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Hagley Park find yesterday

Hunter		Posted : Sunday, 1 April 2012 9:44:24 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/01/2012(UTC) Posts: 122 Location: Auckland Thanks: 22 times Was thanked: 29 time(s) in 19 post(s)		Went to the big H with my wife yesterday, she found a NZ one penny 1946 and some trash I found a Victorian gold brooch 9ct it would have had stones in it at one time but they are long gone also some trash (pul out so others dont have to dig it ) So the big H pays off again Dont forget to fill your holes Edited by user Sunday, 1 April 2012 9:46:41 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified Hunter attached the following image(s):
		2014 Rings PLT/PLA=0 GOLD=5 STG=18 Junk=4 Other Gold items- 4

DrunkBrother		Posted : Sunday, 1 April 2012 11:09:44 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 27/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 911 Location: Auckland Thanks: 21 times Was thanked: 206 time(s) in 161 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Hunter Went to the big H with my wife yesterday, she found a NZ one penny 1946 and some trash I found a Victorian gold brooch 9ct it would have had stones in it at one time but they are long gone also some trash (pul out so others dont have to dig it ) So the big H pays off again Dont forget to fill your holes Very Nice Indeed :-)
		2014Rings PlT/PD=0 GOLD=30 STG=53 Junk=46
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roy1954		Posted : Sunday, 1 April 2012 4:00:06 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 628 Location: christchurch Thanks: 442 times Was thanked: 372 time(s) in 242 post(s)		hi hunter, you may want to visit that hole again,take a shovel and take the soil home and put it thro a sieve the stones would have been there when dropped,ive seen it where the setting clasps fall off when digging,look again,you might be suprised,thanks roy
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nzpoohbear40		Posted : Sunday, 1 April 2012 4:56:19 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/07/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,482 Location: Matura Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 384 time(s) in 329 post(s)		great find there hunter,wtg
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Sunday, 1 April 2012 6:30:16 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Originally Posted by: roy1954 hi hunter, you may want to visit that hole again,take a shovel and take the soil home and put it thro a sieve the stones would have been there when dropped,ive seen it where the setting clasps fall off when digging,look again,you might be suprised,thanks roy Thats interesting though I must admit I have never found any good quality jewellery with stones missing as they were held in by the little clawed over pieces of gold but I suppose that if they were held on with something that was water soluble over the years then they would fall off but I have never heard of it and it would surely have to be very poor quality jewellery I would have thought for the stones to only be glued in rather than gold raised bits peened over?

oroplata		Posted : Monday, 2 April 2012 10:25:11 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 16/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,040 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 211 time(s) in 152 post(s)		Just a heads-up. They appear to have quietly moved the closing time of the Armagh St car park to 6.30pm from the 11.30pm they had it at for the Arts Festival stuff. So don't get caught out!
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creamer		Posted : Monday, 2 April 2012 10:52:07 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,022 Location: Bay of Islands Thanks: 2289 times Was thanked: 525 time(s) in 391 post(s)		Nice find hunter. Awesome piece of GOLD.
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