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Mudwiggle

You are a true Cyber Detective. Well done man.

Cheers Trev aka " The Hatter"

Given the war ended in September, I'd say they came here for R&R prior to demob....
Can't find any info on Collingsworth visiting NZ though, Possible he came here to visit friends made during the war?

Trev, my detector batteries are charging... So what else was there to do :)

Hi "The Hatter" aka Trev, I shall give that a go.

HI Hatter

I rang his son Warren Zuder Jr. Got his answerphone. So left a message with all the details, and my email address. So hopefully he will get back to me via email, then I can send you his email etc. Will keep you informed.

Cheers Trev aka " The Hatter"

You guys are great!! Have saved me all the leg work! I suppose I did have to work ever so hard detecting at a nice sandy beach with clear water in the sunshine, what a chore. I recon it would be great to reunite the Zuder family and this relic. I know I would be appreciative it was my fathers/grandfathers tag. Cheers guys, look forward to hearing from you Trev.

Hi All

I told Warren to google the Paydirt Forum, so he can read the whole thread. Hopefully he will join and make a post.

Cheers Trev aka " The Hatter"

Firstly, a great big thank you to Mudwiggle and The Hatter!!! I doubt I would have had the drive to see this thing through like you two have. I'm glad you guys did it though because personally if it was my dads/granddads tags I would be rather delighted to be delivered surch a cool relic from the past in such an unconventional and unlikely a circumstance!!
So cheers for your help.

Secondly, I have sent the following email to Warrens Daughter.

Gidday,


My name is Mathias Brandl, a metal detectorist from New Zealand.

I believe you have been contacted by a Trev (perhaps Trevor) from New Zealand. If so he probably spoke to you about the recent finding of a Us Navy sailors dog tag. It so happens that I was the finder of said tag and posted about the finding of it on a local metal detecting forum. Following my post two members of the forum did an exemplary job of tracking down the family and finally you of the sailor, namely Warren Serge Zuder.


If you would like I can send you the tag. All I would need is a postal address. I hope it brings you some joy to have this relic from the past back in your family. It has been a short but exciting journey through history for me learning about this metal detecting find.


P.S I have attached a photo of both sides of the tag.


Regards,


Mathias

Thanks for the kind words Trev. Best of luck to you in your ventures, wherever / whatever they may be. I really did very little other than finding the tag while looking for gold ring. You and Mudwiggle did the hard work! The Zuder Family should be thanking you! I'm glad my finds can do something more useful than keep the lawnmower in the shed company.

Awesome find Hatter, what a great follow up story guys, well done.
Had a similiar experiance with a dog tag (actually off a Labrador dog) the owner was chuffed to receive a phone call.

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So just to keep all my finds in this thread I will just post my half sovereign here again. I HAVE NOT FOUND ANOTHER ONE. yet.

Today low tide was at 11.20am so I hit the beach at 9.30, ended up being there until almost one. A long time in the water with a short sleeve wetsuit and the cold souwesterly we had going. Was a fairly low tide so made a few spots a bit more accessible, still was a bit tricky getting onto any really good concentrations of finds. Ended up covering a lot of ground and found a few bits and pieces. Notably I found six silver threepences from 1933 to 1942 which was a good score for the beach. Often have hunts without any silver coins at all, so six was good. Also five good conditioned pennys.
The mrs had dropped me off in the morning so when I was cold enough I gave her a bell to come get me. She was out shopping and would be another half an hour or so. Oh well, back into the water, minutes later out pops a 4.5g 9ct ring and threepence number six. For once it was lucky that she was off spending money!