My First Hunt of 2015: I Found a WW1 Iron Cross Recipients Ring!

[ODA 226]

My First Hunt of 2015: I Found a WW1 Iron Cross Recipients' Ring!

I also found a silver 1 Kreuzer from 1864, a silver earring, a bronze cross and 5.30 EUROS.

This was my first hunt of 2015, my first hunt with the 8x5 DD coil on my Garrett AT Pro and WOW, what a hunt it was! The WW 1 Iron Cross recipients' ring is one of my coolest finds to date!

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[david680]

Bery nice. The ring is a great find! Any idea what the bronze cross was issued for?

 

[pong12211]

Really nice finds thanks for sharing and congrats on the succcess.

 

[ODA 226]

Bery nice. The ring is a great find! Any idea what the bronze cross was issued for?

Don't know yet David, but I'm researching it right now.

 

[park pirate]

Man i love that ring..

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great looking ring.

 

[choppadude]

That ring is cool!

 

[nsdq]

Sweet finds

 

[danimal03]

neat find. it would be from an Iron Cross 1st or 2nd class recipient. these were awarded for acts of bravery. it just depends on what the recipient did. these were sold to soldiers by retailers and usually do not have the soldiers' names. I have owned a couple of these over the years and none I have had or seen were named. congrats!

 

[Mackaydon]

Turning the ring back in (to find the next of kin) is a great gesture to start the new year; congrats on all your finds.
Don....

 

[Rich in Central PA]

Watched your video, great find. Congrats................Rich

 

[jewelerguy]

I think the bronze cross is a religious medallion, and a variation of the Chi Rho Chi Rho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[TxThunter]

I started metal detecting in Munich back in 1985. My parents bought a White's Coinmaster 2900d for my Christmas present. Best present I ever received. I hunted the housing addition in Perlacher for 4 years, with the movie theater being the best spot. I found jars of silver dimes, quarters & halves. My dad was high ranked, so we stayed in a private housing addition in Bogenhausen. Many great finds there as well. There are many great spots to hunt in Munich. My favorite was a park near Columbusplatz. This park had many silver rings and the amount of old German coins was amazing! You could find 100+ in a day, go back the next day and find 100 more in the same area ( 1873 to Nazi era ). My oldest there was 1801. My oldest dog tag or tax came from there as well, 1853. Augsburg had the oldest dated coins late 1500's to early 1600's. These coins were 1/2 the size of a half dime, super tiny. The only Romans I found were in Holzkirchen off the S2 line. You will find many awesome finds there in Germany. Best place I ever had the chance to hunt by far. RC

 

[thrillathahunt]

Magnificent ring find! What a thrill it would be to somehow find the family of gentleman who wore it and personally hand it to them. I love seeing the expressions on their faces!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice looking ring!

 

[dirtlooter]

sweet finds, awesome ring

 

[Westfront]

Congrats! Very nice!

 

[TxThunter]

Since it has been 30 years and just going off of memory, I did some looking on the web to rekindle. It is actually Kolumbusplatz, not Columbusplatz. The Romans came from Deisenhofen, which is between Fasangarten and Holzkirchen on the green S2 line. I noticed your coin is Bavarian, so I figured you might be close. I encourage you to try the park right at Kolumbusplatz with the better technologically advanced detectors. There are two large grass areas. The back lower field is full of coins. Rings and Nazi relics were also quite common. Found many homemade swastika rings there. The Roman coins were found in Deisenhofen, supposedly near a Roman road. We camped in a small wooded area near a steep hill. The three of us all found Roman coins. I also found a Nazi SA badge or medal that was an Edelweiss w/ swastika in the center. Just trying to give you some intel. Hope you find some great coins and relics aplenty. Very nice ring and good luck with the return. RC

 

[wv hilljack]

Great digs.

 

[scaupus]

Don't know yet David, but I'm researching it right now.

i think it's an Alpha Chi Rho pendant. I found one in sterling that had both alpha and omega in addition to the Chi Rho, the combinations of the 4 symbols being a very common Christogram. https://www.google.com/search?q=chi+rho+alpha+omega&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8