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| Source: See LiveScience link below. |
A hoard of about 119 coins, together with an iron lock that may have sealed them within a container, have been found inside a collapsed building in the harbor of the ancient city of Corinth in Greece.
The discovery leaves archaeologists with a mystery: Why didn't anyone come to retrieve the stash after the building collapsed?
"That is an excellent question and one that has been troubling us," said Paul Scotton, a professor of classics at California State University Long Beach who leads excavations for the Lechaion Harbor and Settlement Land Project. "The coins were found circa 30-40 centimeters [12 to 16 inches] below modern ground level under the collapsed tile roof. With it having been so close to the surface, why someone didn't return for it is a puzzle. Either the owner could not or did not want to retrieve it. Exactly why that would be is only conjecture," Scotton said...
Here is that link.
Here is that link.
https://www.livescience.com/62192-ancient-coin-stash-leaves-mystery.html
It is amazing how much is out there. Here is a hoard of 119 coins that was just about a foot below ground level that has been there around 1600 years. Not long ago I told about a small city lot in the suburbs of a large modern Florida city that produced hundreds of coins. There is not shortage of good targets out there, but you might have to do something different to get them.
It is amazing how much is out there. Here is a hoard of 119 coins that was just about a foot below ground level that has been there around 1600 years. Not long ago I told about a small city lot in the suburbs of a large modern Florida city that produced hundreds of coins. There is not shortage of good targets out there, but you might have to do something different to get them.
There are times when you have to adjust. One of the most common mistakes made by very experienced detectorists is using the same techniques on different types of sites. It might be as simple as adjusting your detector settings or using a different detector. Some people never bother to change their detector settings no matter where they hunt. I've seen guys that don't do anything except go out to the beach and turn their detector on and start hunting. They never make adjustments to the beach conditions, part of the beach they are hunting, or anything. They turn the detector on and go. That's it. You can get away with that most of the time, but there are times when it is a big mistake. You usually don't find out about the big mistakes. A miss is a miss.
Some good time spent eye-balling can be a big help, whether you are looking at a beach or a land site. Analyze the situation before beginning. But there is no reason to analyze a situation unless you are going to make some adjustments.
Metal detecting a busy resort area is much different from detecting an out of the way treasure beach and both are very different from detecting a home site.
In my early days of detecting in South Florida I forced the beach to produce. I was determined that every day I would find something good and hopefully a lot of it. One day I remember, I started about sunrise and was determined I was going to find some gold that day. Well, it didn't happen quickly that day, but I kept at it and finally pulled a gold ring out of a sand bar as the sun was starting to set. I usually didn't detect nearly that long in one session, but I did often go out with that same level of drive and determination.
There was a lot to be found down there. There were many hotels and beach resorts that were pretty busy almost every day all year long. If one wasn't working, you could hit the next and the next and the next. You could move from shallow water to working dry sand and around cabanas or move to an older beach. There were endless choices. There were even places, that despite the large number of detectorists, that were seldom, if ever, detected for one reason or another. I especially like to do the spots that no one else seemed to be hitting.
In recent days, I've told about different kinds of sites and different techniques for exploiting those sites. There will be a learning curve if you decide to try different types of sites or use different techniques, but it can be worth it.
If you have been doing the same thing at the same places over and over again and finding less than you hoped, it might be a good time to try something different.
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