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Number8 on the prowl... - number8wire
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Posted : Sunday, 9 February 2014 10:15:47 PM(UTC)
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Sounds like a plan, leave them in that awesome locket, I promise I will return it.

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Posted : Monday, 10 February 2014 12:44:14 AM(UTC)
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respect #8 (more).

locket is my 'once-er',
fantastic find fella.

now, to do everyone a favour,
could you not get some buildey mates together,
shave the top 12 inches off south hagley park,
packet it up, and sell it to us 'no-idea' wastrels up north here? surely.

i'm searching 45 degree cliff faces,
you're walking in the park.

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Posted : Monday, 10 February 2014 9:17:14 PM(UTC)
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nice finds thats a great locket
fiend hard and find all
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Posted : Wednesday, 12 February 2014 4:05:25 PM(UTC)
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Well well agent number 8!
Ive just scanned your recent posts-you are on a GOLD streak my friend! Not to mention over 50 bloody silver coins in the six odd weeks old this year is!
Well done dude, the locket is especially cool, being able to open it and find someones treasure inside. Mint! Glad I could assist with some inspiration to get out that day haha not that you need it!!
Keep it up ma man, see ya out there!
There's another to find and I'm gunna find it!
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Posted : Wednesday, 19 February 2014 9:40:15 PM(UTC)
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Hi all, wasn't planning on posting for a while but in view of tonight's find....just gotta share this.
My first Groat (four pence).....and early as too!
Also a nice 1882 shilling.

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Posted : Wednesday, 19 February 2014 9:49:36 PM(UTC)
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Holey hell there is no limits to what you can find my friend haha!! Think they called it a "Joey" it was the exact cab fare from somewhere to somewhere else in London, first I've seen on here awesome job man!!
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Posted : Wednesday, 19 February 2014 9:56:42 PM(UTC)
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Another top piece of work #8 well done. Off topic don't suppose you have found a Farthing on your travels?
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Posted : Wednesday, 19 February 2014 9:58:01 PM(UTC)
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Holey hell there is no limits to what you can find my friend haha!! Think they called it a "Joey" it was the exact cab fare from somewhere to somewhere else in London, first I've seen on here awesome job man!!


Thanks mate. Yeah, wasn't til I got it home and cleaned it up, that I realised what it was. Thought it was another threepence because it's the same size.
Just looked up the shilling and see that it's a rarer year too! ......STOKED!
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Posted : Wednesday, 19 February 2014 10:10:05 PM(UTC)
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Another top piece of work #8 well done. Off topic don't suppose you have found a Farthing on your travels?


Cheers mate, absolutely buzzing tonight.
No, haven't dug a farthing yet. Still on the detecting bucket list! How about you?
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Posted : Wednesday, 19 February 2014 10:59:13 PM(UTC)
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nice one andrew first one in ch-ch to my knowledge maybe that t2 has the power to find a small coin at i bet was very deep.whats the numbers on it a farthing comes up about mid sixties i guess its about the same.cheers roy
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Posted : Wednesday, 19 February 2014 11:35:01 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: roy1954 Go to Quoted Post
nice one andrew first one in ch-ch to my knowledge maybe that t2 has the power to find a small coin at i bet was very deep.whats the numbers on it a farthing comes up about mid sixties i guess its about the same.cheers roy


Gidday Roy. Yes, it was around 9" and partially under a large tree root. Being .925, it actually rang up in similar numbers to a threepence....hence the reason I thought it was a 3d until I got it home and cleaned it up.
Its the first Groat I've heard of being dug in Chch too, although I vaguely recall maybe Hunter getting something silver with a seated Brittania on it....can't remember what it was tho. ***Just found out that it was his Baltic War Medal that had the seated Brittania, so might well be a first Groat found in Chch....cool!***
Was talking to Tonznz earlier tonight, and he has one that he dug while on holiday in Auckland a couple of years back.
Pretty rare out here in NZ I guess.

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Posted : Friday, 21 February 2014 6:34:47 PM(UTC)
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Another top piece of work #8 well done. Off topic don't suppose you have found a Farthing on your travels?


Cheers mate, absolutely buzzing tonight.
No, haven't dug a farthing yet. Still on the detecting bucket list! How about you?


No Farthing for me she is on the bucket list along with a gold sov, Ha I wish! I have got three Sov's at home here but none were dug from the ground. She is baby steps for me havn't even found a shilling, florin or half crown yet (but my oldest boy has *^#**).It will come one day though.

Keep up the great finds.
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Posted : Saturday, 22 February 2014 12:29:46 AM(UTC)
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Another top piece of work #8 well done. Off topic don't suppose you have found a Farthing on your travels?


Cheers mate, absolutely buzzing tonight.
No, haven't dug a farthing yet. Still on the detecting bucket list! How about you?


No Farthing for me she is on the bucket list along with a gold sov, Ha I wish! I have got three Sov's at home here but none were dug from the ground. She is baby steps for me havn't even found a shilling, florin or half crown yet (but my oldest boy has *^#**).It will come one day though.

Keep up the great finds.


Yep, those finds will def come Iggy. The more hours you put in, the better tuned in you will become, and the more you research your local history, the better your chances become of finding those bucket list treasures.
The F4 is a great unit and it's just a matter of time before you'll start ticking off some of those things on your MD bucket list.
Good luck and happy hunting. :)

PS; Still waiting for my first sovereign too.......race ya! ;)

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Posted : Saturday, 22 February 2014 7:44:54 AM(UTC)
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beautiful early silver there #8,
well gathered.
re: the bucket-list,
dare i suggest,
that there are waitangi crowns lying around.
good luck & happy hunting.
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Posted : Saturday, 22 February 2014 8:01:01 AM(UTC)
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Victorian silvers my favourite. Nice haul Number8wire, very nice.

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Posted : Saturday, 22 February 2014 10:32:26 PM(UTC)
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Victorian silvers my favourite. Nice haul Number8wire, very nice.

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Yep....totally agree creamer. My favourite find too. ....well, they are at the moment....at least until I get my first gold sovereign shining back at me from the hole!
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Posted : Saturday, 22 February 2014 10:38:10 PM(UTC)
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beautiful early silver there #8,
well gathered.
re: the bucket-list,
dare i suggest,
that there are waitangi crowns lying around.
good luck & happy hunting.
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Thanks mickey, always fantastic to find Victorian silver. Has anyone on this forum ever dug a Waitangi crown? Would be a very special find indeed.
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Posted : Sunday, 23 February 2014 6:12:25 AM(UTC)
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Waitangi crowns didn't get used as currency but I have seen a very worn one on TM before so you never know! Maybe one slipped out of the case on the way back from the post office. Haha
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Posted : Tuesday, 25 February 2014 10:52:19 AM(UTC)
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Heard about your groat on the grapevine Number 8...freekin awesome ma man!!!!!
Love a good surprise!!!
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Posted : Sunday, 9 March 2014 6:01:28 PM(UTC)
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Hunted today with foiled again. Three silver coins and a wee silver ring were the highlights. Also got a 1919 Aussie half penny and a nice old 1862 penny.

Good luck and happy hunting all.
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