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The Goldnut's return - My good finds :)

Goldnut		Posted : Monday, 2 September 2013 12:28:58 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Auckland Thanks: 48 times Was thanked: 95 time(s) in 92 post(s)		So I am back posting my finds again as I am now having the time to get back out there and hunt :). My misses just had a baby so things have been crazy for a while... So the last hunt with the kids gave me 3 gold rings and my oldest silver ever... but this year seems to be the year of the gold rings for me as I just found another! This ring is similar to the last ring I found as it is an odd karat... 17karat to be exact... the last one was 15k... what is with all these weird karated rings? well I am not complaining :). When I started out detecting I felt a little demoralized when a kid came over to me and told me that a guy had been there last week and found a pocket spill of over $20 in $1 and 2$ coins... but just 2 minutes later I got a 10 cent piece tone and pulled out the gold ring! it has a "705" mark on it and I had to look it up to see what it was.
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Metal Kiwi		Posted : Monday, 2 September 2013 1:40:19 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,210 Location: Auckland Thanks: 498 times Was thanked: 484 time(s) in 322 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Goldnut So I am back posting my finds again as I am now having the time to get back out there and hunt :). My misses just had a baby so things have been crazy for a while... So the last hunt with the kids gave me 3 gold rings and my oldest silver ever... but this year seems to be the year of the gold rings for me as I just found another! This ring is similar to the last ring I found as it is an odd karat... 17 karat to be exact... the last one was 15k... what is with all these weird karated rings? well I am not complaining :). When I started out detecting I felt a little demoralized when a kid came over to me and told me that a guy had been there last week and found a pocket spill of over $20 in $1 and 2$ coins... but just 2 minutes later I got a 10 cent piece tone and pulled out the gold ring! it has a "705" mark on it and I had to look it up to see what it was. Congrats on the new baby - hope all are well. The odd karats are old gold. 15k finished in 1931. Don't know about 17k but someone here will. Look forward to pics. MK
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Goldnut		Posted : Monday, 2 September 2013 2:04:08 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Auckland Thanks: 48 times Was thanked: 95 time(s) in 92 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Metal Kiwi Originally Posted by: Goldnut So I am back posting my finds again as I am now having the time to get back out there and hunt :). My misses just had a baby so things have been crazy for a while... So the last hunt with the kids gave me 3 gold rings and my oldest silver ever... but this year seems to be the year of the gold rings for me as I just found another! This ring is similar to the last ring I found as it is an odd karat... 17 karat to be exact... the last one was 15k... what is with all these weird karated rings? well I am not complaining :). When I started out detecting I felt a little demoralized when a kid came over to me and told me that a guy had been there last week and found a pocket spill of over $20 in $1 and 2$ coins... but just 2 minutes later I got a 10 cent piece tone and pulled out the gold ring! it has a "705" mark on it and I had to look it up to see what it was. Congrats on the new baby - hope all are well. The odd karats are old gold. 15k finished in 1931. Don't know about 17k but someone here will. Look forward to pics. MK Thanks :) and I did a little research and apparently it can be found in some Asian, European, and Mideastern countries...
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Goldnut		Posted : Sunday, 22 September 2013 10:21:03 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Auckland Thanks: 48 times Was thanked: 95 time(s) in 92 post(s)		Only had a quick hunt today :(... but as tomorrow is my day off I hope to get a good solid 3-4 hour hunt :D!!!! so for the 30-45 min hunt that I had today I ended up with mostly coins! and one nice 3p with a young Victoria on it sadly I can't make the date out :/. Another non-silver 3p and several 1 cent pieces. And a well worn Elizabeth farthing. And a filling... lol
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foss391		Posted : Monday, 23 September 2013 11:20:37 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 20/07/2013(UTC) Posts: 106 Location: Pukekohe Thanks: 38 times Was thanked: 12 time(s) in 10 post(s)		Congrats to you and your lady. Are you a regular beach hunter, cause thats where most of the gold rings seem to turn up. Happy hunting
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Goldnut		Posted : Tuesday, 24 September 2013 7:04:58 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Auckland Thanks: 48 times Was thanked: 95 time(s) in 92 post(s)		Originally Posted by: foss391 Congrats to you and your lady. Are you a regular beach hunter, cause thats where most of the gold rings seem to turn up. Happy hunting yes... but funny enough my first and most expensive 18k white gold ring was found in the grass... see you are local... we Aucklanders should all go out on a hunt some time. just met a new guy in my area too... he just started out about 6 weeks ago.
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Goldnut		Posted : Friday, 11 October 2013 11:24:14 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Auckland Thanks: 48 times Was thanked: 95 time(s) in 92 post(s)		OK here are the pics from that last hunt... that second 3d is actually a 1951 so it is not silver... and here is the second hunt that day:
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chrischch		Posted : Friday, 11 October 2013 7:14:29 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 811 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 192 times Was thanked: 105 time(s) in 104 post(s)		Farthings dont come up often. Congrats on the baby. :)
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Goldnut		Posted : Saturday, 12 October 2013 9:20:46 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Auckland Thanks: 48 times Was thanked: 95 time(s) in 92 post(s)		Thanks :)
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Goldnut		Posted : Saturday, 19 October 2013 6:21:04 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Auckland Thanks: 48 times Was thanked: 95 time(s) in 92 post(s)		Hey all!!! here are the finds of last Monday... and I will post again about what I found today!!!!! VERY EXCITING!!!!! Also, if you want to see the video to this hunt check out my blog here: http://goldnut.blogspot.co.nz/
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chrischch		Posted : Saturday, 19 October 2013 6:33:09 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 811 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 192 times Was thanked: 105 time(s) in 104 post(s)		Waiting to see what you found.......:)
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Goldnut		Posted : Saturday, 19 October 2013 6:41:31 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Auckland Thanks: 48 times Was thanked: 95 time(s) in 92 post(s)		I'll put it up once the kids go to bed :D
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Goldnut		Posted : Saturday, 19 October 2013 11:45:33 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Auckland Thanks: 48 times Was thanked: 95 time(s) in 92 post(s)		Well Here it is!!! Diamonds!!!!! WOOOHOOO!!!! my first diamond ring... boy was it a surprise! I did get the find on video just check out my blog here to see it: http://goldnut.blogspot.co.nz/
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jimmy bedrock		Posted : Sunday, 20 October 2013 7:29:02 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 339 Thanks: 242 times Was thanked: 179 time(s) in 104 post(s)		really nice well done. Did it come up as a pull-tab? I dug 100 pull tabs yesterday and not 1 ring. I haven't got any diamonds yet just Diamantes .awesome

Goldnut		Posted : Sunday, 20 October 2013 8:35:14 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Auckland Thanks: 48 times Was thanked: 95 time(s) in 92 post(s)		Originally Posted by: jimmy bedrock really nice well done. Did it come up as a pull-tab? I dug 100 pull tabs yesterday and not 1 ring. I haven't got any diamonds yet just Diamantes .awesome yup... the all seem too... except the big mens rings... they ring up as nickel in the 40's.... but this target's id was off due to the mineralization in the soil... was ringing in the 50's
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creamer		Posted : Sunday, 20 October 2013 12:02:50 PM(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)		Nice one Goldnut, congrats. Mite go look for one of them the sarvo i hope. .
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Goldnut		Posted : Sunday, 20 October 2013 1:18:35 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Auckland Thanks: 48 times Was thanked: 95 time(s) in 92 post(s)		Me too! once the misses gets back with the car I will be heading out to greenlane area
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grubby		Posted : Monday, 21 October 2013 9:01:53 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 1/06/2013(UTC) Posts: 130 Location: west auckland Thanks: 13 times Was thanked: 36 time(s) in 31 post(s)		Well done on that diamond ring mate.

Goldnut		Posted : Monday, 21 October 2013 9:12:50 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Auckland Thanks: 48 times Was thanked: 95 time(s) in 92 post(s)		Originally Posted by: grubby Well done on that diamond ring mate. Thanks! Was a first for me in two ways... it was my first dirt gold ring and my first diamond ring!
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number8wire		Posted : Monday, 21 October 2013 10:07:03 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Wow....now THAT is a nice ring mate. Haven't found a ring with diamonds yet...but I will. Congrats, its a beauty.
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