Day 2

It is just getting better...you will not believe what we found in our grid with the metal detector...gold! We found several coins including some gold coins. I took some photos but unfortunately I am not allowed to put them on my blog, or in the public domain...but I will show you my photos when I get back to South Africa...for those that are interested. Just some information...we found:
1. A Byzantine gold coin (i.e. the late Roman period)
2. An Ottoman period musket ball
3. A Byzantine period earring and bula (i.e. seal or stamp)
4. Lots of pottery and glass from the Byzantine period and perhaps even earlier


I am allowed to show you this...if you look very carefully then you will see an inscription in the mosaic. It is in Samaritan and it says "to the one true God and then the persons name..." it was a Samaritan wine press


I told you they like their red wine over here.

Apollonia was named after the Greek god Apollo...and the big dream is to find the temple of Apollo...but as yet it is still buried. And for now I am supposed to find ovens and not temples.

Location:בזל,Herzliya,Israel