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goldstalkers detecting finds - coins,silver odds and ends

NUGGY		Posted : Thursday, 30 May 2013 7:34:21 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 20/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 267 Location: greymouth Thanks: 85 times Was thanked: 76 time(s) in 58 post(s)		Nice finds there m8y. Are they crowns? and not half crowns - don't think I have seen one of them. I might get out your way again or call in and say gidday when you're going past. NUGGY

goldstalker		Posted : Thursday, 30 May 2013 7:52:37 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: NUGGY Nice finds there m8y. Are they crowns? and not half crowns - don't think I have seen one of them. I might get out your way again or call in and say gidday when you're going past. NUGGY hey nuggy on closer investigation i see there florins lol says one tenth of a pound, i cant seem to find a date tho yet they are filthy. ill stop in or you can call out anytime mate,

madsonicboating		Posted : Thursday, 30 May 2013 9:59:16 PM(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)		freaking awesome finds man!
		WWW

coinnut		Posted : Thursday, 30 May 2013 10:39:23 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 15/09/2012(UTC) Posts: 324 Thanks: 81 times Was thanked: 148 time(s) in 100 post(s)		Think they might be gothic florins, the date wil be in roman numerals on the head side & congrats on an awesome day.
		Fisher F70 + X-Pointer

goldstalker		Posted : Thursday, 30 May 2013 10:59:11 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 freaking awesome finds man! thanks man only there for 2 hours im going back tommorow for a long day haha

goldstalker		Posted : Thursday, 30 May 2013 11:02:31 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: coinnut Think they might be gothic florins, the date wil be in roman numerals on the head side & congrats on an awesome day. yer your right ive just been trying to clean them to get all the details im soaking them in ammonia and rubbing them in some baking soda, there half clean ill put a pic up ganna take some elbow grease. heres the roman date for each coin tell me what you can about them, values etc. first one is mdccclxxbiii. and die number 50 i think, second one is mdccclxxxi with no die number i think. ? any help be appreciated Edited by user Thursday, 30 May 2013 11:04:18 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

goldstalker		Posted : Friday, 31 May 2013 2:03:28 AM(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 saw myself on a TV3 report on hokitika's seashore washing away. got filmed today didnt even see them. at around 45 secs in to the clip after the yellow errosion sighn look down the beach im swinging my coil up the bank lol while the misses sat in the white car up top. great day today good finds and on TV what next another gold sovereign COME ON tommorow. lmao http://www.3news.co.nz/H...leID/299732/Default.aspx

NUGGY		Posted : Friday, 31 May 2013 4:09:11 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 20/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 267 Location: greymouth Thanks: 85 times Was thanked: 76 time(s) in 58 post(s)		2 seconds of fame - They got me a few years back driving up the main street of Greymouth, and I didn't see the camera filming either. I was in Hoki today - had a look around Cass Square etc but didn't spot you. NUGGY

goldstalker		Posted : Friday, 31 May 2013 5:46:21 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: NUGGY 2 seconds of fame - They got me a few years back driving up the main street of Greymouth, and I didn't see the camera filming either. I was in Hoki today - had a look around Cass Square etc but didn't spot you. NUGGY i just got home from there nuggy was there from 11 30 to 4pm was over opposite side to the playground ended up with a pocket knife and a key ring, few pennys and 1cent 2cents also $21.00 in gold coins woop thats $50 in 2 days detecting not to mention the silvers, none today tho :(

goldstalker		Posted : Sunday, 2 June 2013 6:43:08 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 the nice british florins i found last week an 1878 die number 55, and a 1881 rare no die number. they were filthy as hell goldstalker attached the following image(s):

goldstalker		Posted : Wednesday, 5 June 2013 8:59:28 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)		hey guys heres todays finds. im also uploading a couple of youtube clips of today i couldnt mash them into one movie as windows movie maker was not playing ball. grrrr youtube aint taking them either guess there a crap format ended up with a 1872 british silver shilling and a 1917 british silver 3pence 1912 penny 1922 half penny and heaps of horrible 2c 20 of the little monsters and 10 1c crappas ive nearly dug every high range target now to deal with mid tone targets sigh pulltab time but maybe a gold ring i hope Edited by user Wednesday, 5 June 2013 9:10:03 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified goldstalker attached the following image(s):

NUGGY		Posted : Thursday, 6 June 2013 11:35:21 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 20/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 267 Location: greymouth Thanks: 85 times Was thanked: 76 time(s) in 58 post(s)		Nice finds there Goldstalker, those florins are sweet scores. I don't think it's likely to find coins a lot older than that here, maybe 1840's ones that were lost in the 1860's. You will be into the gold sov's again soon if you keep it up, good luck - NUGGY

goldstalker		Posted : Thursday, 6 June 2013 12:32:56 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: NUGGY Nice finds there Goldstalker, those florins are sweet scores. I don't think it's likely to find coins a lot older than that here, maybe 1840's ones that were lost in the 1860's. You will be into the gold sov's again soon if you keep it up, good luck - NUGGY cheers nuggy im hoping to find more sovs to lol alot of good finds at dixon park...well there was lol but cass square has more foot traffic lots of pennys and pocket knives :)

goldstalker		Posted : Saturday, 8 June 2013 9:38:17 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)		hey guys went detecting yesterday found a nice .925 male's pendant off a necklace, a 1950 nz florin, and im thinking of changing my name to goldcoinstalker lol as i found 16 x $2 coins and 22 x $1 coins so in 10 hours of detecting over 3 days ive found over $130.00 in gold coins :) will add pics soon cameras in car im to lazy at the moment :)

latch		Posted : Saturday, 8 June 2013 11:08:32 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 16/02/2013(UTC) Posts: 192 Location: dunedin Thanks: 198 times Was thanked: 27 time(s) in 27 post(s)		wow thats a great haul of coins and silver,congratz,wish i could find a spot that yeilded that much clad,will have to go out more and find more spots then
		fiend hard and find all

NUGGY		Posted : Sunday, 9 June 2013 11:43:27 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 20/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 267 Location: greymouth Thanks: 85 times Was thanked: 76 time(s) in 58 post(s)		Hi There Goldstalker, well done - 130 dollars for ten hours - that's about minimum wage lol. Which is a whole lot better than I have been doing lately! I would come along with you for a short trip if you want company sometime. Would like to see how you do the coin thing, I have never really tried it. NUGGY

goldstalker		Posted : Sunday, 9 June 2013 8:43:38 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: NUGGY Hi There Goldstalker, well done - 130 dollars for ten hours - that's about minimum wage lol. Which is a whole lot better than I have been doing lately! I would come along with you for a short trip if you want company sometime. Would like to see how you do the coin thing, I have never really tried it. NUGGY minimum wage will do for the winter months aye nuggy lol, untill i can go dredging again and make money like working in ozzy each day lol i love finding $1 $2 coins for some reason its better than 1 silver coin for the day. and more than welcome to tag along nuggy, pm me your cell or landline number :)

goldstalker		Posted : Sunday, 9 June 2013 8:45:53 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: latch wow thats a great haul of coins and silver,congratz,wish i could find a spot that yeilded that much clad,will have to go out more and find more spots then thanks latch and just go anywere local that holds regular events over the years?, theres something in every town AMP shows, racecourse's, markets, flower shows lol anything :)

goldstalker		Posted : Sunday, 9 June 2013 9:07:30 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 what i got 2 days ago just the coins and pendant on the paper, the rest is all my coin finds over couple of months mucking around, ive already spent $80 in change on gas going detecting :) the pendant has .925 on the loop through the pendant but no mark on the pendant. would one assume all of it is .925 or just the loop ? any help be appreciated goldstalker attached the following image(s):

goldstalker		Posted : Monday, 10 June 2013 7:17:52 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 what a day good day for silvers first signal was a 1902 silver british sixpence, then a 1916 brit sixpence lion ontop of crown a first :), then a 1880 one shilling :), then a awesome little container silver, found the lid first and it has 2 little hallmarks inside, then right beside the hole the rest of it was squashed and bent so i took it to local jewler and he bent it to shape abit for me it has written on it (WV&S then a anchor a lion and something that looks like 11 or II ??? not to sure what it is any help be good :):):) also got two USA 1 cent pieces very rough condition, and a nice 1961 ozzy shilling a first also. plus a very old bullet perhaps some sort of long rifle ?? :) fantastic day bloody sore arm now tho from this weeks missions. Edited by user Monday, 10 June 2013 7:21:45 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified goldstalker attached the following image(s):

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