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digjust1more		Posted : Saturday, 14 April 2012 10:15:31 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 13/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 19 Location: NZ, Sth Island Thanks: 12 times Was thanked: 6 time(s) in 4 post(s)		I haven't been able to get out hunting as much as I'd like, busy with different things that need doing and the sprogs. Got out today for a couple of hours. Most intresting find was a badge of some sort with a star and RUAHINE written on it. Haven't looked it up yet. And the other looks to be two shell cases rammed together? Not sure. And just pennies, British and NZ. Two silver shillings and a silver sixpence. All the coins in the bottom left of the pic were all in the same hole, 8 all up, dam wish they were silvers!! Just old school 20c 10c and 5c, biggest pocket spill Ive had in the one plug though. I'll just post my pics etc in here when I get the chance. Sucks now with daylight saving over, can't get those few hours in after tea :( Have to wait for the weekends to do any decent hunts. Happy hunting everyone :) Edited by user Saturday, 14 April 2012 10:19:23 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified File Attachment(s): Pics 150.JPG Pics 151.JPG
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digjust1more		Posted : Saturday, 14 April 2012 10:28:00 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 13/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 19 Location: NZ, Sth Island Thanks: 12 times Was thanked: 6 time(s) in 4 post(s)		Oh also I'll add a pic of my second GOLD half sovereign that I have been lucky enough to find!! Just have to share :) Granted I wasn't out with my detector when I found it, I was actually swinging a hammer LOL, our house is very old and I am doing some renovations, (knocking down an old brick fire-place) Was cleaning up some of the bricks and morta and low and behold there it was, was over the moon to find it! In our very own home, and within a month of the buzz of finding one out MDing. :-D Its dated 1900 and is in pretty ok condition. They say things come in three's aye so fingers crossed I find another gold sov to get to the 'set of 3' haha Edited by user Saturday, 14 April 2012 10:30:21 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified File Attachment(s): goldsov 002.JPG goldsov 003.JPG
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Metal Kiwi		Posted : Saturday, 14 April 2012 11:11:55 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,210 Location: Auckland Thanks: 498 times Was thanked: 484 time(s) in 322 post(s)		Originally Posted by: digjust1more I haven't been able to get out hunting as much as I'd like, busy with different things that need doing and the sprogs. Got out today for a couple of hours. Most intresting find was a badge of some sort with a star and RUAHINE written on it. Haven't looked it up yet. And the other looks to be two shell cases rammed together? Not sure. And just pennies, British and NZ. Two silver shillings and a silver sixpence. All the coins in the bottom left of the pic were all in the same hole, 8 all up, dam wish they were silvers!! Just old school 20c 10c and 5c, biggest pocket spill Ive had in the one plug though. I'll just post my pics etc in here when I get the chance. Sucks now with daylight saving over, can't get those few hours in after tea :( Have to wait for the weekends to do any decent hunts. Happy hunting everyone :) My mum and her family emigrated to NZ on the Ruahine in 1913. MK
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creamer		Posted : Sunday, 15 April 2012 7:50:16 PM(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)		Hi there Digjust1more. Great way to start a thread, with a GOLD sov. Nice. Shane
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digjust1more		Posted : Sunday, 15 April 2012 8:27:24 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 13/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 19 Location: NZ, Sth Island Thanks: 12 times Was thanked: 6 time(s) in 4 post(s)		Thanks creamer :) I wonder what other treasure our house is hiding lol. Todays hunt was ok, was stoked to find a french coin, best find of the day File Attachment(s): METAL DETECTING 003.JPG METAL DETECTING 001.JPG METAL DETECTING 002.JPG
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oroplata		Posted : Sunday, 15 April 2012 9:00:23 PM(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)		Mexico, for generations, did not trust banks. Hiding your money (gold and silver coinage) in hidden cavities in the (always brick or concrete block) houses was the done thing. Detectorists there are continuously unearthing large caches. I would not be surprised to hear of similar finds here, in chimney brickwork of very old houses.
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asterix		Posted : Sunday, 15 April 2012 9:30:02 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 14/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 29 Location: Bournemouth UK Was thanked: 6 time(s) in 6 post(s)		wow thats a cool find,lovely condition too.You could probably track down the person who deposited it, if you can trace the previous house owners.

tonznz		Posted : Monday, 16 April 2012 10:38:23 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 20/07/2011(UTC) Posts: 667 Thanks: 261 times Was thanked: 199 time(s) in 152 post(s)		Asterix, what a surprising thing to say. Bit of a conversation stopper. If it was me I wouldn't be tracking down any previous owners. What would one say:" Hey did you lose a gold sov back in the day, as I found it at the house?" That would leave yourself open to the answer, whether honest or not: "yeah I did... ta very much...." .....Me thinks I'd just keep it. And have a clear conscience about it.

digjust1more		Posted : Monday, 16 April 2012 10:50:47 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 13/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 19 Location: NZ, Sth Island Thanks: 12 times Was thanked: 6 time(s) in 4 post(s)		Originally Posted by: asterix wow thats a cool find,lovely condition too.You could probably track down the person who deposited it, if you can trace the previous house owners. Hmmm, sounds good in theory but it must have been one of the very first owners of the house to have put it there and seeing as it was the late 1800s I somehow doubt they are still around to welcome back the Gold sov that they put away for safe keeping :)
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asterix		Posted : Tuesday, 17 April 2012 12:28:13 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 14/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 29 Location: Bournemouth UK Was thanked: 6 time(s) in 6 post(s)		Originally Posted by: tonznz Asterix, what a surprising thing to say. Bit of a conversation stopper. If it was me I wouldn't be tracking down any previous owners. What would one say:" Hey did you lose a gold sov back in the day, as I found it at the house?" That would leave yourself open to the answer, whether honest or not: "yeah I did... ta very much...." .....Me thinks I'd just keep it. And have a clear conscience about it. Well that wasn't exactly what i meant lol,the coin date would suggest the owner has long since gone to detectorist heaven.Just thought it would be interesting to match the date, to the occupier of the property at the time. Then you could pass it to one of the grandkids! lol

Frankb		Posted : Tuesday, 17 April 2012 4:44:11 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 11/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 9 Location: Auckland Was thanked: 13 time(s) in 7 post(s)		It is not uncommon to find coins in old houses. If you see a demolition crew on a site with the old sash and cord windows, take a note of how careful they are to disassemble the window frame. Coins were often placed in such places, superstition, good luck, any number of reasons. Mostly they are low denomination, but the more wealthy often used half or full sovereigns. I found this out many years ago as a child when my father was replacing the cords in the old sash windows of our house and he pulled a couple of old coins out. That would have been about 55 years ago, and the house at the time must have been at least 60 years old. Most common in houses pre 1920's. In a house I was doing up many years ago I found old coins above the door frames.