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WINNER #1
My International favorite find for April 2016 is the 242 Republican Roman Denars treasure 90-41 B.C., discovered by Anghel T. from Romania, with his AT Gold and AT Pro.
Anghel’s story: (edited) “Searching some old maps from 1800 we saw that some buildings from a hill do not exist anymore. So on 01.04.2016 me and two friends get in the car and search for them. After 5 steps with the AT Gold I get a strong signal 79-80...hmmm. Surprise: only 9-10 cm underground a very old Roman Denar. Could this be real? Don’t know. I yell to my friend with the AT Pro to come back and see the coin. Answer: Republican ROMAN DENAR. Can this Denar be alone around here ?!?!? Who knows, but how lucky can I be to get one? Anyway, we search the area…after 10 seconds, beep beep, signal 80-81on display, small hole, new coin! OK, let’s split, AT Pro on one side, AT Gold the other side, lots of signals, lots of holes, and YES lots of coins. End of day, let’s count 1,2,..,10,...100. We are lucky. 101, 102,... 242. Wow, google fast. One of the largest Roman Denars treasure ever found in our country. It’s probably beginners luck since I got my AT Gold about a month ago and I have only 20-25 detecting hours. Great job Garrett, we love AT Gold and AT Pro. Coins are at the National Museum of History from Bucharest.”
Anghel T. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
Anghel’s story: (edited) “Searching some old maps from 1800 we saw that some buildings from a hill do not exist anymore. So on 01.04.2016 me and two friends get in the car and search for them. After 5 steps with the AT Gold I get a strong signal 79-80...hmmm. Surprise: only 9-10 cm underground a very old Roman Denar. Could this be real? Don’t know. I yell to my friend with the AT Pro to come back and see the coin. Answer: Republican ROMAN DENAR. Can this Denar be alone around here ?!?!? Who knows, but how lucky can I be to get one? Anyway, we search the area…after 10 seconds, beep beep, signal 80-81on display, small hole, new coin! OK, let’s split, AT Pro on one side, AT Gold the other side, lots of signals, lots of holes, and YES lots of coins. End of day, let’s count 1,2,..,10,...100. We are lucky. 101, 102,... 242. Wow, google fast. One of the largest Roman Denars treasure ever found in our country. It’s probably beginners luck since I got my AT Gold about a month ago and I have only 20-25 detecting hours. Great job Garrett, we love AT Gold and AT Pro. Coins are at the National Museum of History from Bucharest.”
Anghel T. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
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WINNER #2
My second international favorite finds for April 2016 are the 6 Gold Nuggets, found by Glen B. from Queensland, Australia, with his ATX.
Glen has been prospecting for over 20 years with pan and sluice but has never dug a nugget with a detector despite owning various machines for all those years. He has owned his ATX standard package for around 18 months. The large nugget is a shade under 1.5 ounces dug at 9 inches with the standard DD coil. He is going to go back with both the 20" mono and 8" coils to clean up the patch. Glen is over the moon.
Glen B. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
Glen has been prospecting for over 20 years with pan and sluice but has never dug a nugget with a detector despite owning various machines for all those years. He has owned his ATX standard package for around 18 months. The large nugget is a shade under 1.5 ounces dug at 9 inches with the standard DD coil. He is going to go back with both the 20" mono and 8" coils to clean up the patch. Glen is over the moon.
Glen B. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
