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Djevel		Posted : Sunday, 10 November 2013 9:31:56 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 18/08/2013(UTC) Posts: 139 Location: Auckland Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 20 time(s) in 17 post(s)		Yeah MK I got there a bit before Goldnut and wandered around the whole park, through the middle where dogs are trained and also at the other gate up towards blockhouse bay, found nothing good at all. Where do you detect usually .. parks.. beaches? etc.
		2014 Finds Rings - (2 gold) - (2 silver) - (2 junk) Silver Coins - 25

Metal Kiwi		Posted : Sunday, 10 November 2013 9:47:21 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: Djevel Yeah MK I got there a bit before Goldnut and wandered around the whole park, through the middle where dogs are trained and also at the other gate up towards blockhouse bay, found nothing good at all. Where do you detect usually .. parks.. beaches? etc. Just local parks n beaches mainly. I have just put up this weekends stuff here: http://metaldetectornz.b...11/beach-beach-park.html MK
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Djevel		Posted : Sunday, 10 November 2013 9:54:09 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 18/08/2013(UTC) Posts: 139 Location: Auckland Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 20 time(s) in 17 post(s)		Nice, rings and a shilling. you would be someone in the know.. since you're in the te tahi club and also sell detectors, how many people would you estimate detecting in Auckland?
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Metal Kiwi		Posted : Sunday, 10 November 2013 10:00:49 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: Djevel Nice, rings and a shilling. you would be someone in the know.. since you're in the te tahi club and also sell detectors, how many people would you estimate detecting in Auckland? I wish I knew. Must be quite a few I reckon. My guess woulld be several hundred. There are over 1000 members on Paydirt but that is NZ wide and a few international. Why do you want to know? MK
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Djevel		Posted : Sunday, 10 November 2013 10:19:30 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 18/08/2013(UTC) Posts: 139 Location: Auckland Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 20 time(s) in 17 post(s)		Just doing the sums / analysing competition in my head. I don't really find "great" stuff in the parks.. think others get there first so thinking of doing a lot more permission to hunt land type of hunts or finding little suburban parks that are out of the way and hard to get at like Tony Segedin.
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Goldnut		Posted : Sunday, 10 November 2013 10:27:47 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)		Nice finds ;)... think that ring was a great find!
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Djevel		Posted : Tuesday, 12 November 2013 5:51:56 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 18/08/2013(UTC) Posts: 139 Location: Auckland Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 20 time(s) in 17 post(s)		Wasn't going to hunt today but powercut happened so down to local park and damn glad I did, seemed funny the amount of $1 and $2 aussie coins at the park nearby, even gave a couple to some kids at the park who were following me around. The big find of today though was under a tree, I missioned on to dig it from under the roots then was disappointed thinking it was a kids play sheriff star. Got it home and cleaned it and it turned out to be a World War 2 Medal!, known as 'the 1939 - 1945 star' ... rapt as. File Attachment(s): 121113 Finds.JPG Army medal.JPG
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Metal Kiwi		Posted : Tuesday, 12 November 2013 6:04:02 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)		Great find. If you look here at my Dads set you will see what they are like before burial. http://metaldetectornz.b.../curios-and-keepers.html Well done. MK
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Djevel		Posted : Tuesday, 12 November 2013 6:06:09 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 18/08/2013(UTC) Posts: 139 Location: Auckland Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 20 time(s) in 17 post(s)		Wow they look awesome MK, I'm assuming this medal was a very common type.. from what I could tell it was for anyone who served over 180 days.
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Metal Kiwi		Posted : Tuesday, 12 November 2013 6:29:35 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: Djevel Wow they look awesome MK, I'm assuming this medal was a very common type.. from what I could tell it was for anyone who served over 180 days. Yeah the set of Dads was given to all returning Kiwi's after WW2. I dont remember why but he did not actually receive them till some years later which with hinesight was a bit slack of the Army. MK
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coinnut		Posted : Tuesday, 12 November 2013 6:42:05 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)		Cool find! bet that got the heart racing when you realised what it was!! well done
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Goldnut		Posted : Tuesday, 12 November 2013 7:36:26 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)		Nice Job! looks great :)
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creamer		Posted : Wednesday, 13 November 2013 6:55:10 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)		Well done on the star. War memorabilia is always a top find. .
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Djevel		Posted : Wednesday, 13 November 2013 6:48:26 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 18/08/2013(UTC) Posts: 139 Location: Auckland Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 20 time(s) in 17 post(s)		Hmm I was gunna have a good hunt today and it started off well with a 1912 penny and a 1945 shilling, first silver of the day straight away but then 'having a beer while detecting' turned in to on the piss and no detecting haha.
		2014 Finds Rings - (2 gold) - (2 silver) - (2 junk) Silver Coins - 25

Goldnut		Posted : Wednesday, 13 November 2013 11:45:35 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)		nice job on the shilling! just make sure you don't miss when you piss ;) lol
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creamer		Posted : Thursday, 14 November 2013 7:42:17 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)		Practice drinking more and you will be fine! If that dont work come up to the Bay and we'll give you a few pointers. Seasoned professionals here. .
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Foiled again		Posted : Thursday, 14 November 2013 3:30:19 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)		Well done on that war medal! Maybe common but Im sure not common to dig up!! Very cool!
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Djevel		Posted : Thursday, 14 November 2013 6:54:47 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 18/08/2013(UTC) Posts: 139 Location: Auckland Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 20 time(s) in 17 post(s)		Haha creamer I'm a well seasoned pro in the drinking.
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Djevel		Posted : Sunday, 1 December 2013 8:02:48 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 18/08/2013(UTC) Posts: 139 Location: Auckland Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 20 time(s) in 17 post(s)		Had about an hours hunting this morning at an awesome site, only covered one tiny part.. this thing just keeps giving out the goodies.. 6 silvers in an hour then had to stop because ground was like concrete and had to 'go see the smelly flower at the domain' with the mrs. Also went out with Goldnut the other weekend and found a few threepences, (the aussie one I found somewhere else) but the 1892 british one was a nice find. Edited by user Sunday, 1 December 2013 8:04:27 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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Metal Kiwi		Posted : Sunday, 1 December 2013 8:53:44 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)		Gee you have done well on the silver. Are you hitting them with Silvo they are so clean? MK
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