Andy2640

I wonder why ML didnt go for a CTX like - 17 inch'er for the foxy?

Anyways i phoned a few stores yesterday, Crawfords UK and Joan Allen UK.  Both said they will know more Thursday, but expecting them to arrive next week ? 

Now thats what i call a nice necklace ? Nice1.

Nice finds FF.   Doya know why some coins have a hole drilled in them?   Ive found a few in ploughed fields, i was told they were nailed to fence posts to bring good luck and fortune.

Minelab are frickin awesome!  Havnt run into a better company in ages. Condolences for your nox's arm tho.

ML to the rescue ? 

LOL - I'm excited now, hahahahaaa, yeah sweet.  Our coins will cross paths mid-Atlantic and land through our doors.  This will be fun,  ? 

Ok, i'll PM later tonight,  and no rush my end, i'm very patient.  Just good to get an international trade going hehehe.

Nice1 Chuck, your awesome.

Howdy Chuck, 

Perhaps a Jefferson or franklin?  I got all the silver British coins except the full crown to trade.

? ? 

Would anyone consider a coin swap/trade?  I have a full range of British silver available.  I only have one US coin. I find the US coins particularly lovely, but the rest of the world has some buteys too and i'd love a nice coin that's a bit different..

Just a thought.  

Cheers.

Andy.

6 minutes ago, Alluminati said:

Lets just say its misdirected passion lol.

 

I'll go with that ? 

1 minute ago, Alluminati said:

lol I think that guy is a huge Garret fanboy from another forum, I forget the name at the moment.

It's not a website, it's a miserable voluntary Garret shill. He used to shill hard around the forums a few years back and argue something fierce with anybody.

It's not a real website.

I hear ya.  Happens a lot now that kinda thing.  Its clealry biased and totally against the truth of the 800/600.  Sad to see, but says more about him and his agenda than the truth of the matter.  Shame.

Quote: "But first and foremost it’s a protective film for your detector screen. That amount will be enough and to spare, you surely won’t need a rain cover at all"

Well not really chum, do you know how much mud + grime hits the LCD unit.  Once its ingrained its very hard to remove fully.  And i dont know about you, but i like to keep my £890 "love machine" in top condition.  A cover say £18 does this perfectly. No brain'er!.....speaking of brains ........ ? 

I'll leave it there before i turn green and start destroying f-35's on masse ? 

LMFAO.......   I would defo do the "gold dance" even if there were people around Hhahahahaa ? ? 

I even do a silver dance, i did yesterday!  I'll post a picture of my new find later (dont want to appear to braggy lol).  Its a 1912 Half crown, its lovely and chunky.  Hay.....you know what i really wanna find......A full crown pre 1920.....THERE HUGE AND CHUNKY AND STERLING SILVER.

I looked up sterling silver yesterday, and i didnt know that the other 7.5% alloys were added for strength and longevity.  I like sterling even more now.  

I'll stop waffling now ? 

Cheers.

Yeah i was similar to your good lady JW.  To be fair i didnt give it a chance as i only watched one episode, and in that episode there wasnt much detecting going on, just a dull story line.  But that may of just been a bad episode.  I like "dads army" and "Steptoe and son" for starters........so im pretty open to all sorts of humour ? 

I will say though, that modern comedy (for me) has slowly become less enjoyable and memorable over the years, giving way to the millennial type of humour, that is devoid of any depth.  My hero comedians were Bill Hicks and George Carling.  RIP to both men.

 I'm going to give the detectorists a bumper chance later this evening.  Ill report back on the chuckle factor then.   hehehe.

EDIT: Randy, we posted at the same time, hahaha, Oh wow, thats a bute.  4th time ? 

Ive literally just emailed crawfords UK to check where i am on the list.  Like with the equinox 800, i wonder how many units are going to each store?  I got a feeling i'm waaaay down on that pesky list.  Grhhh!!!

Hearty welcome Lgtrack ?

This is now the 3rd time Randy has come good with expertise that just blow me away!  Thank you.

Well......Im actually over the moon i have a unique forgery.  Its something different, and that to me means more than the real thing (which i have a few of anyways).

Its getting too much this detecting game, I'm far too happy for my own good these days. 

Once my mortgage is paid off, ill be in heaven on earth ? 

Bloody brilliant, thanks all.

Andy.

Oh praise the lord!!!   ?   Lets sing!   Itsssss a haaappy happy happy happy happy song, sing the happy happy happy happy happy song.......sing boys sing.  GREAT NEWS.

On 10/10/2018 at 7:09 PM, kiwijw said:

 

LOL - What the heck was that in the video??  A brooch, a gold mirror?

On 10/10/2018 at 4:22 PM, William P said:

That is a fantastic find, Andy! It couldn't happen to a nicer individual as well. ?

 

-Bill

Appreciate your kind words Bill.  Your a true gent.

Very AWESOME.  We're the real archaeologists.  I love this hobby more n more each and every day.  Great finds guys.

7 hours ago, Nig the Dig said:

chemical reaction in the soil. lot of acidic fertilisers used and if it's a George the third it's probably low grade silver too.

forgeries tend to be base metal with a silver wash

Sorry should of mentioned, its a Late Victorian shilling (so my date might be off, as pitting has partly erased it, and i was going off an online coin site, which may be off too knowing the internet) but it is high grade silver 92.5% sterling silver.  Anything in Britain under 1920 was the same.  Thing is, the other coins which were pre-1920 have no pits and i literally found a few other silvers within 10 metres of it .  As i mention, in my experience, silver tends to preserve very well  but this one....well im scratching my head.  I can be very pedantic, needing to know the hows, whats and why's, very annoying i know, but my brain is my brain, got no other to swap it with unfortunately ?  So i think there is a slim chance it could be a forgery, but a chance non the less, but like you guys say though, the pitting could be caused by a host of other reasons. 

Any metallurgic (EDIT: Metallurgy) experts about, please feel extra free to chime in.

Thanks you lot, your awesome.

Andy.

Just now, Alluminati said:

Is there a chance its a fake coin?

Arhhh never considered that, very interesting suggestion.  I dont know.  Got me thinking now.  Never crossed my mind that these old coins im finding could be forgeries. .

Just a quick one chaps (Do we have any chapess's) ........anyways, what causes pitting in silver coins.  I found a 1898 coin yesterday and it has micro pitting in it.  Never had that in any coin ive ever found.  Thats why i like silver, cus its always in good condition.  But these pits baffled me.  The soil at this location is generally a mild PH, and very dry sandy soil - which to my mind is great for preservation, but bad on abrasion.  But i have found over 15 silvers here, and none have pitting.   So considering these conditions, what it is that would cause the pitting?

I defer to your expertise,

Thank you.

Thanks to Mark for this video. Just found it now.  Top notch.

"Just the view from my foxhole"...  Your view is a good one from that fox hole....and appreciated.  Does the gold you found vary on the VDI, As in skip from say a 12 to 14?  

Cheers.

Hi you lot, hope your all well,

I'm about to go and hit a local park. Ive found loads of silver coins (1880-1940's), but i now sense that ive pretty much hoovered them all up (Silver).  Interesting thing is, there are loads of targets around the 10-19 VDI. 

I'm ideally trying to target a gold coin and  gold rings.   I know silver gives a lovely tell-tale indicator, for example a 24-25-26 which 99% of the time is... silver.

So what does gold do on the VDI?  Any skips on the VDI like silver?   Im going to be using the depth indicator for potential gold coins, my thinking is that the deeper it is, the more the chance of it being old and not surface rubbish.  But the gold rings could be any depth, hence why i ask if there's any tell-tale signs of the yellow stuff.  Any other hints and tips would be mega appreciated.

Help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers, Andy.