Ancient gold, silver and bronze ring. Amazing 17th century copper. My first diamond.

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Hello again,

Here's the 3rd and last post with my better finds from last month's European detecting trip. If you have missed the first two here's the link.

1. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/573322-few-medieval-silver-coins-my-most-beautiful-silver-so-far.html

2. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/573814-roman-fibula-vervelle-zoomorphic-medieval-buckle-belt-decorations-other-relics.html

First, I wanted to thank everyone for the nice comments on my previous posts. I really appreciate your support. I also wanted to mention that the reason I split my finds in three different posts is the fact that the English isn't my first language (I mainly communicate in French) as well as the fact that it takes me up to 3 hours writing and editing each post and the pics.

In this one, I wanted to show you some of the medieval and post medieval rings; antique,renaissance and other old copper coins as well as a little surprise I found a few days before getting back to Canada.

My favorite ring of the trip was this beautiful medieval (or post medieval) silver Fede type ring.

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It has a heart engraved on the inside.

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An other great find was this silver and stone ring. I believe it could be older than the first one. This one is unfortunately broken, but can be easily fixed. If someone has an idea on it's age,it would be appreciated.

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An other old silver ring. Also hand engraved, this one wasn't spared by the plow.

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A few bronze rings. Some originally contained stones, unfortunately I couldn't locate them.

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A big surprise of the trip was this beautiful gold ring. I'm not sure of its age. I found it a few feet away from my 1/4 Ecu Louis XIV. Pretty deep.
Hand engraved and high purity gold, no hallmark and no signs of it being readjusted. I would guess 1700's to early 1800's
If someone has an idea, would be much appreciated.

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Now to the coins.

My favorite copper coin of this trip was this extremely well preserved
Double Tournois of Henry IV (1605) Couldn't be happier, phenomenal conservation state for a 400 years old copper.

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The few antique coins I found weren't in a great shape but I'm still happy with the results. Found my first short lived Gallic Empire coin (it existed only for 14 years before being reabsorbed into the Roman Empire).

Emperor Tetricus the 1st (271-274 A.D.)

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The only Roman I was able to ID was this huge bronze of Emperor Nero (54-68 A.D.) Sestertius - Temple of Janus type.

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Also, found a few medieval méreau or church tokens from 1100-1400's, they ...entitled clergy to receive certain amount of bread or other food to be later distributed among the poor

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An other medieval token or a lead seal. This one is huge!

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Found a few Double Tournois (1580's) and Liard de France (1640's)

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(A relic I forgot to include in my previous post but that is still worth mentionnig.
17th century buckle. An absolute beauty! )


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My heart breaker of the trip was this humongous deux sols Louis XVI 1791 that I have unfortunately damaged with my shovel. The conditions were right for it to happen and I didn't pay attention. It was very deep, under small rocks, next to a rusted nail... :BangHead:

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A few more recent coins. Two Napoleon III 1855 and 1856. My best preserved 5 centimes and 10 centimes.

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Also a few 10 centesimi Vittorio Emanuele of Italy. A large copper coin, same size as Napoleon the 3rd 10 centimes.

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An other huge surprise of the trip was this unexpected and obviously modern gold pendant. Found a few meters from the road (and a good distance from my detecting spot), while setting up my detector. At first thought it was some type of costume jewelry, than noticed a tiny 585 stamp (14k). The pendant has a small stone. After a verification it's a diamond! My very first one. Well not my favorite type of find, but it's a nice bonus.

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Thanks again for the comments.
 

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O. M. G...I mentally pictured all three of your posts together, you had the trip of a lifetime!! Five lifetimes! Truly mind-blowing finds, those gold finds are definitely high carat, old and beautiful. And the coins!?..Same. Next time you schedule a trip, I'll buy both tickets! Lol...And I would never have guessed English wasn't your first language, you post better than I do (when I post). Congrats on the high success of your trip and all your finds. Ddf.
 

All those rings a truly stellar.
The gold one is my favourite.
I like those méreau coins,very unique.
I agree that your European vacation
Was a trip/hunt of a lifetime.
Bravo
 

O. M. G...I mentally pictured all three of your posts together, you had the trip of a lifetime!! Five lifetimes! Truly mind-blowing finds, those gold finds are definitely high carat, old and beautiful. And the coins!?..Same. Next time you schedule a trip, I'll buy both tickets! Lol...And I would never have guessed English wasn't your first language, you post better than I do (when I post). Congrats on the high success of your trip and all your finds. Ddf.

Thank you Ddf. I couldn't be happier with the results. A very productive detecting trip to say the least.
 

The broken white stone ring is late 17th C. The square bezel one, 'might' be Roman, did that make sense for the site?
 

Excellente chasse mon ami !!! The gold ring is intriguing. (l'anneau d'or intrigue)
 

Holy Cow! Man, I thought you previous posts were awesome but you really had one killer time! You flat got that deus to work for you. That is Banner stuff all day long! your threads/posts are great. wow, mind blowing finds
 

You had a really great hunt overall, Aureus.
Great recoveries and the assortment is first class, though I'm really partial to the 1605 copper and the awesome buckle as both are top shelf finds for me.

You commented that you have to leave the finds in the found country, do you get them at a future date?
 

Now that right there is some History!!!!!!! CONGRATZ.....
 

The broken white stone ring is late 17th C. The square bezel one, 'might' be Roman, did that make sense for the site?

Thanks on the info. They both came from a site that produced Roman, medieval and post medieval finds. That's why it's so hard for me to guess the possible age of the rings. The clear stone ring was a foot away from a Tetricus and few feet away from a few medieval coins, that's why I assumed it might be older. What's your ideas on that Fede and the more recent gold one?
 

Another super post sir. Congrats on all of the sweet finds.

My favorite part is that you smashed the deux sols Louis XVI 1791 twice with the shovel, honestly, that is the only part of the post that I can "personally" relate to, as the finds are so over the top, I will never find things like that.

Thanks for sharing sir!
 

You had a really great hunt overall, Aureus.
Great recoveries and the assortment is first class, though I'm really partial to the 1605 copper and the awesome buckle as both are top shelf finds for me.

You commented that you have to leave the finds in the found country, do you get them at a future date?

Thanks pepperj. I have relatives in Europe, the finds stay with them (some more recent finds went to the land owner). Of course I would love to get them to Canada, but it's a p.i.a. as it's not easy to export that type of relics over here. As I believe I have mentioned, much easier to buy the same stuff from the Ebay.
 

On all your recent posts it amazes me how well and and how much wonderful things you have unearthed.Simply awesome.
 

Un beau voyage avec plain de trésor.
Bravo.
Guy
 

I have been waiting for this 3rd post. Can we please give this guy a banner? This is the trip of a lifetime. Unfreaking believable. I voted banner for that 1643 silver that he found. Just crazy. The 1605 copper in this post is banner worthy as well IMO
 

Wow, those are some truly wonderful finds. The Henry IV and gold ring are jaw-dropping. Congratulations!
 

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