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My favorite International find for July 2014 is the Cache of 161 Silver Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Ottoman Coins found by Virvarei C. and his friend Valeriu from Romania on June 8, 2014. Virvarei and his friend were hunting a place that was the heart of a village burned to the ground during the war. The area they were searching had tall grass and thorns, and in one particular square meter it was really dirty, with many targets. Virvarei uses an Ace 250, and his friend uses an analog VLF machine.
Virvarei tells about the discovery. "My friend got a strong signal and said it was too strong, probably just big iron. I said "May I try? Let me see what my machine says." I pass the coil over it and immediately the last cursor of the display clearly indicates silver! If it were large iron the cursor oscillates left and right, but here it stayed stuck there from the beginning. I said "Let's Dig!" We start to dig 4 inches, 10 inches, and suddenly at 13 inches we find a piece of pottery…a broken one, looking really bad. We pinpoint again the target, no change, strong signal. After a few handfuls of soil we saw the rest of the pot, painted green, no doubt medieval, and for sure containing something. Val slowly lifted the bowl from the pit and says "Man it's heavy, at least 5 kilos! Adrenaline exceeded by far the maximum level!"
Virvarei tells about the treasure. "Suddenly we see the silver surface of a very large coin, about 5 cm in diameter and arabic lettering. The bowl was full! After 10 minutes of assumptions, congratulations, handshakes, and happy faces, we found that the bowl contained 161 silver Ottoman coins, minted in Constantinople in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Each coin weighs 27 grams. It was a dream. A dream possible because of my adventure companion, my Ace 250, bought 4 years ago, and as you see, still reliable."
Truly exciting! Your Ace 250 made history! Search the same area with your new AT Gold! Congratulations!
Virvarei C. WINS a Garrett AT Gold!
Virvarei tells about the discovery. "My friend got a strong signal and said it was too strong, probably just big iron. I said "May I try? Let me see what my machine says." I pass the coil over it and immediately the last cursor of the display clearly indicates silver! If it were large iron the cursor oscillates left and right, but here it stayed stuck there from the beginning. I said "Let's Dig!" We start to dig 4 inches, 10 inches, and suddenly at 13 inches we find a piece of pottery…a broken one, looking really bad. We pinpoint again the target, no change, strong signal. After a few handfuls of soil we saw the rest of the pot, painted green, no doubt medieval, and for sure containing something. Val slowly lifted the bowl from the pit and says "Man it's heavy, at least 5 kilos! Adrenaline exceeded by far the maximum level!"
Virvarei tells about the treasure. "Suddenly we see the silver surface of a very large coin, about 5 cm in diameter and arabic lettering. The bowl was full! After 10 minutes of assumptions, congratulations, handshakes, and happy faces, we found that the bowl contained 161 silver Ottoman coins, minted in Constantinople in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Each coin weighs 27 grams. It was a dream. A dream possible because of my adventure companion, my Ace 250, bought 4 years ago, and as you see, still reliable."
Truly exciting! Your Ace 250 made history! Search the same area with your new AT Gold! Congratulations!
Virvarei C. WINS a Garrett AT Gold!
