Been busy coin shooting for goldies again for the last three weeks or so, spent too much of it on pies and V though (gotta keep the engine running). But a quick recap of too many hours spent wandering around...
The F4 in my goto coin shooting mode also gives me a pleasant bycatch of silver and I've recently had my best run of silver to date.
The pentacle ring was a classic - After cleaning it up when I got to work, I put it on. Then couldn't get the damn thing off as the points were acting like a Chinese finger trap! Then while I was slowly making my finger raw trying to get it off, I got called into a meeting! So, there's me trying to be all serious and business-like with a bloody great pentacle ring on my finger! Think I got something of a reputation, despite explaining why I looked like a Satan Worshipper..... Still occasionally get called Gollum!
Heart skipped a beat when the fobwatch appeared in the hole - until I saw the rusty chain.
The three bracelets were my present from Lusi. What a nice gal, hope her big sister visits next year.
The gold necklace was an eyeball find when it flashed in the headlamp off to the side of the track. No purity stamps, but its probably too thin for that. Gives a solid Au peak in the XRF though - good enough for me :)
The coins were all separate hits in the bush, which is really hard going with everything grabbing the detector, let alone fiddling around tree roots - but
No Tear Tabs! Luxury. Every hit a coconut, which makes the long(ish) periods of silence bearable and is just enough to keep the interest up and the frustration down.
Excellent window dating on these with the (beautiful patina) penny at 1904, and a mint 1914 3d. Everything else is 1933-1935. I suspected an old camp, but there's no other junk, nothing - just coins... Even considered an old stash following a heist, but they are too scattered (20-30m) and there's no high ground for them to be thrown over an edge, "make a wish" style.
One weird one out of the bush is this disc - thin copper with gold leaf inlay. No fixing marks on the back or around the edge... just a decorated disc.
Any wild theories as to what it is?
And to sign this report off - 'witnessed' a huge bolide early this morning. Was crouched over the hole, as you do, when there was a flash - bright enough to cast my shadow on the ground. First thought was someone taking a photo then I saw the tail end of the burnup in the sky. Iridescent blue through to yellow/orange ionisation trail that hung there for a solid 5 minutes, maybe more. Awesome sight.
Got 24Hrs to wait while various battery packs charge, then back into it...
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