Saxon Gold Bar!

[Chicago Ron]

Dug a beautiful example of a Gold bar, Probably Saxon 600 to 770 AD gold was shave off as needed to pay for things.

11.7 grams 34.99mm
Reported as treasure to FLO



Have a great hunt soon!
CR

 

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[Army of 1]

Awesome find Ron , congrats .. cheers Mick

 

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[Joe88]

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!!
Congrats!!

 

[Argentium]

Ron - That is a great find ! I don't share your opinion of either the age of this- or it's use/ function . My opinions
are based foremost on what your "ingot " is clearly showing us - it has been hammer and anvil forged extensively en route to becoming
a small flatware item (I'm guessing spoon ) This is identical to numerous ingots I have forged in making small spoons - the important
difference is that yours is gold . In earlier periods of European /English history - salt was a very precious commodity , and I'm guessing
that your ingot is the start of a salt spoon . At 11 grams it's over a third of an ounce - certainly large enough to draw out with the
hammer forging . I realize I'm building a long chain on what many will see as a weak link, but the ingot shows a
very intentional and specific kind of forging . Clearly this would have been made for a royal or nobleman . Ron , I certainly do not
intend to disrespect your considerable experience in any way with running this theory of mine- but if you have any blacksmith friends
or silversmiths who are experienced in hand forging flatware , I'd be curious to hear what they think .

 

[mangum]

Awesome find! Tell Jim D & Hardy I said hello. Hope they're doing good over there.

 

[DocBeav]

GREAT find RON! On a roll now! Great finds last few days, congrats! Oh and BANNER!

 

[Ifoundit69]

Wow Ron you lucky dog ! What a find , hey werent you on Dig Wars? Thanks for sharing it , as for the other comment in the thread ,there is a time and a place for everything and this was not either .... great find man ...

 

[GaRebel1861]

Its a nice piece of GOLD! Congratulations!

 

[Qball]

You wanker. Brilliant

 

[pepperj]

congrats Ron on the splendid piece of gold you're having one great hunt over there this trip. Hope you get the few hammies to break that personal record that so close.

 

[Coastie59]

Some awesome gold history Ron..congrats! keepem coming, if not on here I'll see them on the other forums!!!! WTG!!

 

[GioTheGreek]

Fantastic find, Ron. You have been killing it over there.

 

[wildcarrot]

Ron... that is a dream of a find. I've been following your exploits and I think this is one of the most unique items you've found.

 

[opee]

Ron you're allready famous even I know you.

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

Awesome find! Chris must have hustled out to the field to see that one.

 

[Goldiver]

Great find Ron! Keep em coming.

Steve

 

[yelnif]

Congratulations Ron, That is an amazing find- whether it is chunk payment or spoon blank doesn't really matter- it's old lost GOLD, and you found it.

Thank you for sharing and for the vid's you have made- they have helped me a lot. I hope the vid of this find teaches me how to find gold. haha- can't wait to see it. HH

 

[pl8man]

Beautiful hunk of gold ! Congrats Ron !
Glen

 

[rayrayvegas]

Now thats a hunk of hunk of burning gold. Congratulations Ron!!!!

 

[jeff of pa]

Worked for me. Of course not everyone finds gold or treasure every single time they hunt.Once is hard enough right Stewie? Anyways nice find Ron. I always enjoy seeing your finds and am glad you share. Imagine hacking off a little gold here and there so make payments. Pretty cool. What were the other artifacts found with it to identify it?

I agree What other Relics did you Find ? just the one ?
I sure would like to see pics & Id's of all your finds for the day.

nice hunk of gold

 

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