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My second best find....finds
kiwijim  
Posted : Monday, 28 April 2014 9:56:34 PM(UTC)
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We spent the Easter week in Whitianga,all the beaches had been hammered by the rough weather,and were looking real tempting for a detect,I hit Buffalo Beach within an hour or two of setting up camp,the conditions were just right with the beach dug out at the mid tide mark,i started to get coins straight away and found the first gold ring on day one along found 3 gold rings with a couple of silvers,over the next 4 days I found 3 gold rings,and several silvers,along with heaps of sinkers and around 170 coins of all types,about $70 of them were spendable,but the find that blew me away completely was the gold half sovereign dated 1846, bleeding heck I was completely stunned.after a bit of a breather I spent about 3 hours in and around the same area looking for his mate or mates......but it was not to be.....I was more than happy with what I had found,by day 5 the beach was reforming back to its normal state and it became harder to get targets.I sure was a happy chappie,it made up for the leaner times.
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mickey  
Posted : Monday, 28 April 2014 10:47:47 PM(UTC)
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kiwijim,

beautiful sovereign.

dog-gone.

congratulations.

a great beach-read skill thing happening to boot.

all the best kiwijim

mickey.

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coinnut  
Posted : Monday, 28 April 2014 11:45:44 PM(UTC)
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mmmm golden roundness, awesome
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Iggyrulz  
Posted : Monday, 28 April 2014 11:49:12 PM(UTC)
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What a great story kiwijim. Who would have thought a gold sov out on the beach all alone (or was it? just kidding). Wouldn't it be great to know the journey it has taken to end up there.
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kiwisouth  
Posted : Tuesday, 29 April 2014 3:27:49 PM(UTC)
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Well done, really nice to see folks getting lucky.
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jimmy bedrock  
Posted : Tuesday, 29 April 2014 5:25:08 PM(UTC)
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Very very nice. that's an old one.. second best find? What's your best?
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kiwijim  
Posted : Tuesday, 29 April 2014 8:21:48 PM(UTC)
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Thanks for all the replies,well my very best find is not a hard choice,although I have found some pretty good rings and some very old coins,without a doubt my best find is a 1903 gold sovereign that I found in Western Australia,We spent a large piece of last winter there in a small town called Gingin which is around 80 kms north of Perth,I had permission from the local pub owner to detect around the outskirts of the old hotel and surrounding area,I found lots of older coins,but darn near fell over backwards when I uncovered the sov,turns out it was minted at the Perth mint so didn't travel far.Man did I hit the VB that night.....hehe
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Posted : Thursday, 1 May 2014 9:13:46 AM(UTC)
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Awesome finds Kiwijim, the kind of hunt that dreams are made of.
Congrats on the sov find, we all want one too.

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