Thursday Night Hunt

Went out for another few hours tonight with 3 other detectorists.

We searched an area that has been over quite often, but amazingly we all got silver again tonite.

I ended up getting another thrupence and sixpence to add to the days total.
A few non silver pre-decs, 3 x old 20c, a few sinkers, a pencil sharpner,
lots of brown 1's n 2's and a few spendables made up my keepers.

More Pulltabs!

And more silver ;) !

Spent half the day at the same place as yesterday, and ended up with the following...

HH all :)

Pulltab Hunting

Well, thats what it felt like at least ;) lol!

Decided to have a go at finding some silver coins again today, so the discrim went back to 60,
and the pulltab invasion (of my pockets) started in the frost this morning...

End up with 3 silvers from the last of the 3 locations i tried today.
Also got a few late 1800 coppers, a 62 florin and a few brown 1's n 2's.
Not a single spendable coin today, but i didn't mind at all ;)

HH all :)

Hagley Night Hunt

Met up with 4 other detectorists tonight for a headlamp lit hunt in the park.

To-nites finds were a penny, 2xhalf pennys, 3 x old 20c pieces, 1x old NZ10c, 1x AUS 10c, 1x old NZ5c 1x old NZ2c, $3.10 spendable, a half of a heart broach/locket or something, and 1 silver ring :)

Few more 1's n 2's

Spent another few hours at the gold producing site this morning.

I'm starting to run out of areas there to search now tho,
so i think its almost time to take my lucky penny and move on.

Picked up another surface find today...

HH all :)

Goldie Fever!!!

Seems the current place im interested in, has no shortage of dropped coins!
I guess if im not finding any silver coins, the gold colored ones will do fine ;)

Also picked up a couple surface find necklaces today, although neither has number markings,
and also a couple coins from around the other side of the globe.

HH All! :)

Coin Shooting - Continued...

Headed back to the same place as yesterday this morning,
and searched another area of grass.

Didn't find as many goldies today as yesterday, wasn't there as long either,
but did stumble upon a few older coins.

Sadly, the silver one got a little garked, but happy to find it all the same ;)

Yes, i guess "little" is an understatement ;P Poor Florin!!!

Another fun morning/early afternoon out detecting, and only used the one 9volt rechargeable up,
so may have to have a rest, something to eat, then head out again later on this evening ;)

HH All :)

Coin Shooting

Felt like a goldie hunt today, and came away in the end with an alright total i think ;)

Spent the good part of the day to get it, and would have come in well under minimum wage,
if i bothered to work out the $/hour ;) Fun all the same - lol!

Alot of the coins were found nice and shallow like this...

Also dug a bit of rubbish up ...

 Early in the afternoon another detectorist (Scott) and helper (sorry forget your name) showed up,
and i learnt he is just back from Japan. (Kiwisan from the Friendly Metal Detecting forums)
Hope to see yas at the Papanui Club this comming Sunday :)

 In the end, I had an enjoyable day of detecting, with an alright clad count to boot ;)

HH all :)

Whatsit Wednesday

Was out in Hagley Park again this morning, skirting around the edges of the rugby/soccer fields.

No silver today from Hagley, but managed a few from another location later on in the morning.

Spinning top???, draw handle??...Its heavy and spins well ;) Whatsit..

Hagley Silver

This huge park probably still holds 1000's of old silver coins ;)
Spent another crisp morning out near Victoria Lake today.

This was one of the areas i spent an hour or so at.

1908 Penny. Rescanned the hole, another 80's number just beside it....

 1912 Sixpence :)

I still have the rest of the week off so far, so will be out and about most mornings this week.

HH all :)

Frosty Morning Hunt

Heard it was supposed to get down to -4 this morning,
so i decided to get up early and was out n about by 6:00am!

Hagley Park with a frost and low layer of fog looked quite cool :)

I'm going to go buy a decent camera to take along on hunts this week comming.

In the end , I got a few dollars, few pre dec coins
and a stainless steel Skagen ring from the areas i hunted at this morning.


Looking forward to having a few days off comming up,
so ill be back hitting the new silver producing area soon ;)

 (Yes, gloves were on this morning - lol)

more pics - to come, sometime.

30 Min Hunt

Got off work a little earlier tonight, and there was still about 45 mins light left,
so i went to Spencer Park for what turned out to be about a 30 minute hunt.

First target was a $2 coin, then came a wingnut, bottle cap, penny+1935 shilling in the same hole, couple 1c holes, then with darkness starting to set in, i finally found my 1st silver half crown...

Pretty well worn, but happy with the find all the same :) Solid 89/90 signal on the Goldbugpro.

HH all :)

Scanned Finds

Here is some of my latest finds scanned...

If anyone knows anything about the button in the 3rd pic, please say :)
Im guessing the last 2 letters are F and B. The 1st one could be G or C?

Added: Some clearer pics...
Think i needa go invest in a lupe/loupe or however they are spelled ;p