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Ok i am taking the advice of others and from now on i will post all my pics on this page...

Today i was out for a couple hours..didnt find a lot...22 coins in total..2 of which i spent to buy a drink..this is thirsty work..lol

what i did find that i liked was this pin i think might be a navy pin..and a silver button that i think is real silver..

Also i found the little silver end off a bycicle break wire which of course is very small...what amazed me about it is that it was the only metal in the hole and it was at a depth of 10 inches and my gold bug sounded off nice and loud like it was a silver ring which i was hoping it was..but alas it wasnt..but to think the machine picked such a small thing up at such a depth is good to know.

very cool finds poohbear I like that wee navy pin...very cool indeed! Well done and keep up the posts man. We should organise a wee gold trip one weekend soon...warming up nicely!!

Nice finds NZPB.
That possible navy pin is a US Marines EGA hat badge.
The E is eagle, G is globe and of course A is anchor.

I found one very similar a few months back which I am told is
genuine but cant be 100% sure. Could be a copy.
There is some info here
http://metaldetectornz.b...r-work-hunt-tonight.html

looking forward to more posts.
HH
Chris.

yes metal kiwi they are exactly the same badge..thank you for the info on it...

rgmcbrid i am almost allways ready to look for gold...lol..

Edited by user Wednesday, 28 September 2011 6:31:27 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Nice finds Chris!!

check my latest lol you'l get to see a nice close up of a half crown :-D

where bouts in ashvegas ya been hunting as we been planning a trip up there too

Todays hunt, wasnt sure if i was going to get out with the way the sky's looked..but i chanced it..lol..

it was a toy car day today. The blue car is just missing it's wheels..the boot even still opens..as well as that badge and gun..the badge says wyatt earp marshal on it....
the little button says pacific trail on it and it looks copper.. a part watch and of course the normal 1, 2 , and 5 cent coins..
and 3 bucks spendables.

Edited by user Thursday, 6 October 2011 6:28:23 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Thats great going and you have conclusively proven that not only did Wyatt Earp come to keep the peace in Kiwiland but he lost his shooter while he was at it! He must have got scared at the wildness of the Ashburton frontier and taken off so fast back to the good old US of A that he dropped the badge and shooter!

It is natural that he dropped the heater and badge in Christchurch on the way through to Lyttelton because thats where the ships left from. He had to go through Christchurch to get to Lyttelton.

I am not so sure it was wallabies unless he thought that they were large meeces (plural of mice???) with big legs and was terrified shitless though it was more likely Mckenzie the sheep stealers Dawg protecting McKenzie after they got Wyatt over to track him down and capture him following New Zealand Armed constabulary failure to do so.

It was said that Western Dime Novel author Edward Buntline - real name Edward Zane Carroll Judson - Ned Buntline was a character who had a pretty colourful life though embroidered a bit - fought in Florida I think in the Seminole Wars, in the navy for four years. I think he got offside with the other midshipmen and challenged all twelve or thirteen to a duel and wounded some of them. He also fought in the Amercian Civil War I think. He may have been in politics and also went around half shickered giving lectures on temperance!

In any case he had a chequered and adventurous career. He took the pseudonym 'Ned Buntline' - Ned for obvious reasons and Buntline from a Marine terminology. It was said that he had a dozen or so special order Colt Model 1873 revolvers also known as Colt Frontier or Colt Peacemakers made up for presentation to various personalities. It is said that most of them later had the barrels cut down though Earp is said to have used his one to wallop people on the head if they got stroppy.

As for the Navy Colt - Ned Buntline maybe got his inspiration from a few extra long barrel Navy Colts which existed. As you can see the Navy Colt is one of my favourites - the one I have illustrated was used on the Otago Gold fields. An average Colt Navy will cost you around $1800 now.

Today original Colt Dragoons are worth untold and in better than average condition many, many thousands. A Goldfields one did turn up about thirty years back and I know of two Dragoons carried in New Zealand, one in a case and that would be worth around six figures today.