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The adventures of Foiled again

Ash_T		Posted : Thursday, 24 May 2012 7:51:10 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 17/09/2011(UTC) Posts: 219 Location: Nth Canterbury Thanks: 138 times Was thanked: 28 time(s) in 25 post(s)		Nice start to a hunt alright! :)
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Foiled again		Posted : Tuesday, 29 May 2012 11:21:56 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 861 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 459 times Was thanked: 251 time(s) in 192 post(s)		Well boys nice hunt tonight for me. Good to see ash t,poohbear,hunter and Robert all having a swing-I'm sure guys have a few goodies. My laptop is buggered so can't post pics right now but I had a few good finds! Got what I think is pendant off a necklace and it looks like GOLD with 9 sapphires in it. Four silvers, 1933 nz 3d, 1946 3d, 1933 nz florin and a 1922 lion sixpence. A nice old copper I think pin brooch with a horseshoe. And what I thought was a small copper ring which looks like its made from a silver coin?!! On the inside it has writing...Victoria dei gratia brittaniar reg fd Awesome Plus 1912 h'penny 1916 penny 1884 penny 1901 penny 1953 nz penny 1887 penny 1913 penny
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Tuesday, 29 May 2012 11:42:26 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: Foiled again Cheers Shane, the on field shots of yours are always cool to check! Thanks Lammerlaw..thats exactly what it is. As many say-you are a wealth of information! I appreciate it and really enjoy your insight into history! Thanks for the positive comment - the world should revolve around all that is positive. I am a wealth of generally superfluous, irrelevant and unimportant information that 99.9% of the time no body wants to know nor do they care about, I know very little about whats really important and the rest?...Well thats the bit that I make up! It can all become a bit confusing for what is mostly a captive audience...most people who know me in real life are on prozac...the modern day equivalent for what a combination of Holloways Pills, Horse linament and Davis's Painkiller used to do! Edited by user Tuesday, 29 May 2012 11:45:27 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

Foiled again		Posted : Wednesday, 30 May 2012 10:59:12 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 861 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 459 times Was thanked: 251 time(s) in 192 post(s)		Righto, thanks to the computer at work for enabling these photos to be posted lol Close inspection of the horseshoe pin brooch reveals that it was GOLD plated. I think ima gunna capitalise those four letters every time I write them like a coupla others do here...! And the GOLD and sapphire thing looks like it was a pinbrooch type thing as well. File Attachment(s): goodies.jpg Ring + horseshoe pin.jpg ring close.jpg mmm silver n GOLD.jpg Foiled again attached the following image(s):
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nzpoohbear40		Posted : Wednesday, 30 May 2012 11:53:19 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)		fantastic finds jayson and it was great getting out with you guys,robert really enjoyed it to...he thinks it is great how we all get together for hunts..
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Ash_T		Posted : Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:25:04 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 17/09/2011(UTC) Posts: 219 Location: Nth Canterbury Thanks: 138 times Was thanked: 28 time(s) in 25 post(s)		Great lot of finds for the night! I enjoyed the group night hunt too :)
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Metal Mikey		Posted : Thursday, 31 May 2012 12:20:45 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 29/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 120 Location: Rangiora Thanks: 17 times Was thanked: 22 time(s) in 18 post(s)		I would be pretty happy with that lot for a day out! Ashame it wasn't GOLD. I guess its only gold after all.

oroplata		Posted : Thursday, 31 May 2012 2:19:17 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)		Originally Posted by: Foiled again And what I thought was a small copper ring which looks like its made from a silver coin?!! On the inside it has writing...Victoria dei gratia brittaniar reg fd Awesome Nice find! http://www.instructables...ilver-ring-for-25-cents/ http://www.wikihow.com/M...-Ring-from-a-Silver-Coin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atko80Gy2VU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOWkwUqzqPk I prefer the type with the lettering on the outside of the ring, using a tapered mandrel on the inside of the ring. http://metaldetectingfor...m/showthread.php?t=42091 http://members.shaw.ca/j...akeaCoinRings%5B2%5D.pdf http://www.coinrings.co.uk/
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Foiled again		Posted : Thursday, 31 May 2012 3:59:49 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 861 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 459 times Was thanked: 251 time(s) in 192 post(s)		Cheers for the links Andrew! Mine is from a shilling or sixpence most likely (from quick google). Like you, I like the look of the ones with writing on the outside...too cool! Now, how many of us are going to try and make one haha!
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Foiled again		Posted : Thursday, 31 May 2012 5:09:44 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 861 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 459 times Was thanked: 251 time(s) in 192 post(s)		Hagleys outing last night.... Guna be at Little Hagley tonight...All welcome..$10 admission bahaha! Edited by user Thursday, 31 May 2012 5:14:59 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified File Attachment(s): hagley 30-5-12.jpg
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mineforgold.co.nz		Posted : Thursday, 31 May 2012 5:17:38 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 299 Location: Nelson Thanks: 58 times Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 35 post(s)		I like your 1875 penny - I haven't managed to crack the 1900 barrier yet.
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Ash_T		Posted : Thursday, 31 May 2012 5:21:10 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 17/09/2011(UTC) Posts: 219 Location: Nth Canterbury Thanks: 138 times Was thanked: 28 time(s) in 25 post(s)		On the silver again :) nice! Damn, only found $6.20 today, might have to stop off somewhere on the way in to find the rest ;P lol Edited by user Thursday, 31 May 2012 5:23:47 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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oroplata		Posted : Friday, 1 June 2012 12:06:30 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)		Here's a coin ring on trademe http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=480722348 I'm going to look out for a tapered mandrel so I can have a go at making the "outtie" type.
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roy1954		Posted : Saturday, 2 June 2012 12:19:55 AM(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 ,look to see if it is a heaton mint penny,it will have a small h under the date, if it has look at the value it might surprise you,dont clean it.
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nzpoohbear40		Posted : Saturday, 2 June 2012 1:09:01 AM(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)		really they worth something...i have a few 1875 penny's...lol...
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Metal Mikey		Posted : Saturday, 2 June 2012 5:25:19 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 29/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 120 Location: Rangiora Thanks: 17 times Was thanked: 22 time(s) in 18 post(s)		My oldest coin is 1879 penny. Have yet to find a silver shilling or half crown. Exactly 300 coins total in about 10 weeks.

Foiled again		Posted : Monday, 4 June 2012 10:10:43 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 861 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 459 times Was thanked: 251 time(s) in 192 post(s)		Probably had one of my bigger coin hauls today. Hagley park again lol. Luckily two silvers in there! Two nz sixpences from a hunt a coupla nights ago. Ring looks good but is in poor nick and I dont think is silver. Still hanging for a crown or something!! Went through my coins sat night and I dont have any with special mint marks...yet! Actually, was funny...had been looking around an area for like half an hour and nothing...moved along a bit and first thing I found was a little green pin thing with Irish towns on it...then bam!..all these coins came my way! Edited by user Monday, 4 June 2012 10:13:34 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified File Attachment(s): hag 4-6-12.jpg
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Ash_T		Posted : Monday, 4 June 2012 10:22:00 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 17/09/2011(UTC) Posts: 219 Location: Nth Canterbury Thanks: 138 times Was thanked: 28 time(s) in 25 post(s)		That was a good afternoons/evenings hunt!
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nzpoohbear40		Posted : Monday, 4 June 2012 10:54:28 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)		ya i was only there for a couple hours with you guys but went home with 2 more silvers so im happy..lol......did you get that ring tonight jason?
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Ash_T		Posted : Monday, 4 June 2012 11:12:21 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 17/09/2011(UTC) Posts: 219 Location: Nth Canterbury Thanks: 138 times Was thanked: 28 time(s) in 25 post(s)		Was funny - heard him yell out something, and headed toward him, after just digging up a silver ring (as it turned out), and he had just dug a ring too - lmao
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