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Combination of months of detecting - White gold, gothic florin, Trade token and more
TaurangaDetector  
Posted : Sunday, 19 June 2016 8:33:16 PM(UTC)
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We have been getting out periodically over the past few months and have been rewarded with some nice finds.
All the detecting has been grass, between parks, domains and schools. the highlight is probably the fabulous 1881 Gothic florin. It is funny how things go, until this year we hadn't found a single silver florin, The gothic florin is our 3rd English. This hunt brought us a total of 26 silver coins. The jewellery highlight is a 7 1/2 gram 9ct white gold wedding ring complemented with 3 pieces of silver: 2 rings and a charm.
As you can see in the photo's, plenty of spendies and a crazy number of 1 & 2 cent coins. with the CTX 3030 we discriminate out iron, so, not many new 10s, 20's and 50's.

We have had the CTX for 6 months now and have a pretty good handle on it. I would recommend it to any one for detecting grass and beaches salt and fresh water.

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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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roy1954  
Posted : Sunday, 19 June 2016 8:45:52 PM(UTC)
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great finds you got to love gothic florins fab coin.
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jeff b  
Posted : Tuesday, 21 June 2016 9:26:44 PM(UTC)
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way cool mate can't wait to find some old stuff myself.
SOMETIMES I WAKE UP GRUMPY. OTHER TIMES I LET HER SLEEP
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Erickd  
Posted : Wednesday, 22 June 2016 9:09:37 AM(UTC)
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Gotta love those Gothics and yours is in good condition well done !!
2016
Silver coins -400
Silver Jewellery/items - 22
Gold Jewellery/items - 7
Spendie $132.90
Fisher F75 & X-pointer
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