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DrunkBrother  
Posted : Friday, 16 August 2013 8:53:03 PM(UTC)
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Heya all,
a number of times i see a note in people's posts like "i wish a had camera with me" or "my phone has poor camera" and so on,

So, i decided to give away camera that i found in my last Urban scavenger raid :-)

The Camera is Panasonic DMC-LS1 and comes with memory card and cable to transfer Photos :

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The Competition :

Do a research on any location no further away than 50 KM from Auckland CBD that would be a subject to metal detecting and post here following:

* google map coordinates of the place
* Attach Historical Photo of the place (if available)
* Link to a website with historical information about place (other than Wikipedia)
* your Gneral though why should i go to that place for detecting

Any Member can participate from Any town of NZ... so itt is not limited to Aucklanders..Just do the research.
Posting will stop on Wednsday 4Th of September and i will Lock the topic.
I will Choose the most interesting post and that person will be the winner. Moreover, i will go to that place, video the trip and post on my youtube channel.

Hope to get some interest from you guys on this :-)

Regards

Max

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gjj109  
Posted : Friday, 16 August 2013 9:14:19 PM(UTC)
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Interesting idea DB, Hope you get a good response. You might consider a group dig at the location, seeing it will have been well publicised.
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Posted : Saturday, 17 August 2013 6:09:17 PM(UTC)
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