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The Family Holiday - Two weeks of pure metal-detecting bliss
TaurangaDetector  
Posted : Tuesday, 19 January 2016 9:34:35 AM(UTC)
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The third of January swung around and off we went on the summer camping holiday! We took the ctx to test it's strength in fresh water, on fresh water beaches and in mineralised dirt.

The ctx performed very well and with one helpful mod, became a water hunting beast.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS TO ALL CTX3030 WATER HUNTERS:
replace the ctx3030's control box o-ring with a thicker one:
Composition: Nitrile Butadiene Rubber,
Hardness: 70
Inner Diameter: 79mm
Thickness: 2.5mm
This o-ring is a lot thicker and better fitting than the standard one.

Now on to the finds:
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360+ coins:
43x $2,
39x $1,

10x old 50c,
35x old 20c,
14x old 10c,
24x old 5c,
70.5x old 2c,
58x old 1c.

16x foreign coins,

23x pennies,
6x half pennies
and SILVER:
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THE Jewellery:
9 silver rings,
1 silver toe ring,
1 silver ear-ring,
1 silver charm.
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1 9ct gold wedding ring:
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Also scored a British standard issue ww2 military button.
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2016
Silver coins - 49
Silver Jewellery - 18
Gold Jewellery - 1
Item Recoveries - 3
ctx3030 & AT Pro-Pointer
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number8wire  
Posted : Tuesday, 19 January 2016 10:36:22 AM(UTC)
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The CTX now fills my dreams......if only (sigh)........
My only hope is a great "end-of-financial" at work, accompanied by a significant bonus..........yeah right!
TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER
2016
Silver coins- 233
Other silver- 13
Gold- 1
Sovereigns-0
Spendies -$119.00
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Erickd  
Posted : Tuesday, 19 January 2016 2:06:35 PM(UTC)
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Lol you're right there No8, the more and more I see what the Ctx and etracs pull out I would upgrade in a flash if their was the cash ( ohhh that rhymes.)
Awesome finds there TD !!!
2016
Silver coins -400
Silver Jewellery/items - 22
Gold Jewellery/items - 7
Spendie $132.90
Fisher F75 & X-pointer
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Iggyrulz  
Posted : Tuesday, 19 January 2016 8:34:20 PM(UTC)
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It sounds like you need might need a holiday after digging all that lot. Good effort!
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roy1954  
Posted : Saturday, 23 January 2016 12:24:34 PM(UTC)
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lots of stuff there well done
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LittleKiwiDetecting  
Posted : Saturday, 23 January 2016 2:59:10 PM(UTC)
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Wow! How long did you spend out there hunting?
Fisher F22
2016
Pre-decimals: 10
Best Finds: German Pistol, Horse bit, Lead Belt Buckle

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GoldPandemic  
Posted : Saturday, 23 January 2016 6:48:50 PM(UTC)
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WOW!
That's a nice haul of spendables. And the RINGS!
Truly inspiring, I'm going to head out now.

Welldone, you'd better update that finds signature.
Treasure/coins: $1
Other artifacts: 1888 button
Lead: 914g
Copper: 46
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TaurangaDetector  
Posted : Wednesday, 27 January 2016 6:12:05 PM(UTC)
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Hi LittleKiwiDetecting,
We detected most days for 3 hours+ over a two week period.
2016
Silver coins - 49
Silver Jewellery - 18
Gold Jewellery - 1
Item Recoveries - 3
ctx3030 & AT Pro-Pointer
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LittleKiwiDetecting  
Posted : Wednesday, 27 January 2016 9:27:47 PM(UTC)
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so is that 3 hours a day or just three hours combined? (I have my blonde moments, lol)
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2016
Pre-decimals: 10
Best Finds: German Pistol, Horse bit, Lead Belt Buckle

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TaurangaDetector  
Posted : Wednesday, 27 January 2016 9:34:05 PM(UTC)
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3 a day.
2016
Silver coins - 49
Silver Jewellery - 18
Gold Jewellery - 1
Item Recoveries - 3
ctx3030 & AT Pro-Pointer
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LittleKiwiDetecting  
Posted : Wednesday, 27 January 2016 11:38:53 PM(UTC)
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3 a day.


Okay then, that is still a plentiful haul! I would like to hear about more hunts! GL and HH, LKD
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2016
Pre-decimals: 10
Best Finds: German Pistol, Horse bit, Lead Belt Buckle

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LittleKiwiDetecting  
Posted : Wednesday, 27 January 2016 11:41:16 PM(UTC)
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Sorry to ask so much, but what were the foreign coins? I think I see a U.S. buffalo nickel...
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2016
Pre-decimals: 10
Best Finds: German Pistol, Horse bit, Lead Belt Buckle

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TaurangaDetector  
Posted : Thursday, 28 January 2016 9:58:40 AM(UTC)
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Hi LittleKiwiDetecting,
Unfortunately, there is nothing special in the foreign department. No silver and nothing pre 1950s.
Most of the coins are modern Australian but there are some Mexican, Fijian, etc etc.

Cheers, TD.
2016
Silver coins - 49
Silver Jewellery - 18
Gold Jewellery - 1
Item Recoveries - 3
ctx3030 & AT Pro-Pointer
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