Paydirt.co.nz

New Zealand Gold Prospecting & Metal Detecting Forums Archive

 

The forum has moved to community.paydirt.co.nz, see you there!

This forum is now an archive to preserve the knowledge and finds posted here.

7 Pages«<23456>»
Mickey's Finds | XP-DEUS | The GOOD, the BAD and the UGLY. - Welcome
mickey  
Posted : Tuesday, 7 October 2014 9:11:23 PM(UTC)
mickey

Rank: Gold Ingot

Medals: Donation: Made a donation helping cover the running costs of the site - thank you :)

Groups: Registered
Joined: 9/07/2013(UTC)
Posts: 135
Man
New Zealand
Location: waitakere

Thanks: 528 times
Was thanked: 180 time(s) in 79 post(s)
show, tell and identify = tick.

fishing sinker or loom weight ?
if it's a loom weight, i've got a lot of research to do.
local flax mill, or milling imported cotton off the boats ...
good luck everyone. mickey
mickey attached the following image(s):
loomwght.jpg
mickey ** XP-DEUS Distributor (NZ) ** http://www.xpdeus.co.nz/
Back to top
WWW
number8wire  
Posted : Tuesday, 7 October 2014 9:49:27 PM(UTC)
number8wire

Rank: Gold Ingot

Groups: Registered
Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC)
Posts: 1,175
Man
New Zealand
Location: Christchurch

Thanks: 913 times
Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)
Oooww....tough call. With what site context do you consider the possibility of these being loom weights? I assume you have some pretty concrete knowledge of the area/vicinity of the finds to reach that possible conclusion? They most certainly look like (from the ones I've seen on YouTube) and could well be loom weights. Have you seen anything else out of the ground nearby, such as bale seals, brass bearings or other brass machinery bits that may indicate a mill of some sort? I'd be hunting the area a bit more yet for some of these other indicators before I made the call.
Good luck with the research though. Would be really cool if it was a flax mill site.
TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER
2016
Silver coins- 233
Other silver- 13
Gold- 1
Sovereigns-0
Spendies -$119.00
Back to top
mickey  
Posted : Tuesday, 7 October 2014 11:01:50 PM(UTC)
mickey

Rank: Gold Ingot

Medals: Donation: Made a donation helping cover the running costs of the site - thank you :)

Groups: Registered
Joined: 9/07/2013(UTC)
Posts: 135
Man
New Zealand
Location: waitakere

Thanks: 528 times
Was thanked: 180 time(s) in 79 post(s)
cheer no.8,
find site was at an elevated 1918 monument site at the end of the Cornwallis peninsula.
[north shore of the Manukau harbour]
a little removed from the kauri-mill sites along that coast.
so, doubtful that the find-site was a flax-mill, no other relics, as you say.
still.
could there have been flax milling going on along that coast?
hence the horror = not knowing enough about it.
good luck.
mickey




mickey ** XP-DEUS Distributor (NZ) ** http://www.xpdeus.co.nz/
Back to top
WWW
mickey  
Posted : Tuesday, 21 October 2014 8:56:18 PM(UTC)
mickey

Rank: Gold Ingot

Medals: Donation: Made a donation helping cover the running costs of the site - thank you :)

Groups: Registered
Joined: 9/07/2013(UTC)
Posts: 135
Man
New Zealand
Location: waitakere

Thanks: 528 times
Was thanked: 180 time(s) in 79 post(s)
buckle plate.
can't tell if it's military or Victorian decorative.

brass bottle opener
not quite so old? but figures hugging each other is good.

speaking of hugging,
congratulations number8wire and foiledagain.
brilliant finds, beyond belief.
the kind of finds that get us out, and keep us out.
well done amigos.

good luck everyone.
mickey
mickey attached the following image(s):
img360.jpg
mickey ** XP-DEUS Distributor (NZ) ** http://www.xpdeus.co.nz/
Back to top
WWW
number8wire  
Posted : Tuesday, 21 October 2014 11:04:28 PM(UTC)
number8wire

Rank: Gold Ingot

Groups: Registered
Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC)
Posts: 1,175
Man
New Zealand
Location: Christchurch

Thanks: 913 times
Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)
Always enjoy your posts Mickey. You always seem to have something old and interesting with a story behind it, to bring to the table.
Thank you also, for your kind words and the encouragement and inspiration you bring to myself and others on this forum. Keep up the great work my friend. :)
TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER
2016
Silver coins- 233
Other silver- 13
Gold- 1
Sovereigns-0
Spendies -$119.00
Back to top
mickey  
Posted : Sunday, 2 November 2014 8:02:27 PM(UTC)
mickey

Rank: Gold Ingot

Medals: Donation: Made a donation helping cover the running costs of the site - thank you :)

Groups: Registered
Joined: 9/07/2013(UTC)
Posts: 135
Man
New Zealand
Location: waitakere

Thanks: 528 times
Was thanked: 180 time(s) in 79 post(s)
cap badge.
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
British, not sure of regiment.
George V, WW1. (?)
site was 1900's house site, totally re-grown into bush.
house collapsed 1930's.
heaps of lead-heads, a couple of pennies, but no silver.
might have to go back for another look.
good luck everyone.
mickey

[edit]
looks like it's horse brass rather than cap badge.

http://www.worthpoint.co...i-soit-qui-mal-131801471
"
An original Martingale -horse brass. With the cypher for Queen Victoria (VR). Several British Army regiments used this motto of the Order of the Garter, including the Royal Horse Artillery, Grenadier Guards , Royal Regiment of Fusiliers , Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment , Life Guards and the Blues and Royals . The Canadian Grenadier Guards , The Royal Regiment of Canada , The Royal Montreal Regiment and New Zealand's 6th Hauraki Infantry Regiment also use it as their mottos.
"

Edited by user Monday, 3 November 2014 1:34:31 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

mickey attached the following image(s):
141102-WW1-capbadge.jpg
141103-horsebrass.jpg
mickey ** XP-DEUS Distributor (NZ) ** http://www.xpdeus.co.nz/
Back to top
WWW
Mudwiggle  
Posted : Sunday, 2 November 2014 9:22:15 PM(UTC)
Mudwiggle

Rank: Gold Ingot

Groups: Registered, Moderators
Joined: 22/10/2013(UTC)
Posts: 742
New Zealand

Thanks: 182 times
Was thanked: 683 time(s) in 317 post(s)
Some very nice finds there Mickey, I love finding leadheads in the undergrowth - where there's smoke and all that....

As for the loom weight, my wife (who currently fills the house with 4 large floor looms and a small flocks-worth of wool) says unlikely.

"Loom weights are associated with primitive vertical warp-weighted looms, the "modern western-style" looms would have been more likely to have been used. Flax mills were primary processing, and unlikely that looms would have been used there, with the fibre being shipped out for finishing."

As someone who gets excited by scraps of shaggy textiles dug up on Time Team, she calls "fishing weight", and I won't argue with her :)
Back to top
roy1954  
Posted : Sunday, 2 November 2014 9:43:26 PM(UTC)
roy1954

Rank: Gold Ingot

Groups: Registered
Joined: 28/03/2012(UTC)
Posts: 628
Location: christchurch

Thanks: 442 times
Was thanked: 372 time(s) in 242 post(s)
evil to him who thinks evil thats the trans, somewhere in that swirl of lines will be three letters i think it maybe a school badge,best of luck.
Back to top
WWW
mickey  
Posted : Sunday, 2 November 2014 9:57:24 PM(UTC)
mickey

Rank: Gold Ingot

Medals: Donation: Made a donation helping cover the running costs of the site - thank you :)

Groups: Registered
Joined: 9/07/2013(UTC)
Posts: 135
Man
New Zealand
Location: waitakere

Thanks: 528 times
Was thanked: 180 time(s) in 79 post(s)
thanks for feedback Mudwiggle.
wouldn't disagree with any of that expert knowledge.
not come across any record of a 'processing' or 'finishing' flax mill out here.
probably a cunning home-made sinker.
happy hunting amigo.
mickey.
mickey ** XP-DEUS Distributor (NZ) ** http://www.xpdeus.co.nz/
Back to top
WWW
Erickd  
Posted : Monday, 3 November 2014 7:59:37 AM(UTC)
Erickd

Rank: Gold Ingot

Groups: Registered
Joined: 14/06/2014(UTC)
Posts: 628
Man
New Zealand
Location: Christchurch

Thanks: 473 times
Was thanked: 695 time(s) in 297 post(s)
Originally Posted by: mickey Go to Quoted Post
cap badge.
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
British, not sure of regiment.
George V, WW1. (?)
site was 1900's house site, totally re-grown into bush.
house collapsed 1930's.
heaps of lead-heads, a couple of pennies, but no silver.
might have to go back for another look.
good luck everyone.
mickey


That's a cool find, I found one similar last week, but missing the top crown bit, its the order of the garter badge, mine was a horse rosette of the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry dated late 1800s to early 1900s
If you go to www.nzmhs.org.nz and send a email with the photo they will be able to tell you all about it.

2016
Silver coins -400
Silver Jewellery/items - 22
Gold Jewellery/items - 7
Spendie $132.90
Fisher F75 & X-pointer
Back to top
gerter  
Posted : Monday, 3 November 2014 9:21:19 AM(UTC)
gerter

Rank: Gold Flake

Groups: Registered
Joined: 28/10/2014(UTC)
Posts: 15
New Zealand
Location: Otago

Thanks: 9 times
Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)
This whole thread is full of awesome finds, what an inspiration Mickey.

Cheers
Back to top
mickey  
Posted : Saturday, 15 November 2014 9:44:30 PM(UTC)
mickey

Rank: Gold Ingot

Medals: Donation: Made a donation helping cover the running costs of the site - thank you :)

Groups: Registered
Joined: 9/07/2013(UTC)
Posts: 135
Man
New Zealand
Location: waitakere

Thanks: 528 times
Was thanked: 180 time(s) in 79 post(s)
further abandoned house sites.
good luck everyone.
mickey

Edited by user Saturday, 15 November 2014 9:53:15 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

mickey attached the following image(s):
141102-hinge-thing.jpg
141102-cabinet-hinge1.jpg
141102-cabinet-hinge2.jpg
141102-bronze-end-piece-thing.jpg
141102-davis-vegetable-painkiller.jpg
mickey ** XP-DEUS Distributor (NZ) ** http://www.xpdeus.co.nz/
Back to top
WWW
andy  
Posted : Sunday, 16 November 2014 12:30:03 PM(UTC)
andy

Rank: Gold Ingot

Groups: Registered
Joined: 13/12/2012(UTC)
Posts: 471
Australia
Location: ngongotaha rotorua

Thanks: 70 times
Was thanked: 88 time(s) in 72 post(s)
great finds mate!
ATpro
ACE250
GC1010
teknetics Eurotek Pro
Back to top
creamer  
Posted : Monday, 17 November 2014 5:23:50 PM(UTC)
creamer

Rank: Gold Ingot

Medals: Donation: Made a donation helping cover the running costs of the site - thank you :)

Groups: Registered
Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC)
Posts: 2,022
Man
Location: Bay of Islands

Thanks: 2289 times
Was thanked: 525 time(s) in 391 post(s)
Different and cool.

HH

.
Garrett Ace 350
Xpointer



www.nzfossickers.co.nz
Back to top
WWW
mickey  
Posted : Saturday, 29 November 2014 9:41:51 PM(UTC)
mickey

Rank: Gold Ingot

Medals: Donation: Made a donation helping cover the running costs of the site - thank you :)

Groups: Registered
Joined: 9/07/2013(UTC)
Posts: 135
Man
New Zealand
Location: waitakere

Thanks: 528 times
Was thanked: 180 time(s) in 79 post(s)
jewellery stash.

surface find on a 1930's demolished shanty bush site.
but obviously a stash from the 1960s (?)
pouch and ring case placed in an army munitions box.

9ct cygnet ring & cufflinks,
[edit : hallmark on gold ring birmingham 1852?]
925 rings, chains, earrings, bangle.
stainless swiss watch 'delma'.

not sure if this is the result of a burglary (?)
definitely some very dubious strangeness anyhow.

good luck every-one.
mickey

Edited by user Monday, 1 December 2014 11:17:23 AM(UTC)  | Reason: add hallmark

mickey attached the following image(s):
141129-stash01-02.jpg
141129-stash03.jpg
141129-stash04.jpg
mickey ** XP-DEUS Distributor (NZ) ** http://www.xpdeus.co.nz/
Back to top
WWW
number8wire  
Posted : Saturday, 29 November 2014 9:58:40 PM(UTC)
number8wire

Rank: Gold Ingot

Groups: Registered
Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC)
Posts: 1,175
Man
New Zealand
Location: Christchurch

Thanks: 913 times
Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)
Wow, what an interesting assortment of gold and silver. Most of the good silver jewelry looks 1930's. Is the signet ring hallmarked? Very odd to see the watch in with that lot. Deffo gives the impression of a small local "heist" back In the day I'm thinking.
TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER
2016
Silver coins- 233
Other silver- 13
Gold- 1
Sovereigns-0
Spendies -$119.00
Back to top
Metal Kiwi  
Posted : Saturday, 29 November 2014 10:56:50 PM(UTC)
Metal Kiwi

Rank: Gold Ingot

Groups: Registered
Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC)
Posts: 1,210
Man
Location: Auckland

Thanks: 498 times
Was thanked: 484 time(s) in 322 post(s)
Yes Mr Plod could be interested in that lot.
Cool find but.


MK
Back to top
WWW BLOG
roy1954  
Posted : Sunday, 30 November 2014 8:37:48 PM(UTC)
roy1954

Rank: Gold Ingot

Groups: Registered
Joined: 28/03/2012(UTC)
Posts: 628
Location: christchurch

Thanks: 442 times
Was thanked: 372 time(s) in 242 post(s)
what a great find thats got to make your day
Back to top
WWW
1864hatter  
Posted : Sunday, 30 November 2014 9:10:06 PM(UTC)
1864hatter

Rank: Gold Ingot

Groups: Registered
Joined: 4/08/2010(UTC)
Posts: 1,007
Man
New Zealand
Location: Auckland....

Thanks: 49 times
Was thanked: 566 time(s) in 269 post(s)
Top show!
And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!
Back to top
creamer  
Posted : Wednesday, 3 December 2014 8:42:26 AM(UTC)
creamer

Rank: Gold Ingot

Medals: Donation: Made a donation helping cover the running costs of the site - thank you :)

Groups: Registered
Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC)
Posts: 2,022
Man
Location: Bay of Islands

Thanks: 2289 times
Was thanked: 525 time(s) in 391 post(s)
Wow, a mini hoard, choice. Can imagine the surprise when opening that lot up.

HH

.
Garrett Ace 350
Xpointer



www.nzfossickers.co.nz
Back to top
WWW
7 Pages«<23456>»