Hunterjunk

Like phrunt i also note with interest the similar numbers of some of your US coins to our British style gold coins . Half Sovereign = 15 . Full Sovereign = 18 out of ground , but can be a bit flakey in ground with 17's showing at times . And the Guinea = 18 solid in ground and out .

Saw a beauty a few years ago up here in Northern Tasmania . Driving home late at night in a country area , no lighting to lessen the effect of the meteor's brightness . It appeared from my RHS passing high above the car , disappearing low over the horizon to my left . A dazzling bright green light that lit the countryside so brightly that i could see like it was daylight ! Nearly ran off the road as i had never seen anything like it . It's an awesome experience if your ever lucky enough to see one .

I know little about American coinage but the Half and Full Dollar coins in your first photo sure are beautiful coins ! Congrats , and good luck with finding a gold coin , they seem to turn up when you least expect one .

Ripper bunch of finds ! A nice bottle collection in one hunt .

I would not be surprised to see a fine gold chain ring up as a 1 . Recently i found a 40 cm coarse gold chain at the 4 to 5 inch mark on a saltwater beach . It was nearly straight in the sand , not bunched up , no clasp etc . Gave a fairly consistent 2 .

Keep looking for that other half , it's working a treat ! Congrats .

Now that's an interesting idea ! Will be giving that some thought , thank you .

Thanks for that GB . I have seen it . A couple of years ago i molded up a snap on one . Worked ok but collected rocks and dirt on top of the coil . Was also a bit brittle , when i hit a rock it cracked up . A thin solid coil would have me handing over my cash quickly !

Yes the 11 inch is my bush coil . Drives me nuts with all the sticks that get caught in it but there is no real alternative . I use the 15" in open grassed areas . The 6" drives me nuts , just takes to long to cover any ground . Wish they made a solid 10" for the Nox .

Thanks Tom . This one makes four now with three of them inside the last twelve months . I have had an amazing run of luck with my mates giving me some funny looks !

Good play on words ! No i have not had it appraised and don't think i ever will . I cannot bear to sell any of my finds , my wife and child will deal with that when i am gone . To me all my finds are a story i can hold in my hand , and they represent many hard hours in the bush .

Thanks Geof-junk , the Guinea must have been carried as a memento or insurance policy as it has not been circulated . Minted at 8.4 grams and still weighs that . Note though the 4 little centre pop marks on the neck line and one on top of the head that have been done with something like a sharp awl . This coin has been personalized , probably in case of theft . By luck and many hard yards i have now found 4 gold coins in 9 years of detecting , 3 of those in the last 12 months with the wonderful , if leaky , Nox ! Reckon i have used all my luck now .

Turned out it was a broken teapot . If i find a lot of pieces of a pottery item i sometimes take them home and glue them together . I found i hadn't picked up enough of this one to bother . Maybe the old miner smashed it in temper when he realized he had lost his Guinea ! There is a ring there and it is stamped 18k , but must have only been plated as it's all brass now . May have been tossed when the owner found out he had been duped .

A short window of luck has given me another gold coin . Eleven days ago while on an organized field day with many prospectors i came across an old miners camp site . Being a relic focused detectorist i worked the site hard . The other coins from the site point to occupation between 1870 - 1890 so finding a 1798 gold Spade Guinea created quite a stir ! Minting of this coin stopped in 1799 . In 1798 my state was not populated by the English and was only just being found to be a separate land mass from mainland Australia . I still get a smile on my face when i think of finding this coin ! 25mm diameter , 8.4 grams . Solid 18 on the Nox in ground [5 inches] and out .

A wonderful find . The translator on the other hand , should be burned at the stake !

Yep , you can cover miles of country here that has been mined . Much has a cover of bracken fern which ensures it's never hunted out .

Had some luck during the week finding my 3rd gold coin in 9 years of detecting , so i am feeling the buzz again . This one is an 1853 Half Sovereign , 22ct , 19mm diameter . Came from a well hunted spot where virtually every target over 20 on the Nox has been cleaned up by the high tone hunters . This was 15 in all directions at around the 5 inch mark . Found a nice brooch and pendant as well . The hunt area is a well known gold mining town dating back to the 1870's .

Great to see a powder flask posted up , they are one of my favorite finds no matter what condition . There never seems to be two the same and are art works in brass and copper . I have long wondered why there are so few posted here . I have thought about posting up a powder flask topic that everybody could contribute to but wonder if there would be any interest ? I hope your bridge / ford area continues to give up finds like this .

Still good results Erik , a real Sovereign could still be lurking there . I have found two Sovereigns and both read 17-18 in ground , and a solid 18 out , on the Nox . They also look like gold before any cleaning . I suggest if you do find one that you be very careful about cleaning as a lot of value can be scrubbed away . A running tap with a very gentle brush with a soft tooth brush was it for me , some would say that even that is too much . The full Sovereign is about the size of a thin 10 cent piece . The half is more like a 5 cent , Aussie coins i mean . Good luck .

Well done mate . There is still a few people that care although it seems they are becoming a minority . Here in my coastal town in Tasmania we have incidences like that often during the summer period as groups of young people get a carton of beer , sit on the beach and break every stubby as they empty it . I pick up all glass as i see it , and i see plenty . All glass containers should be banned from beach areas in my view .

That's a pity mate , i am sure the weird things that TT inflict on that forum are killing it . That town sounds amazing , hope you make a killing there and post it all here . Best of luck .

Wow you smashed that small silver ! You must have hit some undetected ground , which is a feat just in it's self ! Great research equals great results . Will you post them on AMDRH ? Finding 4 Groats is outstanding and would take you straight to the top of the tally board ! Congrats . WH

Some other company's could do with a straight shooter fronts person like her . And look at those lovely thick coil ears ! I can see at least one of the new coils being added to my outfit .

That's both a crazy , and wonderful find ! Great condition , and , how did it get there ?! Metal detecting often throws up more questions than answers . Congrats .

My TRX's interfere a bit with my VLF detectors if i lay the detector to close while i dig . It's no big problem though . The machine that hates the TRX in my experience is the Surf P.I. , Sends mine bonkers up to a Metre away !