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Lurking in the Mangroves... And a return visit

Mudwiggle		Posted : Sunday, 29 November 2015 10:29:35 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)		Spent a few hours this afternoon back where I pulled the Spanish reale. Only finds of merit were a '47 6d and 2 silver rings, plus a 10k Blue River band - Which obviously means I have to reset the pulltab counter back to zero and start again to rack up another few hundred tabs before the next gold LOL One of interest were the two pennies. The '43 wafer thin one was 5" down in cleanish shelly sand. When I rescanned the hole I got the second signal for the mint '52 penny another 3" down but entirely in the black stinky mud. These were directly on top of each other and given the scarcity of targets in this area, have to be the same drop. Brilliant example of why some coins are rotted to buggery and others are mint - all depends where they've been living! HH MudWiggle Edited by user Saturday, 12 December 2015 6:24:00 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

roy1954		Posted : Wednesday, 2 December 2015 7:24:49 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)		cool rings,must be the lack of oxygen down there in the black mud.good score.
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LittleKiwiDetecting		Posted : Wednesday, 2 December 2015 9:49:46 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 7/11/2015(UTC) Posts: 236 Location: Auckland.... Thanks: 308 times Was thanked: 54 time(s) in 44 post(s)		The light makes the penny almost look like a florin!
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Goldflinger		Posted : Thursday, 3 December 2015 7:09:28 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 26/08/2015(UTC) Posts: 44 Location: In a small hole in a riverbank Thanks: 40 times Was thanked: 21 time(s) in 19 post(s)		Cool rings! Never thought of trying the mangroves. I suppose the majority of them weren't there 50+ years ago. How do you keep the gear, and yourself, clean though? HH GF
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1864hatter		Posted : Thursday, 3 December 2015 7:37:38 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 4/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,007 Location: Auckland.... Thanks: 49 times Was thanked: 566 time(s) in 269 post(s)		Thoroughly enjoy your posts Mudwiggle. Keep it up!
		And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!

Mudwiggle		Posted : Thursday, 3 December 2015 8:54:32 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: Goldflinger Cool rings! Never thought of trying the mangroves. I suppose the majority of them weren't there 50+ years ago. How do you keep the gear, and yourself, clean though? HH GF A lot of areas now in mangroves were, believe it or not, sandy. With the clear-felling of the bush, these once pleasant picnic spots silted up and are now alligator (well, mossie) infested swamps. But, the big advantage is, there is very little tidal effect, so something lost 100 years ago may be just a few cm down and they're not popular with the party animals. If you're in a major centre, you have the luxury of being able to access aerials going quite a way back, and watch the once popular inner harbour sandy beaches fill up with stinky mud and get abandoned. In four hours at the above spot, I found pretty much all you see up there, a few sinkers, stainless back off a watch, remains of a handbag one pair of naff sunglasses ...and one bit of rotted ali can. This was a "rural" beach though, I'd expect a bit more trash near a city. It's certainly not "action-packed" but there's the luxury of knowing that you can run full open and the odds are in your favour that pretty much every blip is worth investigating. I've found a couple of tinnies jammed in the mangroves - The boat, not the drug paraphernalia! As far as keeping clean - forget it. I started with wellies, then tried wellies and waterproof trou, now I have a dedicated pair of trainers and manky jeans, and change back at the car afterwards, everything going into a very large bag for hosing back at base. The detector needs to be waterproof, or well wrapped as the mud gets everywhere. It's worth the hassle though - and no irritating kids!

Mudwiggle		Posted : Saturday, 12 December 2015 6:20:24 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)		Too many bikinis on the beach this afternoon at low tide, so ducked over the hill into the 'groves again. Got my first decent age florin - Right chuffed. More musket balls and what looks to be musket-scale grapeshot? Lammerlaw, if you're still hanging around I would appreciate your opinion on the latter (PM/email is fine). 2 Hours and this is pretty much sum total of targets dug, but at least it was out of the wind and relatively junk-free. Did I mention I was rather pleased with the florin? The silvers are effectively uncleaned, as in only enough to ID date, I am getting quite attached to the blackened silver oxide look. HH MW Stats Excal II 10" coil - Disc @ 0, Sens @ 7, Relatively fast swings as targets shallow. Total walking distance: 733m All Targets retrieved from 10 - 25cm Substrate Info: 2-5cm Recent grey alluvium - all trash targets rejected. 5-7cm shell in grey mud matrix. ±10% trash targets 7-15cm shell in black anaerobic mud - Primary target zone. ±1% trash targets 15cm+ Black anaerobic mud matrix with scattered broken shell. No targets, trash or otherwise. Edited by user Saturday, 12 December 2015 6:45:27 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

Iggyrulz		Posted : Saturday, 12 December 2015 6:48:44 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 21/12/2013(UTC) Posts: 438 Location: Dunedin Thanks: 501 times Was thanked: 327 time(s) in 196 post(s)		Nice job as usual, really nice Gothic and musket balls

roy1954		Posted : Sunday, 13 December 2015 12:41:28 AM(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)		NICE ONE, it must be one of the nicest coins ever minted.
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