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1849 - 1874
Metal Kiwi  
Posted : Tuesday, 30 December 2014 1:44:48 PM(UTC)
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From the beach today a nice old silver ring marked with a date stamp of an X in a circle
which I believe is for the period of 1849 to 1874.. Cleaned up quite well after spending maybe
over a 100 years buried 18" under the Waitemata.

HH
MK


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Finds - December 30th 2014 - Silver Filigre ring.jpg
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Mudwiggle  
Posted : Tuesday, 30 December 2014 2:18:00 PM(UTC)
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That's a nice piece.
Gotta love that anaerobic mud.
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number8wire  
Posted : Tuesday, 6 January 2015 9:09:55 AM(UTC)
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Nice MK. You must be very pleased with that. Quite a special find.
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