1.5 hours and an interesting find dated 1585...

Bavaria Mike

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Did a night hunt for about 1.5 hours this evening. The temps were a little warmer, 3C/38F with very little wind so it made for a nice hunt. Detected a new field near the area where I?ve found my oldest coins, dug lots of trash and a few interesting keepers. Here?s the finds: a belt hook that would have been sewn into the back of a military coat to keep the belt from sagging, probably pre WWI. A smooth copper coin and three lead seals. The left lead seal has crossed swords on it, I can?t make out the writing on it, the middle shows a nice crown and the right seal is also hard to make out the writing.
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This was my last target and I was very happy to think I found a coin from 1585 in very nice condition. After cleaning it up a bit, it looks more like a religious pendant. Showed it to my wife and she thinks it was tacked onto a burial urn after a cremation, kind of freaky. The hole is at the wrong side if it were a pendant for a necklace and it would have hung upside down obverse or reverse. Note the flames above the date, the middle symbol looks like an urn but a closer look at it seems to be an hour glass. This is the obverse, the reverse is really interesting.
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On the reverse is a saying, ?Der Mensch In Paradis Gottes Gebot Vorlis Der Kam Der Tot Gewis? translated as best I can ?The Human In Paradise God Read The Commandments (as in the ten commandments) Death Will Surely Come?. A little freaky but a very nice find. Please offer your opinion. Hard to say what it really is and seems to be in too good of condition for the year 1585. It is a little bigger than an American Quarter. Thanks for looking and HH, Mike
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Awsome coin,
And we here think something from the 1800's is old.
Nice going!
 

WTG Mike, I noticed you come up with great finds in very short periods of time. Is it location or part luck? Keep up the great detecting. :) :) :) Stan
 

that is awesome Mike!! You seem to always know what it is you find, maybe its worth some major bucks since you don't know what it is.....congrats

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Wild finds Mike. ?Why hunt at night? ?Here in Florida I wouldn't consider going out in 38F weather. ?On ?second thought I might if I could find somthing from the 16th century. ?
 

Great find! Always something good!!!

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Very interesting finds, as usual Mike,,, WTG!!!
Good luck on a positive ID, & Happy hunting~
 

Amazing as always Mike.! ;)
 

Nice finds Mike...Just some quick impressions after staring at the last coin for a while. I always have a hard time believing that an object that has detail on both obverse and reverse was mounted to anything. The holes in old coins have always puzzled me too. If you were going to wear something as an ornament, wouldn't you make sure that you put the hole where the object would hang correctly? As for the quote, I was getting a "Garden of Eden" impression from that. Eden was God's paradise wherein Adam and Eve could live eternally. Thanks to original sin, they got booted out and sealed the fate of the human race...A limited time to live. Great conversation item as so many of your finds are. Good luck with a definite ID. Good Hunting~CO2 ;D
 

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