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chch metal detecting finds makes me want to move to chch, that and the great garage sales! Well done foiled again!
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Cheers guys! Man tonz I love garage sales too (when I have spare coins!) last one I went to I scored an american flag that flew in antarctica in the 1970's for $20!
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Cheers guys! Man tonz I love garage sales too (when I have spare coins!) last one I went to I scored an american flag that flew in antarctica in the 1970's for $20!

Nice finds dude where did you find the half crown ??????
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So! Yesterday morning my hunch on an old spot came through with probably my best day on silver coins! Spent about two hours there-not as long as i'd hoped i would.
Also met up with Hunter for a look around Hagley and scored two more silvers. Happy days!
A few nights before, I found a cool 925 ring with a wicked eyeball!


That was a nice find great night
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As a newbe to this fantastically addictive hobby, I hope it's ok for me ask.............what would be the average depth you would find most of the above items at?
TEKNETICS T2 SE plus X-POINTER
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Silver coins- 233
Other silver- 13
Gold- 1
Sovereigns-0
Spendies -$119.00
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Cheers guys! Man tonz I love garage sales too (when I have spare coins!) last one I went to I scored an american flag that flew in antarctica in the 1970's for $20!

Nice finds dude where did you find the half crown ??????


All from fendalton. pity the half crown wasnt an nz one to match the set. the silvers coins scrubbed up real nice and the 1941 shilling had only 360,000 minted so thats a good find.
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As a newbe to this fantastically addictive hobby, I hope it's ok for me ask.............what would be the average depth you would find most of the above items at?


Yea no worries!-Real depth is mostly about 6-8 inches..usually shows 4-5 inches on display of gold bug
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Hey foiled,nice finds m8! well done.
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Well nice little hunt for a coupla hrs in hillsborough domain tonight with poohbear (long day for you bud after your day hunt!).
Found two rings one old silverplated I think and one 925 with dolphins on it.
Also managed some silvers
1933 threepence x2
1934 & 1946 shilling
1933 & 1934 sixpence
And a silver florin mowered right where the date is!
Also a few pennies, best one 1876 heaton in nice nick.

Looking forward to heading to a country domain somewhere tomorrow for more loot!!
Anyone with a day off is welcome to join...

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Nice lot of silvers there :)

Got tomorrow off too, so ill be out n about early aswell,
lets see if we turn up at the same domain ... lol :)
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Well nice little hunt for a coupla hrs in hillsborough domain tonight with poohbear (long day for you bud after your day hunt!).

Looking forward to heading to a country domain somewhere tomorrow for more loot!!
Anyone with a day off is welcome to join...




Hey if you are heading out this way I will be around after lunch if you are still going. Sounds like it will be a nice day.
Cheers Mike.
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Hey mike yea will be heading out about lunchtime. I have like hororata or glentunnell or something in mind at mo but gimme a buzz 0212428174 for sure

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Fast breaking news story from our reporter on the scene!
Have jumped back in the car after a 3hr hunt.
Couldn't wait to report finding;
A threepence
A sixpence (2)
A shilling
A florin
A half crown
No full crown, but all nice silver coins!
Will throw up a pic tomorrow. Had to hang around trying to find the elusive threepence to complete the set lol

Nice one Foiled again. Your silver collection must be starting to look pretty good by now. Last count i had 41 and they took one year to find.
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Cheers Shane. Yup might be around 80 now. Will do a count up at my six month mark too and see what I got.

Today was my country excursion to hororata about an hr away. Went to the racecourse and met up with ash.
Absolute heap of coins but not all good haha. Here we go.
33 1cent
21 2cent
3 nz half penny
9 nz penny
3 Brit half penny oldest 1899
4 Brit penny 1901-1928
2 Australian penny 1915 & 1919
2 nz sixpence 1934 & 1935
1 nz threepence 1944
$4.10 spendies
Coupla buttons and a rollerskate badge.
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A 1935 sixpence! That is a low minting year. Might be worth something someday.
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that's what I thought when I saw it! Then I started thinking is it the threepence that's the rare one...which it is...doh!

Checked out one of the buttons..has "Cheney b'ham on it. They made military buttons etc in the 20th century. Small bit if totally useless info for yas.

Edit- ooh I see it was a 560k mintage for the sixpence. Cheers mk!

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Edit- ooh I see it was a 560k mintage for the sixpence. Cheers mk!


Yep you've got it now.
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Woop! Found my second oldest coin last night-1837 sixpence from Hagley. Quite a low mintage as well coulda been dropped around the time Christchurch was founded-thats pretty cool. A 1933 threepence gave me two silvers for the night.
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hi, nice find if its in good nick it would have been dropped just as hagley was turned into a park
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Howdy folks. Had a day off today so spent a solid 4 hrs or so wandering around my new secret location lol.
Came away with 122 coins all up. Knew I'd got a few but man when you add them up!
Have a read...

1908 3d
1912 sixpence
1913 3d
1919 sixpence
1919 shilling
1922 3d
1922 shilling
1933 nz shilling
1946 nz sixpence
1965 florin
1943 three pence (one of those dodecagonal ones)
45 pennies all up. Oldest 1875-oh wait, make that 1863. Most the pennies in poor corroded condition but a handful are pre 1900
12 half pennies
16 one cent
16 two cent
$26.30 spendies

Two badges (will post a photo of one for id if someone knows)
And other odds n sods as usual. And I think the backing of a pocket watch

Hope you all had a great day if you were out hunting!

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