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WINNER #1
My favorite international find for March 2016 is the 13.2 Gram Gold Aunslev Cross “Christ from Aunslev”, found by Dennis H. from Denmark, with his EuroAce.
Dennis’s story: “Friday, March 11. I have used my detector for three months now, and have mainly stuck to one particular field, as I often find objects from the Middle Ages. On a part of the field that was drying up, I had only just detected for 5 minutes when my detector gave a signal, a little shifty, but I had to dig! I was surprised of the Item before me, for suddenly there was a large gold jewelry lying on the ground flashing in the sun. It was a Birka crucifix, completely intact and in 13.2 grams of gold! I had now found the first (earliest) full complete crucifix in Denmark, and the third copy in the Nordic countries. I went completely nuts when I realised what I had found and barely slept for the next 5 days out of pure excitement.”
“The jewelry is older than the Jelling stone, meaning that the Danish history has to be changed in relation to when we became Christians. Until now the Jelling Stone has been the oldest Christian evidence in Denmark, but my crucifix has now amended that. My discovery has aroused enthusiasm among amateur and full-time archaeologists. Right now the history is everywhere, nationally and internationally, and since the museum broke the story, I have talked to and written with media from Denmark, USA and Canada. People from all over the world have contacted me on messenger and congratulated me with the item.”
“So it has really been a unique discovery and a crazy experience for me that I will never forget. I am very proud of my finding and think you also should have the story. I found it with my Garret EuroAce, but hope to upgrade to an AT Pro to find even more: o)”
Dennis, your crucifix find discovered and rewrote history. Congratulations!
Dennis H. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
Dennis’s story: “Friday, March 11. I have used my detector for three months now, and have mainly stuck to one particular field, as I often find objects from the Middle Ages. On a part of the field that was drying up, I had only just detected for 5 minutes when my detector gave a signal, a little shifty, but I had to dig! I was surprised of the Item before me, for suddenly there was a large gold jewelry lying on the ground flashing in the sun. It was a Birka crucifix, completely intact and in 13.2 grams of gold! I had now found the first (earliest) full complete crucifix in Denmark, and the third copy in the Nordic countries. I went completely nuts when I realised what I had found and barely slept for the next 5 days out of pure excitement.”
“The jewelry is older than the Jelling stone, meaning that the Danish history has to be changed in relation to when we became Christians. Until now the Jelling Stone has been the oldest Christian evidence in Denmark, but my crucifix has now amended that. My discovery has aroused enthusiasm among amateur and full-time archaeologists. Right now the history is everywhere, nationally and internationally, and since the museum broke the story, I have talked to and written with media from Denmark, USA and Canada. People from all over the world have contacted me on messenger and congratulated me with the item.”
“So it has really been a unique discovery and a crazy experience for me that I will never forget. I am very proud of my finding and think you also should have the story. I found it with my Garret EuroAce, but hope to upgrade to an AT Pro to find even more: o)”
Dennis, your crucifix find discovered and rewrote history. Congratulations!
Dennis H. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT!
