September Metal Detecting Finds from Germany (very long)

[Thorsten]

Hi all,

some of the

 

[GOLD&OLDIES]

Those are some really cool finds and very interesting , good job !! Kevin

 

[bloodyknees]

Outstanding. Big advantage of living in a country with so much ancient history. About the oldest thing I find in my area is a beer can thrown out about a week ago.
Al

 

[Yaridnac]

I really liked your post Thanks!!! Here the oldest thing is my mother in law but I don't think anybody wants her. j/k Keep up the the adventures!​

 

[MikeDahms]

Great finds and thank you for sharing. Its great that I don't have to google every find you have pictured. Your descriptions were very informative. Also your holding the Roman horse shoe really gives it a feel of its size. Have you been using a gps to map out your finds in hopes of locating the Roman road? Best to you and thanks again, Mike.

 

[cwilk]

What a great post with plenty of lovely photos and a nice story. I enjoyed it a bunch. I see you are using a 12.5 inch imaging coil. Are you using a 2500 or a 1500? What mode do you hunt in? How deep are you finding some of the WW2 stuff? Be careful around the old ordinance.

Chris

PS Your English is excellent are you German? English? American?

 

[ivanll]

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[Terry in PA]

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[Uncle Willy]

Fantastic display bud. It's a blast to have you back. Don't stay away so long.

Bill

 

[lazyaussie]

cool finds & a good post thanks

 

[Thorsten]

Hi Mike,

I use GPS sometimes for recon walks but not for mapping find spots as the accuracy is too low (hilly landscape, forest canopy). Many more Roman finds are needed before the attempt to find a distribution pattern can be made. Today I am afraid the number of 100% Roman finds is just too little for that purpose, and will remain so. But of course you never know what you will find tomorrow...

Greetings,
Thorsten

 

[Thorsten]

Hi Chris,

since I started detecting in 2000 I am a faithful Garrett user. Started with the GTI 2500, stayed with it to the present day, never owned and almost never used a different machine. I am using the all metal mode (AMM) as I like the wide field. The 12.5" imaging coil is my standard coil. Got one of the first shipment that arrived in Germany many years ago. Along with AMM it is ideal for retrieving large but deep items like the hipposandal. Since I like iron artifacts if they are old discrimination is not so important to me. I am primarily a relic hunter rather than a coin hunter.

Own but almost never use the 9.5" coil and the 2 box depth multiplier. As a pin pointer / hand detector I have used $30 cable locator for 8 years. Learned about Garretts new "pro pointer" when posting, sounds interesting. This device is certainly vastly superior. But it is not available in Germany yet and when it will be it will cost much more than in the US, like most technical products.

Most WW2 bomb fragments are within 15 cm / 6". One incendiary bomb dud was down 30 cm. 99% of my finds are within 20 cm so I do not use a spade but a gardening digging tool. Certainly missed my spade when digging the hipposandal!

I am German.

Greetings,
Thorsten

 

[Thorsten]

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[Eric]

I am impressed with your story. Mach ruhig weiter so!

Best regards, Eric. Holland.

 

[ohio fred]

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[Bum Luck]

Welcome back HH!

Great finds from Germany!

I am of German ancestry, and have relatives over there; have just lost a dear cousin, 72 years old in Lemgo.

I am also a history nut. It is a shame that not many have studied the ancient history of Germany, at least there are not many books of that. I guess it started with Heinrich Schliemann when he discovered Troy, and seemed like the Mediterranean was sexier than Germany. But Germany has had a rich history for many thousand years, being the center of the High Bronze Age, around 4000 BP.

Where in Germany do you live? I guess in the Rhine River valley, am I close?

 

[Thorsten]

Hello,

its nice to hear you are interested in German history. To your question, I am from Munich.

Greetings
Thorsten