional discovery. "A few weeks ago, I made a discovery that left me speechless. It was a fragment of a golden necklace, with four small chain rings of gold (about 7 grams) which has been dated by archaeologists as a Thracian necklace, approx. 2600 - 3000 years old. In accordance with the laws of Romania I handed the necklace to the History Museum of the Romanian state. My device Garrett AT Pro made entirely its duty!"
Fanel describes the second part of the discovery. "Because Sunday is not my day off due to my vocation—that of a pastor—I dedicate Monday for my hobby of metal detecting.
After five hours of continually climbing, walking and finding different and interesting items, I got into a fairly difficult area to approach in terms of detection, with a slope gradient of about 45-60 degrees. At that moment, my Garrett AT Pro detector pointed a nonferrous metal signal, giving me the well-known signal for the "special" cartridge cases that are very familiar because I found hundreds of cases due to the many battles fought in WW1 & WW2 in the area where I live. I started to dig, hoping wholeheartedly not to find again a cartridge case."
Fanel continues. "At 20 — 30 cm depth I saw a part of the first link. This cut my breath because I recognized instantly what it was because only one month ago, 1 km away, I discovered four golden rings of the same kind! After my explosion of joy and excitement ended — I certainly looked quite embarrassing if someone would have seen me — I worked very carefully to take the rings out of the ground. My surprise was great when I saw it was not just a link or two, but it was a handful of chain links - 21 in number! According to the law of our country, I handed over the chain links to the National History Museum of Romania where specialists made on the spot X-ray identification, resulting in 86 gold, 14% silver - meaning local alluvial gold weighing 115.57 grams, and is considered an exceptional discovery in Romania.
Archaeologists dated the chain links around the XII century BC meaning they are about 3000 years old."
This discovery was a sensation in all media channels in Romania:
http://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/actualitate/21-de-verigi-din-aur-vechi-de-peste-3-000-de-ani-gasite-intr-o-padure-din-brasov-specialistii-vor-stabili-valoarea-lor.html
Congratulations Fanel! With this discovery you have excited the world of treasure hunters! I am honored that you chose Garrett Metal Detectors.
Fanel WINS a Garrett AT Gold!
Fanel describes the first part of this exceptional discovery. "A few weeks ago, I made a discovery that left me speechless. It was a fragment of a golden necklace, with four small chain rings of gold (about 7 grams) which has been dated by archaeologists as a Thracian necklace, approx. 2600 - 3000 years old. In accordance with the laws of Romania I handed the necklace to the History Museum of the Romanian state. My device Garrett AT Pro made entirely its duty!"
Fanel describes the second part of the discovery. "Because Sunday is not my day off due to my vocation—that of a pastor—I dedicate Monday for my hobby of metal detecting.
After five hours of continually climbing, walking and finding different and interesting items, I got into a fairly difficult area to approach in terms of detection, with a slope gradient of about 45-60 degrees. At that moment, my Garrett AT Pro detector pointed a nonferrous metal signal, giving me the well-known signal for the "special" cartridge cases that are very familiar because I found hundreds of cases due to the many battles fought in WW1 & WW2 in the area where I live. I started to dig, hoping wholeheartedly not to find again a cartridge case."
Fanel continues. "At 20 — 30 cm depth I saw a part of the first link. This cut my breath because I recognized instantly what it was because only one month ago, 1 km away, I discovered four golden rings of the same kind! After my explosion of joy and excitement ended — I certainly looked quite embarrassing if someone would have seen me — I worked very carefully to take the rings out of the ground. My surprise was great when I saw it was not just a link or two, but it was a handful of chain links - 21 in number! According to the law of our country, I handed over the chain links to the National History Museum of Romania where specialists made on the spot X-ray identification, resulting in 86 gold, 14% silver - meaning local alluvial gold weighing 115.57 grams, and is considered an exceptional discovery in Romania.
Archaeologists dated the chain links around the XII century BC meaning they are about 3000 years old."
This discovery was a sensation in all media channels in Romania:
http://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/actualitate/21-de-verigi-din-aur-vechi-de-peste-3-000-de-ani-gasite-intr-o-padure-din-brasov-specialistii-vor-stabili-valoarea-lor.html
Congratulations Fanel! With this discovery you have excited the world of treasure hunters! I am honored that you chose Garrett Metal Detectors.
Fanel WINS a Garrett AT Gold!
