My Most Unique Metal Detecting and Relic Hunting Find
Bronze Statue "Psyche" by French Sculptor Louis Auguste Moreau, circa 1882
"The art of treasure hunting" proved to be more than a mere expression for me one day. The last thing I expected to find at the site of a ghost town somewhere in Dutchess County, Upstate New York, was...
...a beautiful bronze statue - a reproduction of the famous sculpture created by the French artist Louis Auguste Moreau! Subsequent research identified the figure as a Greek maiden Psyche from Greek mythology, and dated the work to 1882. The statue was produced by Aizelin at the Ferdinand Barbedienne art studio in Paris in the late 19th century.
Lovely Lady In Bronze (a dollar coin and other coins were placed for size comparison)
The Intricate Details
The Roman Oil Lamp
An Engraved Signature of Famous French Sculptor Moreau
This remarkable metal detecting find was a winner of the 1997 Best Finds Competition in Western and Eastern Treasures magazine (W"ET, March 1998, volume 32, p.39).
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In January of 2020, I started a one-time fund-raising campaign in attempt to accumulate enough money to buy a simple but reliable 4x4 vehicle. My old 4x4 car (made in 1995) had faithfully served me for 10 years before it eventually went beyond repair last October. Without a 4WD, I will not be able to get to my hunt sites and test-plots hidden in the remote wooded areas inaccessible by a regular car.
Unlucky for me, those sites are the only locations available and suitable for my field-work which results in informative articles you can find on this website. For the past 10 years, my usual field-work has consisted of field-testing the latest metal detectors and accessories, experimenting with some of them, and devising new effective search methods that meet the requirements of the new metal detecting reality.
Before my car died, I managed to finish a couple of interesting detector-testing projects which will be covered in my upcoming articles. But other equally important projects that I was working on were not completed and had to be postponed until the Spring 2020. I hope that this fund-raising campaign will help me get a decent 4x4 by then so that I will be able to resume my work and to write more new articles, tutorials and guides based on data gathered through testing and experimentation.
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