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Hatters new chapter - My finds from the North Island
olivine  
Posted : Monday, 15 June 2015 7:50:33 PM(UTC)
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Hi, think your bottle is a very common string rim champagne bottle (reused for beer in nz) probably dates about 1890
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1864hatter  
Posted : Monday, 15 June 2015 9:10:12 PM(UTC)
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Thanks olivine, I'm glad its not just a modern Lindauer bottle!!
And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!
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Posted : Saturday, 27 June 2015 4:27:09 PM(UTC)
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Gidday folks, I thought I might as well post a picture of these finds. Still waiting conditions to get back to the glory days of last winter. I had another play in some mud closer to home and came up with these. The 1921 threepence was found last weekend right where the recent trade tokens came from. On that hunt I also eyeballed the clay pipe piece that the treasures are sitting on. Today I went to a nearby beach and found some snider? (big slugs with three rings) bullets and a silver ring with what may be a piece of greenstone. Also found a strange accumulation of 1 and two cent coins in a spot where it looked like some rubble had been dumped down the bank to the sea. I shall endeavour to post pictures of something with a more appropriate/yellower colour soon. Hopefully tomorrow!
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1864hatter  
Posted : Sunday, 28 June 2015 3:40:33 PM(UTC)
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Sorry..... No gold today either.... It seems that I was detecting at the local shooting gallery today. I don't mind finding the odd bullet here and there but this was a bit more than usual. I didn't even get any old coins or silver today. At least the weather was on my side today.
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1864hatter  
Posted : Saturday, 28 November 2015 5:03:24 PM(UTC)
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A culmination to the Warren Serge Zuder (apparently he was known as "Rusty") dog tag saga.
Today I had a visit from a kind gentleman who is a relative of the Zuder's. He was recently in America and was tasked with the delivery of extending the family's gratitude to me. Apparently all in of the rellies were well pleased to receive their piece of family history.

The chap today dropped of an envelope and a nice bottle of wine for me. Now the wine I should definitely share with Mudwiggle and The Hatter as they did all the hard work of tracking down the family, but I doubt the bottle will last that long.

The envelope contained a nice thank you note and along with it a service record of Rustys' as well as a photo of him in his service days and a more recent one. How cool to be able to put a face to the name.

I'd like to thank all those who contributed and those who didn't for sharing the ride. Also thanks his family for taking the time to respond.

I have attached a photo of the gifts below. Its large so you can zoom in on the pictures of Rusty.
Cheers.

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Posted : Saturday, 28 November 2015 5:52:05 PM(UTC)
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Nice touch by the family to add some documents.

Enjoy the wine!

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The Hatter  
Posted : Monday, 30 November 2015 1:07:35 PM(UTC)
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Hi Mr1864 Hatter

That is just so moving. I gave him a salute. And you one too, and Mudwiggle Sometimes you don't find treasure in the ground. You find history.
And the three of us, together bought it all together, we are indeed Detectorist's. I hope you put this up on Steve Hersbachs Forum.

Cheers Trev aka " The Other Mad Hatter" lol
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Erickd  
Posted : Monday, 30 November 2015 2:17:30 PM(UTC)
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That's awesome, hats off to you fellas !!

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2016
Silver coins -400
Silver Jewellery/items - 22
Gold Jewellery/items - 7
Spendie $132.90
Fisher F75 & X-pointer
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Posted : Monday, 30 November 2015 5:23:11 PM(UTC)
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WOW....I've only just caught up on this saga.....didn't even know about it. Well done and awesome efforts to all who played a part in it's return. You are indeed, true detectorists in every sense of the word. Love this kind of stuff. This has made my day!
TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER
2016
Silver coins- 233
Other silver- 13
Gold- 1
Sovereigns-0
Spendies -$119.00
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GoldPandemic  
Posted : Monday, 30 November 2015 7:59:04 PM(UTC)
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Woah, there's more than one hatter here. Think I'm losing my mind, so confused now.
Treasure/coins: $1
Other artifacts: 1888 button
Lead: 914g
Copper: 46
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1864hatter  
Posted : Thursday, 24 December 2015 2:18:45 PM(UTC)
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Here you go my fine chaps, Something to whet the appetite for over the Christmas break!!!
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grubby  
Posted : Thursday, 24 December 2015 2:59:37 PM(UTC)
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More great finds! well done.
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Posted : Thursday, 24 December 2015 8:14:41 PM(UTC)
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Yikes! thats a cache of treasure.
I wonder how much junk you also dug?
Treasure/coins: $1
Other artifacts: 1888 button
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Posted : Thursday, 24 December 2015 9:45:31 PM(UTC)
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That 9ct, 4gm ring in the background looks old. Is it hallmarked?.....does it have a year date letter?
Congrats on a fine haul.
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1864hatter  
Posted : Friday, 25 December 2015 6:51:48 AM(UTC)
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This is for a few different hunts, and yes lots of rubbish dug to get these. Number 8, the ring just has 9ct stamped on it.
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Posted : Friday, 25 December 2015 8:23:02 AM(UTC)
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👌Nice one!
That coin bottom right looks interesting, never seen one before.
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1864hatter  
Posted : Friday, 25 December 2015 11:43:32 AM(UTC)
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No coin bottom right, the thing in the bottom left is some religious medallion
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