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Nice one, that would have to be a record for GG badges I'd say.....cool.

Iggy

Nice signet there. What is the weight? 18 carat?
For a second there I thought you had a very special Euro style predecimal coin - with the way you stacked them :)

Nice tap MW, she looks old. I found a decades younger version a week back which I must clean up.
The beauty you're rescued dosnt seem like it's got a thingy bit to turn the flow on/off (valve)?
One for display that's for sure.
Iggy

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I got out today aswell, not for long enough though.

You sure got a nice haul of lead!
I only found an ~100g net sinker today.
What is the largest piece of lead you've rescued?

cool stuff all the years ive been doing this hobby i cant remember finding a barrel tap

Nice rewards for an early start to the day. Its quite surprising what emerges from those junk looking encrusted blobs at times. Definately worth taking home for a closer inspection before dumping that's for sure.
Iggy

Hunt #19 produced lots of targets for sure, a bit unlucky that there wasn't at least one extra good or unusual find with all that digging though. I have tried some of those rain washouts myself at times with no luck at all.
HH Iggy

big haul of coins nice work

When you become as jaded as I, you begin to pray for alumium.

Apart from sinkers, copper relics, $1 & $2 - can you tell me, is it worth it to go down deep into the water?
Is everything down there corroded by salt/mud/sand?

Bucket List Tick :)

Hunt 2016.22
On a mission with Creamer
Two minds with the same independent thoughts had us both intending to head to the same bay, which was good - no arguments about where to go :) Conditions were perfect, very pleasant morning wandering aimlessly around, digging thousands of flecks of copper - 19th century equivalent of pull-tabs! Life was cruisey digging crap.

Creamer got the first find, didn't make out the final detail on it until later, but it was a good sign of things to come and set the bar nicely for the day.
Shortly afterwards, I got a whack in the phones, and looked down to see a dark silver sunbathing - 1868 Young Vicky shilling (Nice). Not too far away, up came a green and crusty something, too mucky to ID, so bagged it and carried on. We walked up, down and round and round for another hour or so with not much more to show, before moving further up the coast.

There was evidence of big swells having moved rocks around here, and rummaging around the newly exposed rocks brought up a large calibre chunk of lead (1.32oz) - Possibly a Minie Ball bullet?
Then a nice sweet steady sound in the phones, and under only a couple of inches of sand, sitting on the greywacke was my first 58th Reg button - Stoked.
30 seconds back into the hunt, #2 came up maybe only 6 feet away - Mission accomplished in style!

We started to head back and checked out a couple of other possibles en-route, but the phones were silent, too much sand. Picked up what I thought was a lighter, but now not so sure - seems to have multiple iron eyed things inside, fish-hooks? but too elaborate with a gold-plating and Scottish clan crest (unidentifiable).

Final stop before home at 'The Bank' hoping to withdraw some elusive gold, but again pickings were few and mostly unexciting for me, although ringy goodness was lifted by Creamer :)

Cleaned up the mystery coin enough to spot a distinctive hair-do and ID it as a George IV halfpenny (minted 1825-1827)- My second oldest coin. Shame it's really well gone - Novelty value only, but worthy of a place in the cabinet until I find a better one :)
Great day. Thanks for the motivation and company Creamer.