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Mudwiggles' Display Cabinet

Erickd		Posted : Sunday, 23 August 2015 7:32:11 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/06/2014(UTC) Posts: 628 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 473 times Was thanked: 695 time(s) in 297 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Mudwiggle Originally Posted by: Erickd 1778..did you find that ? Yep, 10m below high tide mark on a popular beach...Nowhere near Spain. Can only assume it was from one of the early whalers/sealers "I'll be back" Wow that's cool..and even cooler than finding a Sovereign I reakon
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Mudwiggle		Posted : Sunday, 23 August 2015 10:08:39 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 22/10/2013(UTC) Posts: 742 Thanks: 182 times Was thanked: 683 time(s) in 317 post(s)		Problem is, I don't have any sort of bucket list now. I'm never going to top this, so I'm closing this thread off, and seriously considering growing orchids or something less adrenalin-inducing!

roy1954		Posted : Sunday, 23 August 2015 11:40:04 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 628 Location: christchurch Thanks: 442 times Was thanked: 372 time(s) in 242 post(s)		great score, pieces of eight they maybe another seven.
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Iggyrulz		Posted : Monday, 24 August 2015 12:46:11 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 21/12/2013(UTC) Posts: 438 Location: Dunedin Thanks: 501 times Was thanked: 327 time(s) in 196 post(s)		Your quite the story teller arn't you MW awesome posts and lots of booty for the chest!

number8wire		Posted : Monday, 24 August 2015 10:42:10 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Bloody hell MW, that's freekin amazing!!!! What an awesome piece of early NZ history (most likely). Hope you find more. If so, and you also find anything else relevant to that time...........history in the making my friend!!
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Mudwiggle		Posted : Monday, 24 August 2015 12:15:19 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 22/10/2013(UTC) Posts: 742 Thanks: 182 times Was thanked: 683 time(s) in 317 post(s)		Cheers guys. I always GPS and record depth of any decent finds in case they turn into the start of something significant. However, the slow spirals well out from the coin and the button were both totally silent, even with sensitivity racked up to "twitchy". These are apparently random drops (I did think of the Kelly Tarlton theft, but this was too far down for that context). Spain hasn't got a claim to NZ just yet! :) MW Edited by user Monday, 24 August 2015 1:40:01 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

andy		Posted : Monday, 24 August 2015 1:02:59 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 13/12/2012(UTC) Posts: 471 Location: ngongotaha rotorua Thanks: 70 times Was thanked: 88 time(s) in 72 post(s)		iv heard storys of a spanish ship wrecking of the coast somewhere near ......bay and the spaniards from the ship assimilating into the local population! im sure they would have had chests of silver etc as the spanish allways did lol! your find gets my spanish treasure hunting adrenaline pumping again lol! great find mate!
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Foiled again		Posted : Monday, 24 August 2015 1:11:54 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 861 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 459 times Was thanked: 251 time(s) in 192 post(s)		Wow stunning find! Excitement city!
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Mudwiggle		Posted : Monday, 24 August 2015 1:52:31 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 22/10/2013(UTC) Posts: 742 Thanks: 182 times Was thanked: 683 time(s) in 317 post(s)		Originally Posted by: andy iv heard storys of a spanish ship wrecking of the coast somewhere near ......bay and the spaniards from the ship assimilating into the local population! im sure they would have had chests of silver etc as the spanish allways did lol! your find gets my spanish treasure hunting adrenaline pumping again lol! great find mate! Nice dream, but when this one was minted, Cook had already done his package tour of NZ and was back in Blighty with his slippers on and a cup of tea trying to think of some marketing ideas for emigration :) Not interested in a chest of them - everyone knows chests of Aztec silver and gold are cursed :) Ran it through the 'machine' and am very impressed with their smelting purity back in the day.

PavelNew		Posted : Monday, 24 August 2015 2:18:42 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 18/02/2014(UTC) Posts: 14 Location: Wellington Was thanked: 13 time(s) in 7 post(s)		Most likely is the child was stolen from his father - a coin collector, this coin on the beach and lost!

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