Best Day Of The Year So Far ..

[palzynski]

Last Wednesday my cousin proposed me to go detecting in a forest around 20 miles away . There are many 1st WW German camps in this forest and we were hoping to find 1st WW relics there. We had not been here since 2010 for different reasons and we were happy to be back after such a long time as it is a very nice area with a very easy to dig sandy soil . 

I dont remember the detector I was using here 14 years ago but it was not a Deus . Perhaps an XP Goldmaxx. But there is no doubt that we have now much performing detectors with the Deus1 for my cousin and the Deus2 for me.

As I have been quite unlucky during my previous outing I was not expecting anything this time . Then I was very surprised to find an hammered billon coin at my first signal  🙃... Unbelievable ... This was a very good start ..

And may be half an hour later an other hammered silver coin among the 1st WW modern trash ! .. Well one hammered medieval coin is something , but 2 in the same day is very unusual ... 

And it was not finished . I finally ended with 2 other hammered silver coins 🙄! One of my best days ever...

My cousin found an english 1st WW button and a few 1st WW relics .  

4 hammered medieval coins : how can I explain such a score ?  
For several reasons I think , first we were detecting along an old road which has been used since the medieval ages , second our detectors and especially the D2 are very performing and able to locate very thin coins that we missed 10 years ago , and probably because we are more experienced now than we were in 2010 ..

What a day ... We will be back .. 🙂

Oh yes I was using Tekkna with disc set at 38 ( instead of 42  for the "official" Tekkna )
 

1) An hammered coin on the 1st signal  , not yet identified:

 

2) An other hammered :

 

3) An hammered again , the carbon lower shaft ( Nokta ) is not an issue even for these thin coins ..

4) 5 coins today : 

 

4 hammered and 1 modern :

 

5) the second coin after cleaning , date end of 12th century 

 

6) 3rd coin , not yet identified ...

 

[Doc Bach]

Wow what a day!

Thanks for taking all of us along.

Very envious of the age and types of sites that you have to play in.

Doc

[F350Platinum]

Hey Palzynski,

Incredible finds, I did some searching for you and your mystery coin appears to be a Philip II Augustus.

https://www.cgbfr.com/philippe-ii-auguste-et-roger-ii-de-rosoi-denier-n-d-laon-tb,bry_276632,a.html

 

It looks like the one on the right.

1169, congrats! 👍

[palzynski]

On 6/22/2024 at 2:32 AM, F350Platinum said:

Hey Palzynski,

Incredible finds, I did some searching for you and your mystery coin appears to be a Philip II Augustus.

https://www.cgbfr.com/philippe-ii-auguste-et-roger-ii-de-rosoi-denier-n-d-laon-tb,bry_276632,a.html

It looks like the one on the right.

1169, congrats! 👍

Hi F350 ,

Thanks for your searching but mine is even older , it is a Louis VII denier ( 1151- 1174 ) . The legend is LUDOVICUS and not PHILIPUS . They look very similar and it is very easy to mistake them... 

1151- 1174 ,the King on one side and Laon's bishop on the other  , that was a long time ago ...  🙂 

https://www.cgb.fr/louis-vii-le-jeune-denier-c-1151-1174-laon-tb-,v20_0290,a.html

[palzynski]

And here is the 3rd coin id , Blanc au K , Charles V :

https://www.cgb.fr/charles-v-le-sage-blanc-au-k-n-d-ttb,v11_0734,a.html

[DWerk]

History at its best, finds that will be hard for anyone not to love, great job. I think I would be making multiple visits to that site again, soon.