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Yeah.....I was pretty surprised to dig another one too..........just goes to show, you never know what's next........trash or treasure. I'd also have to say that I was pretty bloody stoked to lift that sixpence cufflink. It's a beautifully crafted wee piece of Victoriana and no doubt was created to remind it's owner of the good old Motherland!...... I like to think that maybe it was the farewell gift of a Mother to her son as he left England on his great Antipodean adventure to the far flung colonies.
I've never seen one like it before, other than the modern reproduction ones you can buy online......... It also shows the measure of having an exceptionally good, compatible coil for your machine.
The new Teknetics 11" DD that I bought recently, has proven to be extremely sensitive and accurate in depth indication, locating small silvers (threepence) at up to 10 inches!.

Edited by user Monday, 29 October 2012 10:50:46 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Nice going! I have exactly the same rss badge with a 50 on the top. It might be the years of membership? Mine has two numbers on the back- 1140 & 3610

number 8 i think you will find that the 4 may be his battalion and the 3288 his army number..just like on the war medal i found ..i may be wrong thoguh.

wasn't hard:

here he is:

http://muse.aucklandmuse...erialnumber_search=43289

ummm...........was 43288 not 89....but thanks for the effort Tony.

Yep.......sent it off about an hour ago. See what happens!

Cheers Roy. Thought it must be an old one as it was 5-6 inches down.

Two hours this afternoon at Hagley with Roy, produced two pennies, two half pennies and a few decimals. Also a 1945 NZ threepence, a Brit 1918 sixpence, a Brit 1919 shilling and an Enfield bullet (fired) circa 1860/70. Happy hunting all.



Was just emptying the bottle caps and pull tabs out of my pocket when I found what looked like a piece of rolled up aluminum. Out of curiosity, opened it up and reveled a hallmark!
Absolutely no idea what it is/was but the hallmark and date letter revel that it the Birmingham assay office, 1911. I haven't yet managed to track the maker but the letters are " A.F. & Co". Also, in a diamond pattern above this, are the letters "BBB". Any ideas welcomed.

Edited by user Saturday, 10 November 2012 6:49:31 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Added extra find info.

Sorted. Haha well done on find and research :-)

Ok......my subtitle says it all......"The RSA badge dead end search"

I had no luck contacting the RSA directly but they put me on to the Personnel Archives at Trentham Military Camp. This is their reply;

"SUBJECT: Confirmation of owner of RSA Badge - NZ 43288

Thank you for your enquiry.

Unfortunately, as with past enquiries received of this nature, NZDF Archives cannot correctly identify the owners of RSA badges.

It appears that if the number is not RSA issued, then we cannot confirm if it pertains to an individuals NZ Defence Force service number.

The reason for this is because, as in some partiuclar instances, the number has been issued to more than one individual servicemen.

Issue of RSA badges are not recorded in service files, so we cannot confirm if that particular serviceman had been issued one or not.

Regret that we cannot be of further assistance to you with this enquiry".


Bugger.........it would have been great to have been able to find out a bit about the soldier to which it was issued. Them's the breaks I guess.