71DHB
Elite Member
Ahh... where to begin. I'll just start with saying that I read up on a few local MD forums here last night before falling asleep indicating where Jewellery had been lost in the last little while at the sea, lakes and fields. I was pretty tired having woken up at 2 am the same day and not having decided whether to go detecting today or not. (I probably have very few outings left if any) Deciding on whether going or not and where to go wasn't easy. I decided to go to a different lake near by that didn't have alot of terrain to cover like the sea. This lake I visited today has a few spots that in the past have produced many spectacular finds.I hit 3 different spots of the lake very quickly. The first I visited 2 weeks ago and I did again today. The second I did last year and the third is a place that I haven't in 3 years now because the last time I was there the local Polizia del lago (Lake police) paid me a visit while I was detecting in chin high water. That day they were called because about 100 meters from me there was a guy and his daughter whose car got stuck in the sand and needed help.
He saw me too and came over to tell me that I couldn't detect there because about 200 meters to my left on the grass in the forest there was an ancient Roman villa with no indication whatsoever. He told me I could have my MD confiscated. Now, before that day I had detected there many times before finding gold and on 2 occasions stopped to talk to 2 different police forces. We talked about the hobby and one of the officers detected on land himself telling me he found roman coins too. So no problem
Anyways, from when I was told 3 years ago I never went back...
except for today. My curiosity was stronger than me. I jumped in the water and immediately went chest to chin high water pulling out a few Euro and even some old lira which is a good sign. After about 200 meters I turned around and shortly after that a loud clear clean sound went into the headphones. In the scoop was this Gold ring that surprised me and made me just get out of the water back to the car. I can imagine what else is sitting down there. The other silver chain and other bits and money were found on the other 2 sides of the lake. I'm pretty tired and if things go the way they want I might detect again before I leave the country. For now we'll just wait and see. Thanks for looking and enjoy the pics. HH and GL to everyone.
He saw me too and came over to tell me that I couldn't detect there because about 200 meters to my left on the grass in the forest there was an ancient Roman villa with no indication whatsoever. He told me I could have my MD confiscated. Now, before that day I had detected there many times before finding gold and on 2 occasions stopped to talk to 2 different police forces. We talked about the hobby and one of the officers detected on land himself telling me he found roman coins too. So no problem Anyways, from when I was told 3 years ago I never went back... except for today. My curiosity was stronger than me. I jumped in the water and immediately went chest to chin high water pulling out a few Euro and even some old lira which is a good sign. After about 200 meters I turned around and shortly after that a loud clear clean sound went into the headphones. In the scoop was this Gold ring that surprised me and made me just get out of the water back to the car. I can imagine what else is sitting down there. The other silver chain and other bits and money were found on the other 2 sides of the lake. I'm pretty tired and if things go the way they want I might detect again before I leave the country. For now we'll just wait and see. Thanks for looking and enjoy the pics. HH and GL to everyone.
Something inside me yesterday just snapped and I went for it. It only took me 20 min too! On another side of this lake there is a Roman funeral monument right in front of the beach but I never dared to go in there. There is roman pottery scattered everywhere.
Love those nice & chunky 18K's! 
