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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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.

Maybe some relative can ship them to you in Canada ?:icon_scratch:
 

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

Thanks man. I really like that gold ring. Would be nice to be able to ID it's age.
 

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

Merci beaucoup! Yes, that ring is a bit of a mystery for a moment. What's sure is that it's gold.
 

Maybe some relative can ship them to you in Canada ?:icon_scratch:

I'll have to check if these type of relics can be shipped out of Europe. It's done on Ebay anyways... not sure yet.
 

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

Thank you dirtlooter.
 

Another extremely awesome post on your crazy successful trip. You'll have a hard time ever topping this trip unless you uncover a an actual treasure chest, which if any of us can find one it would have to be you! Love the Fede ring the most. Congrats!
 

I GOT TO GET ANOTHER DETECTOR CAUSE MINE DOSENT FIND TREASURES LIKE THAT > NICE FINDS FROM ABROAD....
 

WOW! Outstanding post my friend! Amazing finds! Very big congratulations!
 

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!

Lol. Thanks Tom
 

Very well done in every aspect. A once in a lifetime! I have enjoyed your Trilogy. I can only hope my remote Alaska foray this summer is even half as productive. Great job!:hello2:
 

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

Thank you thrifty76now
 

Un beau voyage avec plain de trésor.
Bravo.
Guy

Merci Guy. Hâte de voir tes belles trouvailles pour la saison qui commence.
 

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

Thank you Rubka888. Both of these coins are my favorites of the trip. That 1/4 Ecu was for some time my dream coin (too bad I didn't find one in Canada).
 

Another extremely awesome post on your crazy successful trip. You'll have a hard time ever topping this trip unless you uncover a an actual treasure chest, which if any of us can find one it would have to be you! Love the Fede ring the most. Congrats!

Thanks pa-dirt. Will have to start looking for that treasure than.:laughing7:
 

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