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| See LiveScience link below. |
An amateur treasure hunter wielding a metal detector has discovered a stunning gold hoard buried by an Iron Age chieftain in the sixth century in what is now Denmark. The stash includes lavish jewelry, Roman coins and an ornament that may depict a Norse god.
The treasure hunter, Ole Ginnerup Schytz, uncovered the Iron Age hoard on land owned by one of his former classmates in the town of Vindelev, earning the stash the name "Vindelev hoard." Within a few hours of surveying the area with his newly acquired metal detector, Schytz heard the telltale beeping of possible treasure. It turned out to be one of the "largest, richest and most beautiful gold treasures in Danish history," representatives of Vejle Museums said in a statement released Sept. 9.
The 1,500-year-old hoard contains nearly 2.2 pounds (1 kilogram) of gold, including large, saucer-sized medallions known as bracteates...
Treasure hunter finds gold hoard buried by Iron Age chieftain | Live Science
Thanks to Norbert B. for that link.
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| Whitman Coin Folder |
Finding coins is fun, but what do you do with them? After any cleaning you might want to do, you need to store them some way.
You are probably familiar with the Whitman coin folders that are made for U.S. coins. You can get folders for each denomination for certain date ranges. The folders have slots for coins for each date and mint mark but not for other varieties or error coins.
The Whitman folders are convenient. I like using the dated ones and try to fill in each slot until I get a complete set. When I find a better example of a particular date and mint mark, I replace the old coin with the better one. You can continue to fill each folder and upgrade it with the best examples you find.
You can get the folders that have a slot for each date and mint, or you can get folders with the slots not labeled. If you get a folder without the dates and mint marks printed, you can insert multiple examples of a single date or whatever you want for that denomination.
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| Whitman Nickle Folder Without the Date/Mint Mark Labels. |
Of course you can add your own labels to the slots in the unlabeled folders, as you can see I did on that the folder shown above.
You can enjoy your coins for years if you label them and store them well. I can go through a folder and see coins and remember exactly where many of them were found. Some of them are labeled with the location where they were found, but some I can identify by just looking at the coin. For example, I found a lot of silver coins in a Minneapolis lake many years ago and can identify them from nice distinctive gun metal blue patina.
Although the Whitman folders are nice, there are some things I don't like about them. Some coins are difficult to snap into the slots and some coins will fall out if the slot doesn't fit the coin just right.
Sometimes you have to use some force to get a coin to fit into the slot, and I don't like handling fine coins that way. I wouldn't use the Whitman folders for valuable coins.
I think they are excellent for kids or anyone who just wants to fill out sets from pocket change.
I really like the loose leaf notebook coin folders like the one shown below.
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| Coin Folder With Plastic Sleaves. |
You can organize these anyway you want, and you can use cardboard flip holders to protect the coins that that you slip into slots. You can purchase additional pages.
Of course you can label the cardboard flip holders, and insert any almost any kind and size of coin. They don't have to fit the slots exactly like with the Whitman folders.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
The Atlantic is still busy. The one to watch now is Sam, although it looks like it will stay out in the Atlantic.
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| Sam's Predicted Path. Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
The surf today is three to four feet, decreasing for the next few days.
Happy hunting,
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