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Djevel's Finds
Djevel  
Posted : Saturday, 11 January 2014 8:31:48 PM(UTC)
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Haha thanks MK, I still have a long way to go to catch up to you.. I don't get it though I find a lot of tiny silver, only ever found half crown and never found a florin :(
2014 Finds
Rings - (2 gold) - (2 silver) - (2 junk)
Silver Coins - 25
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Djevel  
Posted : Tuesday, 14 January 2014 9:23:41 PM(UTC)
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Took my mate out for his first hunt today to try get him into it, as such I didn't get much hunting in and he was using my pinpointer but did find a few interesting things. Sadly the ring is junk but a cool celtic style design. The camera sd card was a surface find and has photos of some island family burying their mum.. sad.. the axe though is kinda cool, it's really old and crusty and has a hammer end on the back, can anyone identify the axe type/style/period?

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Junk ring

Axe side

Axe top

Axe bottom

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Rings - (2 gold) - (2 silver) - (2 junk)
Silver Coins - 25
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DMNZ  
Posted : Tuesday, 14 January 2014 10:25:44 PM(UTC)
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cool finds man! well done
2014 (Rings Total Gold/Plat 101) 2015 (have not counted yet!)
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Djevel  
Posted : Wednesday, 22 January 2014 8:38:23 PM(UTC)
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Had a bit of a run of stink hunts lately but the drought is over.. second target of the day and..

What's this?

Then on closer inspection...

1933 Halfcrown!

Then cleaned with the other silver I found today..

Cleaned

And all finds.. go me getting $63 in one day :)

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Silver Coins - 25
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Metal Kiwi  
Posted : Wednesday, 22 January 2014 9:01:27 PM(UTC)
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Congrats on the half crown in great condition.
Your still finding some good spots.


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Djevel  
Posted : Wednesday, 22 January 2014 9:06:09 PM(UTC)
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Haha MK that was 2 spots today, first spot I got the HC from but thought I'd go back there another time was busy, the second spot is the one I had my eyes on and was hopeful but only got one 3d and pretty much all the pennies and spendables.. I was so damn sure there was going to be a ton of silver there too...

I have so many spots researched now but just not the time to go investigate them
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roy1954  
Posted : Thursday, 23 January 2014 9:22:01 AM(UTC)
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hi, great finds when you find a spot thats got pre 1900 coins hammer it till you are convinced there are no more to be found, and then go back again because theres every chance of getting something nice,
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Posted : Thursday, 23 January 2014 9:32:37 AM(UTC)
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Hi, nice ground shots of the half crown, choice.

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Djevel  
Posted : Friday, 24 January 2014 9:37:11 PM(UTC)
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Well only a tiny hunt today but a good one, first gold ring of 2014 it's stamped 9CT.. cool signet ring though and the silver shilling was an added bonus.

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Posted : Saturday, 25 January 2014 8:53:37 AM(UTC)
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Very nice little signet ring. Between that and the half crown, you're off to a great start for 2014. Keep the great posts coming!
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Djevel  
Posted : Saturday, 25 January 2014 8:18:16 PM(UTC)
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Todays hunt was the usual, $28 and the usual assortment of pennies/1 and 2c coins..
did get two pieces of silver though the first is a .925 stamped plain ring.. the second a nametag that snapped off a bracelet maybe?

Ring - Inscribed 'Sione & Allanah'
Ring

Nametag front.. think it says Cliff?

Cliff?

Nametag back, hallmarks are NRC.CO Anchor Lion K
This translates to I think National Cash Register co. Birmingham 925 sterling and the K style puts the year at 1959

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Silver Coins - 25
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Djevel  
Posted : Tuesday, 4 February 2014 12:50:05 AM(UTC)
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Went to a nice little spot today and pulled a few things.. camera is shit but here goes..

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5 nice silvers, the young head shilling has no date, the whole front is pretty much worn off so it's like 1847 - 1887 or something

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More silver, this brooch is nice it still has the pin but no clasp.. it reads 935 depose as the hallmarks, I looked it up and it's an old german silver maker that used a higher percentage of silver than sterling.. hence the 935. Other pieces by the same maker have semi precious stones like amethyst.. this one has a pink stone in the middle and 5 small clear ones.

Brooch

Also a cool old bullet ad this thing was deep like 12"+ can anyone identify it, it's huge and has 2 rings

Bullet
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roy1954  
Posted : Tuesday, 4 February 2014 9:18:54 AM(UTC)
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nice finds looks like the young head has seen some use maybe lost in the 1920s looks an interesting site bullet maybe ww11 also the brooch looks about that date.
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Djevel  
Posted : Thursday, 6 February 2014 6:44:48 PM(UTC)
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Ok yesterdays stuff, the royal visit medal is cool apparently all schoolkids were issued them at the time and they had a blue ribbon and a pin and kids had to wear them, I started cleaning it so hopefully gunna make it shine, the rest is just the usual.

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Small silver

Royal visit medal
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Posted : Thursday, 6 February 2014 8:35:38 PM(UTC)
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You should check out that 1877 penny.....the narrow date variety is properly the rarest (& most expensive!!) Victorian penny. Even a poor example that's been in the ground for a hundred years would be worth a bit.
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Posted : Thursday, 6 February 2014 11:20:08 PM(UTC)
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ya those royal visit ones are nice..i have found 3 of them in hagley park..one still has the ribon thing on it.
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Djevel  
Posted : Friday, 7 February 2014 9:51:13 PM(UTC)
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Todays hunt.. nothing special really just doing a spendable sweep.

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Did find a nice little 1970's era usa arcade/game token.. on the back it says 'no cash value' haha.

Token

Also thought I'd post this up as it's what I'm focusing on at the moment.. 3 week competition of who can find the most spendables.. I'm 5 days in and found $101 already..

Spendies
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Metal Kiwi  
Posted : Friday, 7 February 2014 10:14:03 PM(UTC)
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Gee great result on the cash. Been a while since I found that much.

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Posted : Friday, 7 February 2014 10:14:40 PM(UTC)
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Hard case that you turned up one of those tokens - I picked one up in the middle of nowhere a fortnight ago.

This is where they come from: Hoffman Mint Tokens
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Djevel  
Posted : Friday, 7 February 2014 10:34:43 PM(UTC)
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Yeah just park hunting at the moment MK, trying to stay focused on spendables and silver coins but every now and then I get distracted and I think 'ooh I'll just dig that'.

Mudwiggle I think that they supply these tokens to other countries too, I saw a russian guy post on a forum saying they use them at his laundromat (in russia?!)
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