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A day detecting I will never forget!

gavin		Posted : Sunday, 19 October 2014 11:09:46 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		Wow, that is bloody awesome! Always makes you wonder what was the story behind them ending up in the ground?!
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c4bb0ose		Posted : Sunday, 19 October 2014 11:40:53 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 7/09/2014(UTC) Posts: 97 Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 32 time(s) in 29 post(s)		:D I guess this weekend has been lucky for you to, nice coins mate :)

andy		Posted : Monday, 20 October 2014 1:29:37 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 13/12/2012(UTC) Posts: 471 Location: ngongotaha rotorua Thanks: 70 times Was thanked: 88 time(s) in 72 post(s)		well done mate!congrats!
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nafcd		Posted : Monday, 20 October 2014 9:10:46 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/12/2012(UTC) Posts: 276 Location: ashburton Thanks: 8 times Was thanked: 46 time(s) in 34 post(s)		no doubt they wont be sold but what would they be worth. just curious

kiwijw		Posted : Monday, 20 October 2014 1:15:42 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		WOW.....That is outstandingly exceptional. Truely a once in a life time experience & a moment you will never forget. What a find. Very well done. All shield backs too. I wonder who, why & how they lost those. Thanks for sharing your story. :) Good luck out there JW :)

Mudwiggle		Posted : Monday, 20 October 2014 2:50:05 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 22/10/2013(UTC) Posts: 742 Thanks: 182 times Was thanked: 683 time(s) in 317 post(s)		Originally Posted by: nafcd no doubt they wont be sold but what would they be worth. just curious Sov's go for around the $400 mark on TradeMe

Chrispy		Posted : Monday, 20 October 2014 3:54:23 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 314 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 82 times Was thanked: 230 time(s) in 102 post(s)		Bloody magic mate. I go away for the weekend and come back to find you've cleaned up Christchurchs gold lol. From your story it sounds like someone was in a hurry, maybe making a get away across the park. The mind boggles. Well done bud.

digahole!!		Posted : Monday, 20 October 2014 8:01:37 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 22/01/2012(UTC) Posts: 89 Location: chch Thanks: 19 times Was thanked: 47 time(s) in 28 post(s)		Its been said already, but bloody hell that's just amazing!!! I might have to get back into detecting around town, if that's what you guys are turning up these days. So inspiring, I'm sure you deserve it. Well done. Can't wait to see if you can top that find.

rgmcbrid		Posted : Monday, 20 October 2014 10:00:53 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 3/06/2010(UTC) Posts: 583 Location: Southland Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 180 time(s) in 140 post(s)		To say I am insane with jealousy vastly understates the situation since I never even dreamed of finding that many sovs in one day, freaking awesome!
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rgmcbrid		Posted : Monday, 20 October 2014 10:01:35 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 3/06/2010(UTC) Posts: 583 Location: Southland Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 180 time(s) in 140 post(s)		oops, double post :) Edited by user Monday, 20 October 2014 10:02:49 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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number8wire		Posted : Monday, 20 October 2014 10:22:46 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Originally Posted by: digahole!! Its been said already, but bloody hell that's just amazing!!! I might have to get back into detecting around town, if that's what you guys are turning up these days. So inspiring, I'm sure you deserve it. Well done. Can't wait to see if you can top that find. Cheers mate but I think we all know that there's no way I'll be topping that any time soon. I guess the moral in all this (for what it's worth) is not to give up on what might seem an impossibility. I'm a great believer in the old "putting it out there " theory, and it seems to work. I was just saying in a thread a couple of weeks ago about a sovereign hoard that was found in Dunedin back in the 50's, and how you should never stop believing that you could be the next finder....the universe works in mysterious ways!
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creamer		Posted : Tuesday, 21 October 2014 8:18:35 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,022 Location: Bay of Islands Thanks: 2289 times Was thanked: 525 time(s) in 391 post(s)		Congrats Number8, golden roundness like that is inspiration for all of us. Yeha. HH .
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Foiled again		Posted : Tuesday, 21 October 2014 1:22:01 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 861 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 459 times Was thanked: 251 time(s) in 192 post(s)		Lets see if this works-A video of sov #3 recovery.... Sorry guys, have tried three times now..only a 50 sec vid but takes ages to upload and fails at the end. Will keep trying somehow! Edited by user Tuesday, 21 October 2014 2:33:13 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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number8wire		Posted : Tuesday, 21 October 2014 5:38:26 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Foiled again Lets see if this works-A video of sov #3 recovery.... Sorry guys, have tried three times now..only a 50 sec vid but takes ages to upload and fails at the end. Will keep trying somehow! Hey dude, appreciate the thought. If I hadn't been so shell-shocked at the time, I might have had the presence of mind to do the same.......however shaky and incoherent it would have turned out!
		TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER 2016 Silver coins- 233 Other silver- 13 Gold- 1 Sovereigns-0 Spendies -$119.00

creamer		Posted : Tuesday, 21 October 2014 7:23:19 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,022 Location: Bay of Islands Thanks: 2289 times Was thanked: 525 time(s) in 391 post(s)		True, iv'e been amping out all day thinkin of the spill find. HH .
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roy1954		Posted : Tuesday, 21 October 2014 7:37:12 PM(UTC)
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)		come on jason i cant wait to see an incoherent and shaky no 8
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number8wire		Posted : Tuesday, 21 October 2014 10:53:59 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		After digging one of the sov's the other day, Jason said to me "Ya know mate, it really makes you think......Just imagine.......the city was just in it's absolute infancy when those coins were lost probably 150 + years ago" Since then, I've been trying to imagine how, why and under what circumstances the coins ended up being lost all those years ago. Was it just a hole in a pocket, a robbery gone wrong.... or something far more sinister...we'll never know for sure. What we do know is that it was one hell of a lot of money to lose back in the 1860's and would have put the owner through some real hardship I would imagine. I reckon they must have been lost around that time because they show such little wear for 1850's coins. Anyway, I thought I'd share a pic or two of how Christchurch would have looked around that time. I find that looking at pics like this only help to fuel the imagination even further! Good luck out there. number8wire attached the following image(s):
		TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER 2016 Silver coins- 233 Other silver- 13 Gold- 1 Sovereigns-0 Spendies -$119.00

number8wire		Posted : Wednesday, 22 October 2014 10:57:55 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Ok, so I've managed to upload it to my Youtube channel......Here it is.....enjoy!................ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4M4nGfQ4hs If you can't access it via this, look up LIVE SOVEREIGN RECOVERY, CHRISTCHURCH NZ Cheers all. Edited by user Thursday, 23 October 2014 5:38:18 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
		TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER 2016 Silver coins- 233 Other silver- 13 Gold- 1 Sovereigns-0 Spendies -$119.00

number8wire		Posted : Thursday, 23 October 2014 5:48:03 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		...Just a "Bump" to catch the YouTube link above..........for those interested. Cheers. :) Edited by user Thursday, 23 October 2014 5:51:35 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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chrischch		Posted : Thursday, 23 October 2014 6:31:00 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 811 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 192 times Was thanked: 105 time(s) in 104 post(s)		Amazing find man, truly amazing. How much was the average yearly wage in 1860? What percentage would 4 and a half sovs be of that? Like you said, it must have been a huge loss to someone.
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