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jimmy bedrock  
Posted : Saturday, 5 October 2013 1:18:30 PM(UTC)
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been out for a couple of park hunts yesterday and today .pretty happy with the rings. thanks Shilo :)
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andy  
Posted : Saturday, 5 October 2013 1:33:09 PM(UTC)
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great finds mate well done!
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Posted : Saturday, 5 October 2013 3:50:10 PM(UTC)
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Wow man that's a heap of rings!
Bloody well done on all those finds!
There's another to find and I'm gunna find it!
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jimmy bedrock  
Posted : Saturday, 5 October 2013 4:23:36 PM(UTC)
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yer I never get rings, cant believe it.2 are gold and 2 silver. The others are junk. its a sterling silver pendent and I don't know what the nugget thing is im guessing it aluminium because its light as. any ideas?
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Posted : Saturday, 5 October 2013 4:29:27 PM(UTC)
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Congrats! what carat are the golds?

the nugget thing is most likely aluminium. Used to find a lot on the beaches where somebody has had a bon fire and thrown in their beer cans which melt into nice clean sounding nuggets of junk.....
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jimmy bedrock  
Posted : Saturday, 5 October 2013 4:43:28 PM(UTC)
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the little ring has 375 (9k) and the big one has worn off can see a little bit of a 1...I think.
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Posted : Saturday, 5 October 2013 5:06:51 PM(UTC)
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wowness thats a bloody good day out!!
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Posted : Saturday, 5 October 2013 10:01:30 PM(UTC)
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great stuff! You must be wrapped! Beach, park or other?
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jimmy bedrock  
Posted : Saturday, 5 October 2013 10:10:24 PM(UTC)
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yer stoked I was hunting a rugby field so I was surprised to find so many rings. The field opened in 1912, there should be some more silver somewhere.
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Shilo  
Posted : Saturday, 5 October 2013 10:54:34 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: jimmy bedrock Go to Quoted Post
the little ring has 375 (9k) and the big one has worn off can see a little bit of a 1...I think.


That little bit of a 1 sounds promising - should be 14k or 18k (we rarely get the US 10k here). Might be worth getting it tested if you know of a friendly jeweler.

I take it that the scores were from digging targets under the 64 VDI ?
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jimmy bedrock  
Posted : Sunday, 6 October 2013 7:33:27 AM(UTC)
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Ive done just under half of the actual rugby field and I dug every thing that was a clear target. yep they were all in the 40s 50s and 60s.i dug a lot of pull tabs and aluminium shrapnel but I said to myself just go hard and dig it all and it fully payed off. I would of spent about 6 hours clearing half of the field but worth it. thanks for the advise shilo.i went back to the beach again but still couldn't get the GB on the wet sand. I could kind of get it but the second I moved it would change again. Dry sand was ok.
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jimmy bedrock  
Posted : Sunday, 6 October 2013 7:33:27 AM(UTC)
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got a sweet silver half florin today..

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Posted : Sunday, 6 October 2013 10:06:16 PM(UTC)
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nice finds you dug there mate, what detector do you use ?
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jimmy bedrock  
Posted : Monday, 7 October 2013 6:36:06 AM(UTC)
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Thanks.I got a AT pro.I started with a ace 350 in march and upgraded about 2-3 months ago.
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Posted : Monday, 7 October 2013 7:48:18 AM(UTC)
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What a great days hunting, congrats on the GOLD.
How did you find the change over to the AT, was it much differant or better than using the 350.

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jimmy bedrock  
Posted : Monday, 7 October 2013 9:46:40 AM(UTC)
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The at pro was easy to use after using the ace350 .the AT pro zero mode makes it a lot easier to hear a good target in trashy areas and tell the difference between a bottle cap and a coin no problem. The ace 350 raped 90./. of coins from a park I hammered .there wasn't much left for my AT pro but I do still find some I have missed in the really trashy areas. If it was a coin by itself the ace 350 got it pretty much but I did miss 3 half sovereigns with the ace350.i think I must of just ignored the signals and didn't dig them...I don't know.
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Posted : Monday, 7 October 2013 10:56:33 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: jimmy bedrock Go to Quoted Post
The at pro was easy to use after using the ace350 .the AT pro zero mode makes it a lot easier to hear a good target in trashy areas and tell the difference between a bottle cap and a coin no problem. The ace 350 raped 90./. of coins from a park I hammered .there wasn't much left for my AT pro but I do still find some I have missed in the really trashy areas. If it was a coin by itself the ace 350 got it pretty much but I did miss 3 half sovereigns with the ace350.i think I must of just ignored the signals and didn't dig them...I don't know.


3 half sovs wow!

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jimmy bedrock  
Posted : Monday, 7 October 2013 11:10:09 AM(UTC)
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I've never heard of that before sorry, but I have found golf tees . I marked them on my map, going there again when the grass is a bit shorter to get my full sovereign I hope.
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Posted : Monday, 7 October 2013 12:20:58 PM(UTC)
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I love the half half florin. 1934?
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Posted : Monday, 7 October 2013 12:35:11 PM(UTC)
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3 half sovereigns?! Thats just being greedy lol. Most of us wont even get one! Good stuff!
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