Unfortunately I am not able to lead lenghty debates with a lot of special technical expressons as English is not my first language!
Is also very difficult for me. Are you the "Wotan" from the Militarafundforum?
Originally Posted by wotan
But ignoring facts perhaps is not so wise...
I agree! Until about 2015, I assumed that these rings had been pressed because I had blindly relied on the general opinion. It was only through Antonio's pictures and explanations that I came to the conclusion that these rings show clear traces of casting and that there are not even two rings of the same type.
Originally Posted by wotan
Contrary imho it is VERY important how such an item is made. If we do accept eg. a casting theory we also have to accept ALL casting traces on a ring
No way! It is not the point that they were cast. it is the point of how they were cast. Copying this 1: 1 is anything but easy.
Originally Posted by wotan
How could we differ a monday morning GAHR production from a possible superfake?
It may be that there are rings that are not as successful as comparison pieces. Maybe this applies to the "Achaz" ring? The source is very important to me personally. I do not trust her and there are reasonable doubts - I do not buy there! I don't trust her, but there is no doubt about the originality - I might buy. If I trust the source, for example because I excavated the ring myself, I can tolerate any doubts.
