Gold hoard

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[size=large]Over the years I've made many exciting finds whilst metal detecting in the U.K, and I'm fortunate to live in the part of the world where every field contains a little bit of history. This was my biggest find so far and is now on show in a local museum. The gold hoard dated back to the Middle Bronze Age which in Britain was about 1400 B.C. The hoard had been spread by recent ploughing and had scattered the item over quite a large area and took several months to find.

The Archaeologists were called in the excavate the site and I was asked to help in the rescue dig. I was using a DFX and a XLT at the time, and the amazing thing was the XLT couldn't locate any of it, because it was running on 6.5 kHz, where the DFX was running in all metal on 15 kHz. So I guess you need a fairly high frequency to find gold. Here is the picture of the find and the video I did at the time.[/size]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEJnzOaOMpg

 

[Fisher F75 Iowa]

Wow, amazing. Bet you had a smile ear to ear!

 

[Tired Rooster]

You guys over the pond find some absolutely amazing things!!!! Such a long history there........congratulations

 

[Chiloquin]

Unbelievable great find. I'm hoping to head your way this year if work allows. Congrats on the gold hoard! HH.

Mike

 

[knarfj]

[size=large]Absolutely stunning finds. Congratulations![/size]

 

[Roland58]

That is sooo exciting! Too bad you don't get to keep all of that! You ought to get some sort of reward, other than having your name in the museum!!

Best wishes for more great finds!!

 

[chainmail]

That is sooo exciting! Too bad you don't get to keep all of that! You ought to get some sort of reward, other than having your name in the museum!!

Best wishes for more great finds!!

I did receive about $34000 for it, although it was worth a lot more!

 

[Riley M.]

Woah :O Lotta gold there! Good job.

HH

 

[Roland58]

$34K.......that ought to support your locating hobby for a day or two!! Congrats on a great find.

 

[MANDAD76]

WOW.....congratulations!!!

 

[ken ward]

In America they would just take it away from you and put you in jail and a big fine... KEN

 

[purplesage]

34K....Is that pounds or dollars??

 

[Roland58]

In America they would just take it away from you and put you in jail and a big fine... KEN

Ken, Ken, Ken,.......if I have told you once, I have told you a million times........you can't metal detect in jewelry stores!!! The powers that be frown on that!!

 

[MikeO]

That is just an awesome discovery.