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At-Pro finds from around Wellington
Iggyrulz  
Posted : Monday, 14 September 2015 7:00:51 PM(UTC)
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Awesome coin, anything that's probably going to be a never again has got to be a great find
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roy1954  
Posted : Monday, 14 September 2015 11:36:07 PM(UTC)
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cant see any ID numbers on it,would have been a good return item,imp 818 must be the silver content
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SamAsh  
Posted : Tuesday, 15 September 2015 9:17:20 AM(UTC)
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cant see any ID numbers on it,would have been a good return item,imp 818 must be the silver content


Yeah, it's a shame - it sure does deserve to be back with the owner! at least it’s not stuck underground anymore.
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SamAsh  
Posted : Wednesday, 14 October 2015 6:19:11 PM(UTC)
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Finds from Saturday. Got my first Farthing (tick) :)

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Erickd  
Posted : Wednesday, 14 October 2015 6:32:49 PM(UTC)
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Good stuff, congrats on your bucket list Farthing
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Silver Jewellery/items - 22
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roy1954  
Posted : Wednesday, 14 October 2015 9:13:49 PM(UTC)
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think i would pick that bottom key looks fab'
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Mudwiggle  
Posted : Wednesday, 14 October 2015 9:34:58 PM(UTC)
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That's a lot of Britannias in that last pic!
Hmm, a farthing still eludes me.
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SamAsh  
Posted : Wednesday, 14 October 2015 10:34:36 PM(UTC)
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That's a lot of Britannias in that last pic!
Hmm, a farthing still eludes me.


I was going to add dates on them all but ran out of time :)

The Farthing is so small I was lucky to find it myself - it was under a large tree root and the signal was so poor I almost didn't dig it. Lesson learnt, go with that gut feeling and dig, dig, dig.
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Posted : Thursday, 15 October 2015 8:03:55 AM(UTC)
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Diggin that cool looking key too. Nice one.

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SamAsh  
Posted : Thursday, 10 December 2015 9:14:48 AM(UTC)
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Got my first penny button - 1910.

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Bullets all dated 1943
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Old WCC dog registration tag for 1970/71
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Another first
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number8wire  
Posted : Thursday, 10 December 2015 10:48:25 AM(UTC)
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Cool button. I've dug an 1875 sixpence that had been converted into a cufflink.....but never seen a penny button before......nice work!
TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER
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Silver coins- 233
Other silver- 13
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SamAsh  
Posted : Friday, 25 March 2016 3:23:02 PM(UTC)
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Stopped off at a small WWII gun emplacement for 15 for minutes on the way home from walking the dogs. Had the ATPRO in the Ute so went for a quick swing and found a New Zealand forces button, NZ Corps badge and pulled a lot of ammo out of one spot, including two 50 caliber bullets all dated 1942 - L C - Lake City Army Ammunition Plant that was established by Remington Arms in 1941 to manufacture and test small caliber ammunition for the U.S. Army.

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Metal Kiwi  
Posted : Friday, 25 March 2016 3:52:15 PM(UTC)
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That badge is a cool find Sam.
Not so sure about the live bullets though - but still a great find.


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SamAsh  
Posted : Friday, 25 March 2016 4:13:35 PM(UTC)
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That badge is a cool find Sam.
Not so sure about the live bullets though - but still a great find.

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Thanks MK

Yeah, not sure what to do with all the ammo :)
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Metal Kiwi  
Posted : Friday, 25 March 2016 4:25:47 PM(UTC)
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You can take live ammo to the cop shop as far as I know.
They have a disposal system. I took some ww2 303 shells
a few years back.

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Mudwiggle  
Posted : Friday, 25 March 2016 5:44:03 PM(UTC)
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Good to see you back Sam.

From memory, red tips are tracers
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Posted : Friday, 25 March 2016 6:22:06 PM(UTC)
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You're a natural.
But please put that ammo back, they hid it there for the next war :)
Treasure/coins: $1
Other artifacts: 1888 button
Lead: 914g
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SamAsh  
Posted : Saturday, 26 March 2016 4:36:47 PM(UTC)
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Good to see you back Sam.

From memory, red tips are tracers


Thanks Mudwiggle - good to be back ;)
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roy1954  
Posted : Saturday, 26 March 2016 4:47:55 PM(UTC)
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hi the 50 call ones make a good display pull the tops off swill out whats in them polish them up put the tops back in.
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