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Posted : Saturday, 11 August 2012 6:34:53 PM(UTC)
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He was resurrected after having spent some time entombed near the half-way line of a rugby field.
Thought it was silver until the coating fell off while he was getting a scrub.

Have covered exactly half of the rugby field so far, for 201 coins (12 silvers), one silver ring and one 9ct gold signet ring.
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Posted : Saturday, 11 August 2012 6:53:58 PM(UTC)
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Great return ggj what brand of detector are using? Must be a few goodies up our way as well, all i seem to find is rubbish, some of it interesting tho.
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Posted : Saturday, 11 August 2012 6:56:53 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: gjj109 Go to Quoted Post
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee386/gjj109/jc003.jpg

He was resurrected after having spent some time entombed near the half-way line of a rugby field.
Thought it was silver until the coating fell off while he was getting a scrub.

Have covered exactly half of the rugby field so far, for 201 coins (12 silvers), one silver ring and one 9ct gold signet ring.


That is a damn good tally so far.
Silver and Gold very cool.
Got any pics of the rings?
Good luck with the second half.

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nzdigger  
Posted : Saturday, 11 August 2012 7:28:10 PM(UTC)
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Good going gjj109,love the silver.I did,nt find jesus,but i did find the pope,hehe.
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gjj109  
Posted : Saturday, 11 August 2012 10:03:44 PM(UTC)
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Hi Peter

I am using an Xterra 705. There must be some good stuff lying around in Coromandel somewhere, but 100 years of kikuyu grass does tend to bury things deeply . One advantage these South Island fellows have, the vegetation just doesn't grow as fast.
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Posted : Sunday, 12 August 2012 12:18:45 PM(UTC)
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Thats freekin amazing for half a field! Imagine if thats the poorer half of the two! oooo boy!
There's another to find and I'm gunna find it!
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Posted : Wednesday, 5 September 2012 8:42:42 PM(UTC)
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Managed to get back and finish waving the coil over the rugby field.

As previously stated, the first half of the field yielded 201 coins, 12 of which were silver.

The second half had 188 coins, 14 of which were silver.

The dead ball areas had 32 coins (5 silver) and 15 coins respectively.


So the total for the rugby field was 421 coins, of which 31 were silver. Plus one silver ring, one gold ring and a 24g silver chain and 43 zillion sprigs.
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Posted : Wednesday, 5 September 2012 10:18:46 PM(UTC)
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hi,cannot get your image up but 421 coins from the size of a rugby pitch is amazing,any old stuff?cheers roy
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Posted : Wednesday, 5 September 2012 10:40:50 PM(UTC)
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Roy, no image. About 25% were pre-decimal, the oldest was an 1877 3d
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