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Here are my recent most finds:

Trip 1: Sep 21 2011

I went back to the spot where I found all the coins and found a nickle plated steel pendent, a .925 silver ring with 3 blue stones and 2 white stones, 1 Fijian dollar, 1 NZ dollar, a 1 cent piece and a 2 cent piece. I did not have as much time as I did the day before, just an hour lunch break. here are the pics.

Well done on the ring Goldnut.
A great way to spend your lunch break.
HH

Thanks for that. I was told while I was there last that there is another guy who detects on the beach but he never goes looking in the grass... good thing for me. lol

And here are the finds from today's lunch break. I found another silver coin (3 pence) and a skull and bones which looks like it was part of a zipper.

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Yeah I plan on posting all my finds on this one as I don't see the point in making a million topics when i could just use one. lol

23/09/2011

Again at the same area during my lunch break.

I found $6.10 in current coins, 4 one cents, 2 two cents, 1 five cent, 1 fifty cent, and 1 silver shilling!!! I love it when i get a sliver coin! makes it feel like treasure... lol here is the pic.

24/09/2011

Well I took another 45 minutes and continued in the same area that I have been detecting and I found some interesting finds. No silver. I decided to check in this tree as there was some dirt in it and I found some melted metal. I think that it is lead. I will try to melt it and see what happens. I also found a brass maori head with "kia ora" inscribed on it. It looks similar to a 1937 door knocker but I don't know. I also found $3.10 in current coins in one hole! it was like christmas. I pulled a one dollar coin out and still got a signal then I pulled out a ten cent and still got a signal and then pulled out a two dollar coin! That just goes to show that you ALWAYS have to do that second and some times third check on a spot cause you never know. lol

Here is the pic

I always double check a dig. Amazing wot you find sometimes, 3 targets in one kind of thing. Once we dug up 3 coins and some beer lids in one spot. Ding ding again.. oh not diggin another lid i said, went to walk away, ok then just one more, turned around, dug it up, WOOOO, A big solid mens wedding ring. Yeha. Ya just dont know. Patience is the one i guess, determination and beer..

Shane

Yeah I like the little ring too. But just got some news back from the jeweler... that 18k ring is actually 14k but it is still solid :)

26/09/2011

Well I went out for a night detect at my local beach just to see whats there. I spent about 2 hours, and man it was tough doing it at night! But I did manage to get quite a few coins :) even an Ausi coin. I must have dug one massive hole next to this one tree trying to figure out what was giving off this massive signal and then I pulled out a iron crowbar!? It looked like a root, and because I was wearing gloves I couldn't tell :).

Here's the pic.

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