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WINNER #1
My favorite international find for December 2014 is the Hoard of 128 Silver Hammered Coins, discovered by Savvas C. from the U.K. with his Euro Ace and Pro-Pointer.
Savvas recounts the discovery. “On a recent metal detecting adventure I was exploring an area having obtained the relevant permissions. Almost to the end of my detecting and getting ready to scan one last area I got a hit. I started to check and located a nail! I then scanned again in the same hole at a depth of 20 cm. Here I discovered a clump of coins. When the first one when dusted down I saw that it was a silver coin and my adrenaline began pumping. I cleaned more of the coins and much to my excitement I’d found a hoard. I counted all of the coins and to my amazement there were 128 silver hammered coins in total! This was a huge find for me!”
Savvas describes them all as Henry VII 1485-1509, father of Henry VIII. They are Tudor coins. Henry was the first monarch of The House of Tudor. There´s a mixture of Groats and half-Groats. The silver hoard is in the possession of the Great North Museum.
Very nice job Savvas! Go back to that same location and scan again with your new Garrett AT Gold!
Savvas C. WINS a Garrett AT Gold!
Savvas recounts the discovery. “On a recent metal detecting adventure I was exploring an area having obtained the relevant permissions. Almost to the end of my detecting and getting ready to scan one last area I got a hit. I started to check and located a nail! I then scanned again in the same hole at a depth of 20 cm. Here I discovered a clump of coins. When the first one when dusted down I saw that it was a silver coin and my adrenaline began pumping. I cleaned more of the coins and much to my excitement I’d found a hoard. I counted all of the coins and to my amazement there were 128 silver hammered coins in total! This was a huge find for me!”
Savvas describes them all as Henry VII 1485-1509, father of Henry VIII. They are Tudor coins. Henry was the first monarch of The House of Tudor. There´s a mixture of Groats and half-Groats. The silver hoard is in the possession of the Great North Museum.
Very nice job Savvas! Go back to that same location and scan again with your new Garrett AT Gold!
Savvas C. WINS a Garrett AT Gold!
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WINNER #2
My second favorite international find for December 2014 is the Cache of Five Gold Roman Coins, found by Davorin K. from Slovenia.
Davorin's story: (edited) "Greetings from beautiful Slovenia.Today is a good day for me. In the rainy morning I went on an adventure with my metal detector Garrett Ace 250. I went to the nearby old town, where two thousand years ago lived the Celts and Romans. In the meadows and forests I have repeatedly searched. Today I found only an old coin Kreutzer and nothing more. I was already in a bad mood and I went back to the car, and then I get a strange signal on the display of the detector, pointing to gold and iron. Out of curiosity I started digging and then I saw in the hole something that looked like a gold coin, I could not believe it. I thought I was dreaming. but it was true, I found five beautiful Roman gold coins. :) I can not believe it! :) See for yourself what it was like in the pictures that I send. I hope you like my discovery. :)"
Dream find, Davorin! Take your new AT Gold back to that same location. Enjoy!
Davorin K. WINS a Garrett AT Gold!
Davorin's story: (edited) "Greetings from beautiful Slovenia.Today is a good day for me. In the rainy morning I went on an adventure with my metal detector Garrett Ace 250. I went to the nearby old town, where two thousand years ago lived the Celts and Romans. In the meadows and forests I have repeatedly searched. Today I found only an old coin Kreutzer and nothing more. I was already in a bad mood and I went back to the car, and then I get a strange signal on the display of the detector, pointing to gold and iron. Out of curiosity I started digging and then I saw in the hole something that looked like a gold coin, I could not believe it. I thought I was dreaming. but it was true, I found five beautiful Roman gold coins. :) I can not believe it! :) See for yourself what it was like in the pictures that I send. I hope you like my discovery. :)"
Dream find, Davorin! Take your new AT Gold back to that same location. Enjoy!
Davorin K. WINS a Garrett AT Gold!
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WINNER #3
My third favorite international find for December 2014 was sent in by Rafal S. from Poland using his Ace 150. Rafal describes the find as a rarity. A pair of Zeiss Wehrmacht Binoculars 6x30, Special Forces, WW2.
Amazing discovery, Rafal. Best of luck with your new Garrett AT Gold!
Rafal S. WINS a Garrett AT Gold!
Amazing discovery, Rafal. Best of luck with your new Garrett AT Gold!
Rafal S. WINS a Garrett AT Gold!
