The royal scale is a rather rare find for us. Where more often you come across local Livonian, Swedish and Polish-Lithuanian silver and not very pennies. As a rule, they are slightly larger in size. This time I was lucky enough to find a real scale.
We were digging on the site of an old rural road. At first glance, the place is completely unremarkable. The road and nearby fields, divided by stone fences, were plowed in the 1970s. The abundance of ancient coins in this place is still a mystery to us. Perhaps there was once a village market here.
Now I’m mastering the professional Fisher F75 device, purchased last year 2016. For now I go with the stock coil, I set it to high sensitivity 98 in jewelry mode – JE. Great for catching small things in the fields! 😉
The most interesting find in the photo! As far as I could read correctly – a coin from the reign of the first tsar from the Romanov dynasty, Mikhail Fedorovich, who lived until 1645. It turns out that the 17th century. There is something very fragmentary and unclear on the reverse. The find was picked up by a strong color signal in dense rocky soil at a depth of about 10 cm. VDI was in the range of 60-70.
It’s easy to miss such a little one by swinging the reel in the wrong place. Unfortunately, I dug it up in a field that had been plowed for a long time. Hopes of finding a scattering of these soon quickly melted away as I began to comb everything around. It’s a pity, of course, but there’s nothing to do…
From the accompanying coins there were several more coins – Peter's denga, a penny of Alexander II, and the ubiquitous 1/6 ore of 1666. The Swedes densely sowed our fields with their copper. Even in dull, boring places you can find Swedish coppers. Attaching photo.
Read on for other interesting finds …