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Cheers Shane. Yes, it was a really enjoyable days hunting with the lads. We all scored some nice finds including a bit of silver each.
Just an awesome feeling to be able to save a little piece of genuine NZ Military history from the ravages of time and decay.
The most rewarding part of that to me though, is to be able to take it home, explain what it is and what it means in the context of our history to my children Then to be able to clean it up and preserve it, so that one day, my children's children can see, hold, understand and appreciate what it means to be a fourth, fifth or sixth generation New Zealander living in this great little country of ours with such a young, yet rich and vibrant history.

Lest we forget. ......such a powerful, yet simple phrase that should mean so much to us all.

Thanks for your kind words Sycotoad. As has been said before, I think that I'm simply lucky to live in a part of the country that has so much 19th and 20th century history buried in the ground. We also seem to have a wealth of small country domains up here, as well as good old Mother Hagley to research and explore.

On the T2se, I run mainly on 70 sens, 58 disc and 2+ tones. I do however mix it up depending on whether it's trashy ground or not. I also kick in the boost processor occasionally, particularly if I'm on sparsely targeted ground, or ground I know has extra deep finds.
Cheers for looking in and commenting....I really appreciate the feedback and encouragement.
GL and HH.

Love those half crowns, well done man

Just looked up lions head slouch hat hook on Google, that's even cooler !!

Visited the bushy spot today with Erickd, and was not disappointed with the haul. It certainly lived up to it's reputation as somewhat of a silver mine.
Scored myself sixteen silvers including a nice Young Vicky half crown...too worn to get a date off tho. Also a top notch 1935 florin, several shillings and sixpences, and a few threepence to add to the mix.
Other finds included a brass signet ring, a tortoise shell handled pocket knife and a small buckle.
All in all, a bloody good day out in the sun.

GL & HH to all.

Superb day out and the location always gives up something cool.
Already have a new place in mind and will have a scout around during the week.

Hi Andrew as you know I stumbled onto your sov finds in latest Foss mag. Well deserved you really truely deserve every one of them ( not so sure about the undersized one though maybe it should have been put back lol.) What's next I wonder? Been doing a little catch up with 'everyone's' finds I have missed of late, some seriously amazing keepers being found out there all over the country congrats to everyone.

A m a Z I N G

fantastic coin andrew,will be over on the 30th of this month we may catch up, must try my new t2 in hagley they may be the odd coin left.

Had an awesome day out with Erickd yesterday.... lol...not a hope in hell of keeping up with his silver count but...
Scored myself a few choice finds tho, including a fabulous old silver prefects badge...not hallmarked but deffo silver. Probably 1920's/30's. Possibly Christchurch High School?...not sure....and 10 silver coins
Also the world's most pimped-out pigeon ring....certainly wouldn't fit a finger.....but maybe a very small toe!
Very happy also with the beautiful little brooch...so detailed....think it's silver plated But not completely sure.
Found the complete brass fob chain earlier in the day. Took it back to the car and said to Eric that it would have been super-cool to have found it with the old pocket watch attached. He agreed, and we moved on to a new spot a few k's further down the road.
Within 10 minutes of being at the new spot, 'bang'...you guessed it....I dug myself the old pocket watch you see in the pic!
Just freaky and slightly spooky, how these things seem to happen!

All in all, a very enjoyable days hunting.

GL & HH to all.