The "Löbsal Treasure"

worldcoinguy

I dont know the validity of it, but a neat story nevertheless.

link to story

laurentyvan

These could be the coins that broke the camels back, so to speak, and make lordM pack up his detecting gear and move to Europe.

secondrepublic

From one of the links in the story, it looks like the Germans use a curious method of holding coins. Are those metal tweezers?

worldcoinguy

<< <i>From one of the links in the story, it looks like the Germans use a curious method of holding coins. Are those metal tweezers? >>



Look on the bright side....no fingerprints.

DesertRat

considering that the coins have been buried in the dirt and plowed over a few times, I doubt the tweezers are going to hurt them

satootoko

<< <i>Are those metal tweezers? >>

Maybe, maybe not. I sure can't tell from the picture what those are made of, but they look a lot like the plastic ones of various sizes that my Beautiful Bride had in her toolbox before she retired as a Hughes Aircraft electronics assembler.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>These could be the coins that broke the camels back, so to speak, and make lordM pack up his detecting gear and move to Europe. >>

Damn near it. Oh, if you only knew.

If ladymarcovan didn't have other ideas, I'd be there already.

I am discussing a detecting trip to the UK in 2008 or 2009.