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A few finds only lately

Trip # 128

End of the road.
Nothing to report.

Trip # 129

Buzzing around town with Crisyboy.
4 goldies, 5 coins all up and a piece of jewellery (a dog with no head).

Trip # 130

Other side of the bay.
1 coin all up.

Trip # 131

With the recent wild NE winds i thought my end of the road spot might have a few areas washed away a bit and one spot had lowered a bit. Found some coins before taking on some suttle ringpull signals from down deep. Up pops a ring to my surprise, nothing special but a good find all the same.
3 goldies, 6 coins all up and a ring.

...6 coins all up and a ring



Also found all this lead in one hole. Some molten, one a round ball sinker and one that resembles a bullet, hard to say what it is.





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Edited by user Sunday, 4 August 2013 11:54:10 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Off on a solo GOLD seeking mission

Trip # 132

On a mission in the van and im headin north. Pull up at Kaeo for a sixpak and pull into the next town for a howdy. Head back through Radar Hill for a fossick on the beaches around that area. Pull a few finds and hit the local shops for a pie and topup. Best find a toy truck cab.

5 soveriegns, 1 half soveriegn, 28 coins all up and a toy truck cab.

..best find a toy truck cab


All the finds of the day


Gotta love the Bay, it's a magical place



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Edited by user Sunday, 18 August 2013 9:13:46 PM(UTC)  | Reason: I cant remember what i was drinking

Yip was a great day for it. Had some hot sun the last week and now its all rain. Getting some work done amongst it.
Was hoping to find at least one ring but no luck. Got quite a few old 20 cent pieces. I fairly sure they were up on the grass and when the edge corrodes away to the sea the coins drop down into the sand. This is somewhat the case at a few places i know hence another reason why some coins are up on the high tide line. Its odd to find an old coin that heavy lying just under the sand like it was dropped yesterday, cool ah
The old truck cab was a nice find all the same and up on the shelf now.




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Edited by user Tuesday, 20 August 2013 5:42:45 PM(UTC)  | Reason: HDDD, High Definition Detecting Disorder.

Yes it was quite evident when i went out 3 weeks ago with Crisyboy. The top grass area there was loaded with metal and too much to dig. Over at the edge coins were falling onto a small gravel beach area and some were just lying there. This made it easy to buzz along and pick them up without too much fuss. Good coins too, 1860 - 1945ish, some of my best.
Back to the last spot and im thinking there is a coin line in the middle of this beach as it seems to have a settling spot there. A bit deep to find stuff but maybe a good storm will uncover some of them. 40 minute trip to get there, might be some time.
And yes HDDD is an ongoing thing, one of those life long conditions.

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I would love to see some of those beautiful beaches up there. On my bucket list for sure. Those minerals you find are intriguing also. Let us know what you find out.

Overnighter to Bland Bay area

Trip #134

Was good to finally get away. Found a tidy coin lane on a quiet beach and pulled around 80 moderns. Best find here was an 1895 Victorian Two Shilling in choice condition, was my third hit.
On the way home we pull up at Paihia Beach for some fish and chips and we spotted two older gentlemen sitting on a bench with Garrett detectors leaning up. Well we got chatting and they said they were foss mag fans from Whangarei so i gave them a couple issue 2 and we all headed down to the beach for a buzz. They even had the same shovels as me and one of them found a small GOLD ring, how cool is that. Hope to catch up with them again soon.

12 goldies, 97 coins all up, an 1895 two shilling (florin), 1933 NZ 3p, 1957 NZ penny.



















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Edited by user Sunday, 29 September 2013 12:04:42 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

nice 1 mate!allways good to run into some like minded enthusiasts!congrats on the old florin!

Cheers guys, it was good to get away and the florin made the trip.
Also, I got to see a full NZ Crown in top condition, found by a detectrorist. He also found a 1933 NZ Half Crown next to it. Now that was cool.

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WOWOWOWOWOW!!!! I would have pee'd myself in the excitement!

Finally got out for a buzz

Trip # 135

End of the road.
3 coins all up.

Trip # 136

Around the Bay.

With Crisyboy up for the weekend we went searching for a Glory lane and found one. Soon as we got there it was ding ding all the way. Great day neally 100 coins between us.
16 goldies approx, 6 pennys approx, 5 silvers approx 80-100 coins all up and 6 rings.

..ding ding all the way






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Edited by user Tuesday, 5 November 2013 7:52:28 AM(UTC)  | Reason: HDDD (High Definition Detecting Disorder).