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Cranmer Square 12/5/2012
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Posted : Monday, 14 May 2012 7:31:33 PM(UTC)
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i found the collectables are a bit deeper here then at the Hagley, the poor X-Terra struggled in coin mode to reach and read the targets. It was not a bad day though, also got $ 17 in spendables.
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Posted : Monday, 14 May 2012 7:52:35 PM(UTC)
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i'll try again with the picture after dinner
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Posted : Monday, 14 May 2012 9:05:25 PM(UTC)
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Nice one Peter, 17 bucks is a nice result!!



My greatest fear is that when I die my wife will sell my collection for what I told her it cost me.
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Posted : Monday, 14 May 2012 9:11:51 PM(UTC)
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Glad to hear those coins are hard to find. I pulled a couple of hundred coins out of cranmer square about 20 years ago! From memory didnt get many silvers so they are prohably still there. They were found with a non discriminating T/R detector that was made in NZ and cost $100.00. Cheers Mike.
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Posted : Monday, 14 May 2012 9:12:29 PM(UTC)
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Nice bunch of silver too! :)
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Posted : Monday, 14 May 2012 9:33:50 PM(UTC)
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good finds there peter,i,ve never been to cranmer square.
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Posted : Monday, 14 May 2012 10:00:47 PM(UTC)
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cheers everyone, interesting to read that parks still protucing small finds after 20 years of metal detecting. I can say there were a lot of metal detector digging signes, so yeah the place is hunted over a lot.
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Posted : Monday, 14 May 2012 10:38:20 PM(UTC)
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nice ring there...
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Posted : Monday, 14 May 2012 11:23:18 PM(UTC)
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Actually nice Snake Buckle! :

English Army Snake Buckle 20$-80$ on Ebay :-)
*2014*Rings PlT/PD=0 GOLD=30 STG=53 Junk=46
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Posted : Tuesday, 15 May 2012 7:10:03 PM(UTC)
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cheers for that, the ring has two hallmarks, one STS, c'ant read the other one. Unfortunate the spade left some marks too. The snake buckle is some sorte of a cast and well worn. Do you know what it was used for by the english army?
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Posted : Tuesday, 15 May 2012 9:31:37 PM(UTC)
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Very nice collection there!! Me and Karl (pacifictreasurehunter) hunted there last year for an hour or so and found some cool things..Karl went back a few times and nailed some nice old silvers but ya need a good machine to get down to em alright!

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