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goldstalkers detecting finds - coins,silver odds and ends

goldstalker		Posted : Tuesday, 14 May 2013 9:46:21 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		Originally Posted by: andy hahaha....funny! very funny tehehe

creamer		Posted : Thursday, 16 May 2013 9:27:42 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,022 Location: Bay of Islands Thanks: 2289 times Was thanked: 525 time(s) in 391 post(s)		Originally Posted by: goldstalker hi guys bought the AT pro couple weeks ago and heres a few finds for a few days detecting old racecourses, beach, parks. i got my very ever first ring around an old nurseing hostel, and hospital tennis court, im pretty sure its silver theres no marking on it but it looks like silver and no corrosion so i dont think its plated was a good 6-8 inches deep reading a solid 80 on the AT pro. then i got the old 1916 penny at omoto racecourse only detected there for 30 minutes on the way home from the beach, first target was the coin after that i got trash tabs and a couple of 50c and 20c the penny was a solid 77 on the AT pro. then my next best find was at the old racecourse that has been pulled down in my local town we have 3 racecourses i have one 4 mins from home and i have permission to hunt there lots of lids but theres cash there to :) now back to my find it was my first silver coin a 1936 sixpence. and lots of other coins 10c 5c 1c 2c. the sixpence was a 67 on the AT pro. the next day i got my next cool find at the same spot it was a silver 1940 3 pence so its going good and i cant wait to find more buried treasure will keep posting finds each week or so the 3 pence was a solid 60 on the AT pro :) also at the local historical swimming pool i had a wee swing there and got a goliwog badge says golden shred i googled it and it was marmalade or somthing and there pretty cool and made a few different ones some are worth good money in good knick :) mines abt rough some enamal missing still bloody cool bit of history Nice post and finds GOLDstalker, congrats on finding your first ring i bet it was a buzzy moment. Keep them coming. .
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madsonicboating		Posted : Thursday, 16 May 2013 10:00:28 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 21/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 674 Thanks: 187 times Was thanked: 157 time(s) in 127 post(s)		good stuff bro bet you're stoked to be finding some cool stuff out there...I been thinking bout one these AT golds but don't know if it's better or worse than the AT pro...wtf do I buy. Keep the posts coming man I wanna see what the coat turns up
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goldstalker		Posted : Thursday, 16 May 2013 8:20:44 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		Originally Posted by: creamer Originally Posted by: goldstalker hi guys bought the AT pro couple weeks ago and heres a few finds for a few days detecting old racecourses, beach, parks. i got my very ever first ring around an old nurseing hostel, and hospital tennis court, im pretty sure its silver theres no marking on it but it looks like silver and no corrosion so i dont think its plated was a good 6-8 inches deep reading a solid 80 on the AT pro. then i got the old 1916 penny at omoto racecourse only detected there for 30 minutes on the way home from the beach, first target was the coin after that i got trash tabs and a couple of 50c and 20c the penny was a solid 77 on the AT pro. then my next best find was at the old racecourse that has been pulled down in my local town we have 3 racecourses i have one 4 mins from home and i have permission to hunt there lots of lids but theres cash there to :) now back to my find it was my first silver coin a 1936 sixpence. and lots of other coins 10c 5c 1c 2c. the sixpence was a 67 on the AT pro. the next day i got my next cool find at the same spot it was a silver 1940 3 pence so its going good and i cant wait to find more buried treasure will keep posting finds each week or so the 3 pence was a solid 60 on the AT pro :) also at the local historical swimming pool i had a wee swing there and got a goliwog badge says golden shred i googled it and it was marmalade or somthing and there pretty cool and made a few different ones some are worth good money in good knick :) mines abt rough some enamal missing still bloody cool bit of history Nice post and finds GOLDstalker, congrats on finding your first ring i bet it was a buzzy moment. Keep them coming. . thanks man, and it was a buzz finding first ring i thought my first would be bling junk jewlery but no..... silver woop woop very pleased now i want gold ring :)

goldstalker		Posted : Thursday, 16 May 2013 8:24:04 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		Originally Posted by: madsonicboating good stuff bro bet you're stoked to be finding some cool stuff out there...I been thinking bout one these AT golds but don't know if it's better or worse than the AT pro...wtf do I buy. Keep the posts coming man I wanna see what the coat turns up hey man, im stoked so much fun just digging shit up lol and i would just buy the AT pro and buy seperate smaller AT gold coil there both good machines on the AT pro you you have couple more options than the AT gold the AT pro runs at 15khz the AT gold is 18khz not to much difference i have found gold with the AT pro small to even with the bigger DD coil :)

goldstalker		Posted : Thursday, 16 May 2013 8:38:00 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		heres some of todays finds went hunting at the omoto race track again got around 20 pull tabs a 5c coin and a 1956 half penny, so moved on to a old site were we had a memorial swimming pool they pulled it down around 2 years ago. every target was a coin no good ones but ill be going back there for sure. also theres a pic of the gold i found few weeks ago with the AT pro surprised with the size it picked up but they were very close to surface on top of sandstone. Edited by user Thursday, 16 May 2013 8:40:35 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified goldstalker attached the following image(s):

goldstalker		Posted : Friday, 17 May 2013 1:33:49 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		i will keep posting finds on this post cant get out today bloody rain :(

goldstalker		Posted : Tuesday, 21 May 2013 7:00:44 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		hi guys went for a hunt at dixon park in greymouth a local kids park with a toddlers pool. its a old park and had some cool finds.got my first florin a 1933 silver. solid 80 on the AT pro, also a old munted silver british 3pence, and a worn british silver 6pence, also a 223 rifle round which i think is a weird thing to find in a local kids park, i since found out back in the 1980s a man went abit crazy with a 223 rifle and something else. he shot up a police car, they still have the bonnet with bullet holes in it at the station he was eventually shot dead by police perhaps its one of his unspent rounds?. also found some junk jewlery. kids earing i thought i had hit silver gold and a diamond for 3 seconds lol also as usual lots of pain in the arse 1c 2c 5c 20c 10c grrrrrr lol Edited by user Tuesday, 21 May 2013 11:56:56 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified goldstalker attached the following image(s):

oroplata		Posted : Tuesday, 21 May 2013 8:02:59 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 16/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,040 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 211 time(s) in 152 post(s)		Originally Posted by: goldstalker hi guys went for a hunt at dixon park in greymouth a local kids park with a toddlers pool. its a old park and had some cool finds.got my first florin a 1933 silver. solid 80 on the AT pro, also a old munted silver british 3pence, and a worn british silver 6pence My Mum was born in Greymouth in 1933 and grew up in Cowper St. Pretty sure that 1933 florin was the one my granddad lost in the park on the way back home from the celebratory drink at the pub the night she was born.
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goldstalker		Posted : Tuesday, 21 May 2013 8:20:55 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		Originally Posted by: oroplata Originally Posted by: goldstalker hi guys went for a hunt at dixon park in greymouth a local kids park with a toddlers pool. its a old park and had some cool finds.got my first florin a 1933 silver. solid 80 on the AT pro, also a old munted silver british 3pence, and a worn british silver 6pence My Mum was born in Greymouth in 1933 and grew up in Cowper St. Pretty sure that 1933 florin was the one my granddad lost in the park on the way back home from the celebratory drink at the pub the night she was born. haha that does sound like a convinceing story indeed good old cowper street lol id say your grandad spent all his florins before he went home that night hahahah :)

oroplata		Posted : Tuesday, 21 May 2013 8:43:07 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 16/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,040 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 211 time(s) in 152 post(s)		Damn! I meant to say he lost it ON THE WAY TO THE PUB! Edited by user Tuesday, 21 May 2013 8:44:01 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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goldstalker		Posted : Tuesday, 21 May 2013 9:08:49 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		lol that woulda been better hahaha the 3pence i found turned out to be a 1891 so there is old shit there need to clean the sixpence up to get a date but i think its 1800s

goldstalker		Posted : Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:12:17 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		i will be making some live dig youtube videos of me detecting on the west coast this week, my username is MrStalkernz keep an eye out

goldstalker		Posted : Wednesday, 22 May 2013 7:29:15 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		just used cloudy ammonia to clean up the silver coins i found at dixon park. i let them soak for 2 hours and then rubbed them in my hand with some baking soda and my oh my did they come up shiney new. worked a treat i now have the date on the 3 pence (1891) and 6pence (1877) so thats a good sighn that theres nice old british silvers in the park and i got permission from caretaker to hunt there showed him my holes i had dug and he was pleased with the job i done. i dont think its ever been hunted :) should be going there tommorow if it doesnt rain so ill post some more pics and do some live digs :):):)

goldstalker		Posted : Thursday, 23 May 2013 8:07:18 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		well today was ok but not really what i was after heres what i got today 10 x 1c 15 x 2c 3 x 5c 5 x 10c 4 x 20c 4 x 50c 4 x $1 3 x $2 6 x pennys 1900s 1 x threepence 1933 and lots of junk :( didnt think theres any point for photos or live dig footage i dug over 100 holes today spent 4 and a half hours at dixon park again in greymouth

Foiled again		Posted : Thursday, 23 May 2013 9:59:36 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 861 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 459 times Was thanked: 251 time(s) in 192 post(s)		Lotta coins. I remember the days of finding over a 100 coins on a few occasions. Not anymore lol make the most of the good ground GS!
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goldstalker		Posted : Thursday, 23 May 2013 10:14:56 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Foiled again Lotta coins. I remember the days of finding over a 100 coins on a few occasions. Not anymore lol make the most of the good ground GS! yer the most ive had in a day today something to celabrate :) and $10.70 to spend yay haha 100 will be my next target i know a spot lol when are all you guys coming over here for a hunt with the goldstalker lol i can take ya's panning and detecting at some local spots :)

sycotoad		Posted : Thursday, 23 May 2013 10:34:04 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 9/08/2012(UTC) Posts: 569 Location: downunder Thanks: 120 times Was thanked: 126 time(s) in 97 post(s)		,. Edited by user Sunday, 11 August 2013 12:28:34 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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goldstalker		Posted : Thursday, 23 May 2013 10:55:13 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		Originally Posted by: sycotoad Originally Posted by: goldstalker i will be making some live dig youtube videos of me detecting on the west coast this week, my username is MrStalkernz keep an eye out Oh hell - now ya got me excited - I get to see my 'ol girl' at work lol Glad to see its still pulling the goods goldstalker ;) Look forward to seeing your vids haha thanks mate shes running like a swiss watch lol im getting use to it more everytime i use it.

goldstalker		Posted : Thursday, 30 May 2013 7:13:35 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 11/10/2012(UTC) Posts: 454 Location: greymouth, west coast Thanks: 6 times Was thanked: 67 time(s) in 57 post(s)		ok went out today to hokitika beach front as the sea has munted the bank and its all caving in, didnt really have much luck but i got told a guy found 3 gold sovereigns on the sand just walking by after the rough sea. now that would be sick.... so i went to a big park in hokitika first target was a 1936 half penny, then a penny, then some 1cent 2cent as usual lol. all of a sudden a council guy approached me and said he had 3 phone calls in 10 minutes about me detecting lol. i was only going around the edge of the park and staying away from the main rugby field so he said thats fine and i even showed him my holes and he was very pleased with my tidy diggings, i carried on round the other side of the park, and bingo i hit the mother load lol $27 in gold coins and a few more pennys then i hit my best finds ever a old 1800s coin spill i dug a 1881 british six pence, right beside it i was getting 2 signals both reading a high solid 91 on the AT pro there was 2 silver british florins beside each other woooop wooop i was so amazed there my first ones ive found. the bottom pic is of the british florins and six pence im soaking them in ammonia to clean them. will get a pic up and a date when there clean then i found a little round locket, and a amusment token, also a MINIC TRIANG TOY wind up key LB bros limited made in england pretty cool. and i also found a 1989 one pound coin. heres the pics enjoy Edited by user Thursday, 30 May 2013 7:48:04 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified goldstalker attached the following image(s):

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