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WINNER #1
My first international favorite finds for February 2016 are the Iron Age Fibulae and Ring Brooch, found by Rune N. from Norway with his AT Pro.
Rune’s story: “Hi. It’s winter in Norway and the ground is hard as rock most places, so I decided to take a trip to the beach together with a friend to see if we could find any rings or clad. We found nothing, so instead we tried the woods close to the sea in case the ground was “diggable” there. Three minutes into the search I got this iffy signal I thought was a button or bullet casing. It came as a shock when I saw what tumbled out of the ground. Two fibulae (iron age brooches) and one ring-brooch, all three about 1500 years old. I might have stumbled upon an ancient woman-grave. Archaeologists are deciding if it should be inspected further. A friend of mine managed to make a nice silver copy of the ring brooch as a memory of my discovery.“
Rune N. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
Rune’s story: “Hi. It’s winter in Norway and the ground is hard as rock most places, so I decided to take a trip to the beach together with a friend to see if we could find any rings or clad. We found nothing, so instead we tried the woods close to the sea in case the ground was “diggable” there. Three minutes into the search I got this iffy signal I thought was a button or bullet casing. It came as a shock when I saw what tumbled out of the ground. Two fibulae (iron age brooches) and one ring-brooch, all three about 1500 years old. I might have stumbled upon an ancient woman-grave. Archaeologists are deciding if it should be inspected further. A friend of mine managed to make a nice silver copy of the ring brooch as a memory of my discovery.“
Rune N. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
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WINNER #2
My second international favorite find is the Silver Fibula, Viking 1000 - 1050 AD, found by Ole B. from Denmark with his AT Pro.
Ole’s story: “I was hunting a football field from an old school with a friend of mine, he had found a few ww2 nazi coins and some silver rings, I kept finding coins from the 1990’s arghh. So we just talked a bit while walking. I went outside the field, but we have not permission to hunt there, so I just hunted as close without stepping into the trees. When I hit the target, the sound was clear as crystal and the item was only 15cm down. I picked it up, but was a bit unclear what it was, I could see it was silver as it was black, but did not know what I had there, I put in a small plastic box and hunted some more. At night I put it in a detector group on FB and there was fast 50 comments and 250 likes. The next morning I had a message on my cellphone from a guy in the local museum, he was also pretty excited over this piece, its very rare to find this in silver, normally they are in bronze. It’s a urnes fibula from the Viking age, around 1000 - 1050.”
Ole B. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
Ole’s story: “I was hunting a football field from an old school with a friend of mine, he had found a few ww2 nazi coins and some silver rings, I kept finding coins from the 1990’s arghh. So we just talked a bit while walking. I went outside the field, but we have not permission to hunt there, so I just hunted as close without stepping into the trees. When I hit the target, the sound was clear as crystal and the item was only 15cm down. I picked it up, but was a bit unclear what it was, I could see it was silver as it was black, but did not know what I had there, I put in a small plastic box and hunted some more. At night I put it in a detector group on FB and there was fast 50 comments and 250 likes. The next morning I had a message on my cellphone from a guy in the local museum, he was also pretty excited over this piece, its very rare to find this in silver, normally they are in bronze. It’s a urnes fibula from the Viking age, around 1000 - 1050.”
Ole B. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
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WINNER #3
My third international favorite find is the 48th Regiment Redcoats Button, found by Jacob U. from New South Wales, Australia, with his AT Pro International.
Jacob’s story: “My name is Jacob. I’m 14 years old. I went out detecting one afternoon to see if I could find some old coins and relics but I found something amazing. I dug a few 1800’s British coins and a small button which at the time I thought was just a regular civilian button. Once I got home I cleaned my finds and on the bottom I could see “48”. I got in touch with an online friend, Andy from Victoria, who knows ALOT about military history and he showed me a photo of a button from the “48th regiment of foot”. This button was a match! The 48th regiment of foot was established in England in 1741 and discontinued in 1881. They came to Australia in 1817 and left in 1824. I found this in Australia’s second oldest city which was established in 1804!!! This is one of my best finds EVER!!! Thank you for letting me share my find.”
Jacob U. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
Jacob’s story: “My name is Jacob. I’m 14 years old. I went out detecting one afternoon to see if I could find some old coins and relics but I found something amazing. I dug a few 1800’s British coins and a small button which at the time I thought was just a regular civilian button. Once I got home I cleaned my finds and on the bottom I could see “48”. I got in touch with an online friend, Andy from Victoria, who knows ALOT about military history and he showed me a photo of a button from the “48th regiment of foot”. This button was a match! The 48th regiment of foot was established in England in 1741 and discontinued in 1881. They came to Australia in 1817 and left in 1824. I found this in Australia’s second oldest city which was established in 1804!!! This is one of my best finds EVER!!! Thank you for letting me share my find.”
Jacob U. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
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WINNER #4
My fourth international favorite find for February 2016 is the Constantin 1 Chlorus Roman Coin, found by Sinisa S. from Croatia with his Euro Ace detector.
Sinisa’s story: “Hi. This month I found a few silver Roman coins, one of which is a rare, Argenteus from Constantin I Chlorus, use Euro Ace detector, my recommendation to everyone Garrett is the best.”
Sinisa S. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
Sinisa’s story: “Hi. This month I found a few silver Roman coins, one of which is a rare, Argenteus from Constantin I Chlorus, use Euro Ace detector, my recommendation to everyone Garrett is the best.”
Sinisa S. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
