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roy1954  
Posted : Monday, 25 February 2013 3:59:39 PM(UTC)
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hi all,got a couple of hours in today heres my finds nz florin,sixpence,threepence ,britt shilling,a siver cufflink,and one very nice expanding pencil,the florin is a beauty.cheers roy
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number8wire  
Posted : Monday, 25 February 2013 5:56:32 PM(UTC)
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Good stuff Roy.
Buggered my back at work last Thursday, so can't get out. I'm beginning to suffer the dreaded MD withdrawals.
Resorted to getting my "fix" off Youtube instead...........but it's just not the same!
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Foiled again  
Posted : Monday, 25 February 2013 6:38:32 PM(UTC)
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Nice going Roy. Love florins!
There's another to find and I'm gunna find it!
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Ed Harding  
Posted : Monday, 25 February 2013 7:53:12 PM(UTC)
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Nice finds.
Equipment Whites V3i with a DX1 probe.
Whites BeachHunter 300
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expat  
Posted : Monday, 25 February 2013 8:00:21 PM(UTC)
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Gorgeous looking florin. Is the propelling pencil gold??



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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oroplata  
Posted : Monday, 25 February 2013 8:40:27 PM(UTC)
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Wow. George V has an ear! You learn something every day!
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roy1954  
Posted : Monday, 25 February 2013 9:20:34 PM(UTC)
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hi expat, iam afraid not looks as if it is guilded its called a writescope very well made though
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Lammerlaw  
Posted : Monday, 25 February 2013 10:36:31 PM(UTC)
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I like the silver coins and the pen - all excellent finds.

I have no idea how far the pen dates to but I think it must be late 1950s or early 1960s though it could be earlier - or later. I think that ball point pens were first patented in the late 1880s and perfected in the late 1930s by a guy called believe it or not 'Biro'

I noted one of the pens passed in at eBay auctions for a little over $8 US - if that is all I could get for one I would be keeping it as I reckon its curiousity value is heaps more.
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