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<p>[QUOTE="Eduard, post: 325470, member: 8959"]Yes, that thought occurred to me too - somebody may have thrown it away. It is really a rare coin though, selling for 300 Euros in just Very fine or less. If it was whole........</p><p><br /></p><p>Good detecting finds have become few and far between. There used to be a time when i would regularly come back with 5-10 coins - nothing fancy, but historically interesting stuff. Every now and then a roman coin (mostly in ghastly shape), or some minor silver (mostly from the Weimar republic), or some interesting relic. Nowadays not much. If i am lucky one or 2 coins, but nothing amazing. Still a lot of fun though. I just need to go further out. I really can complaint though, i have paid my detector back many times with the items i have found, and there is always the hope that the next beep tone will be the one.</p><p>Tres, what kind of stuff do you find? have you found a gold coin yet? That is the holy grail. If you have not, stick with it, and you will. Need to go to places where people gathered in years past, or where they travelled through. I loath to think how much lies buried now under cement and concrete. I will hit a new forest tomorrow where i never have been before (if my wife and the kids allow), see how it goes.</p><p>Take care,</p><p>Eduard[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Eduard, post: 325470, member: 8959"]Yes, that thought occurred to me too - somebody may have thrown it away. It is really a rare coin though, selling for 300 Euros in just Very fine or less. If it was whole........ Good detecting finds have become few and far between. There used to be a time when i would regularly come back with 5-10 coins - nothing fancy, but historically interesting stuff. Every now and then a roman coin (mostly in ghastly shape), or some minor silver (mostly from the Weimar republic), or some interesting relic. Nowadays not much. If i am lucky one or 2 coins, but nothing amazing. Still a lot of fun though. I just need to go further out. I really can complaint though, i have paid my detector back many times with the items i have found, and there is always the hope that the next beep tone will be the one. Tres, what kind of stuff do you find? have you found a gold coin yet? That is the holy grail. If you have not, stick with it, and you will. Need to go to places where people gathered in years past, or where they travelled through. I loath to think how much lies buried now under cement and concrete. I will hit a new forest tomorrow where i never have been before (if my wife and the kids allow), see how it goes. Take care, Eduard[/QUOTE]
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