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Best of luck job hunting Guardian. Its a tough world out there and jobs are few and far between. Impressive jar of goldies there and a tidy little sum indeed. I spent my couple of hundred on a holiday up north with the missus and now have about 40 bucks saved for my next venture. Work is not that forthcoming here for me so to boost things a bit i have had some small flyers made which i hand out as buisseness cards. They basically say;
Treasure Ace
Metal Detection
lost keys
Discover treasure in your back yard
Lost jewelry
General metal detection
Call Shane on .......
Tacky i know but they get the point across and make for great conversation as well. Will send anyone a copy so they can make ther own up if you P.M me your address.
Yes i edit my posts to and its a great feature on this forum which allows us to correct ourselves. Specially after posting with large amounts of beer in the system..

Hey guys

I watched a video the other day about a guy in the states who goes around finding wedding bands etc, watched him fish one from a lake!
Funny timing as I had just been talking to my old man about going to a close by lake and going for a snorkel, ran out of time unfortunately. Could be fun and I'll keep it on my to do list.

Apparently Dunedins unemployment rate is about 1% higher than any other city in NZ. It took me awhile to get it through my skull that I needed a job, especially in a place I didn't want to be. Detecting has helped a lot by forcing me out and learning my way around, making the place feel a bit more homely. Now it's time to knuckle down and bring in the moolah.

I import bitz and pieces to try and get a little extra income, been doing that for almost 8 years.
Usually bringing over items I'm interested in at the time. I've sold some strange stuff in the past, I think high end Italian bike seats would be at the top of the list but they sold, sold a heap of Laser sights for rifles and got a good return, now every man and his dog are importing and stuffed it. Getting very hard to find a product no one else has and hitting a target market.

Oh well better go do something like check the gumboots *8^)
If the weather holds I might try a high school tomorrow haven't been hunting at one yet!

Looks good PB. How much does he charge you for a listing?

Mineforgold.. i think it is like 24.00 a year or something like that...but he gives you all the info and any help you need....and he even looks up what news paper is in your area and sends you a thing to talk about if you call the paper and get a free add in....i havn't done that part yet..lol...

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#59 trip. Down the line to hang out with Chrisyboy and his 250. We went to his hot new spot where he found the half crown, pulled up some pennys and a 1933 sixpense. We then hit a mainstream beach during the day, that was fun, a couple of hundred people, found an earing, a kids shovel and a couple of coins, very loose thick sand. A quick stint at a small beach on the way home produced some coins and a capgun (police 38), it was encrusted when i found it and my first thought was.. nup, its a capper.
So, got to see the mighty half crown while i was down there and that was worth the trip on its own. Swapped one of my silver rings with Chrisyboy for a cool drop pendant. The ace 250 is one excellant machine and picks up everything well. Performed heaps better than i thought being very close to the 350.

..pulled up some pennys and a 1933 sixpence






A BIG BLING EARING AND A COOL BUTTON

FIRST COIN FIND OF THE TRIP

THIS PENNY WAS STRUCK BY A MOWER

ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF GOLD

Edited by user Monday, 23 January 2012 10:23:57 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Looks like you and Chris had a great time with your dual Garretts.
I still like using my 250.
Yeah that silver pendant is cool. Quite a unique design.
HH

Edited by user Monday, 23 January 2012 10:52:15 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Yes we had great fun, the ace bros.
Had my eye on that pendant for a while.

Swapped these for a silver ring

Hey Shane.. I am heading up to Hibiscus Coast today for a few days, is that near where you are?

Peridot?
I had not heard of that stone but when I looked here I found it has quite a history.
Very pretty stone. I would like to find one.
Thanks for the info Rick.

http://www.gemstone.org/...gem-by-gem&Itemid=14

the peridot could be from a meteorite bro?

Edited by user Tuesday, 24 January 2012 2:07:59 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified