On The Beach

[stupot]

I'm one of those hunters that is quite happy shifting a lot of stuff looking for the right items. Always at the back of my mind are those nice little yellow Sovereign gold coins which will occur in these conditions eventually.

Since we had a storm here in England, I've been out a lot. Most places were quite yielding to the Manticores small coil as I've been working at the base of sea walls that have been heavily scoured out.

I'm finding the Manti small coil absolutely perfect for me close to the wall where the metallic debris is immense. Its shape & size is the key factor for me in these situations. Its not the best place for rings, but there sure are plenty of targets. I like to see lead toys, watch keys earlier coins & anything else from before WWI or thereabouts. This is because gold coins circulated in England into the late teens.

Normal procedure is to clear blocks of stone,  and especially iron cobs & other large pieces to get a relatively flat work area. Most people won't comprehend or understand the sheer volume of iron or how to work it, this is actually good as it restricts most folk except certain old gritty sea salts!!!

Best coins were the Victoria silver Gothic Florin (about 50c size) which don't turn up very often, and especially the 1887 3 pence stuck in the clay in 'keep' condition. A little Dreadnought class cracker toy is one of several I've had this year but its the best for well detailed casting. The US Army tag is similar to one found last year, it has a patent date to check on, likely WWI?? Yet another 1977 Jubilee Crown to go with the other similar five type crowns I've had in the same spot.

The Deus has not been neglected - Its been in full swing the last couple of days. I'm quite happy picking up either machine dependent on where I go, or not actually! I do like both.

[RickUK]

Some amazing finds,very well done and the Manticore certainly seems to be working well for you,because i live so far inland i tend not to do much beach detecting.Once again very well done.

[GB_Amateur]

19 minutes ago, stupot said:

and especially the 1887 3 pence stuck in the clay in 'keep' condition.

Never heard that term but absolutely understand it -- what high quality for such a find!  I know you explained a couple items in the top photo but do you mind covering the remainder?  I'm not very familiar with coins from your area so can't tell just by looking at the photo.  Everything you show (except the bottom photo), coins or otherwise, has me salivating.

[stupot]

5 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said:

Never heard that term but absolutely understand it -- what high quality for such a find!  I know you explained a couple items in the top photo but do you mind covering the remainder?  I'm not very familiar with coins from your area so can't tell just by looking at the photo.  Everything you show (except the bottom photo), coins or otherwise, has me salivating.

From the bottom left to right coins. 2 Georgian, one of silver, an queen Elizabeth silver jubilee crown. In the middle coins are queen Victoria silver shilling at the side is a silver threepence from the 30's. Above is a ww1 French 5 centimes and at the side is an indian head!

I find a lot of foreign coin s in this area, including quite a few early USA ones. I'll put up some photos of those along the way. This beach was an extemely busy port area for ships for a couple of hundred years.

Any information on  the brass tag would be welcome.

 

Many thanks

[stupot]

14 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said:

Never heard that term but absolutely understand it -- what high quality for such a find!  I know you explained a couple items in the top photo but do you mind covering the remainder?  I'm not very familiar with coins from your area so can't tell just by looking at the photo.  Everything you show (except the bottom photo), coins or otherwise, has me salivating.

 

2 minutes ago, stupot said:

From the bottom left to right coins. 2 Georgian, one of silver, an queen Elizabeth silver jubilee crown. In the middle coins are queen Victoria silver shilling at the side is a silver threepence from the 30's. Above is a ww1 French 5 centimes and at the side is an indian head!

I find a lot of foreign coin s in this area, including quite a few early USA ones. I'll put up some photos of those along the way. This beach was an extemely busy port area for ships for a couple of hundred years.

Any information on  the brass tag would be welcome.

 

Many thanks

2 Georgian  should read Halfcrowns, a 50c size coin

[GB_Amateur]

11 minutes ago, stupot said:

Any information on  the brass tag would be welcome.

Someone here (e.g. @F350Platinum ) will likely figure it out.  I did a quick google images search under WWI dog tags but I don't think it's that.  Is there some printing around the hole, and if so can you decipher it?

[stupot]

Have had two tags from here with different numbers. It's says PATD JAN 13 1891.

[F350Platinum]

Heh got nothing on the tag,  but I like the Cracker Jack Warship ~1920s 👍

First US dog tags looked like this ~1860s:

That might be a destination tag or something 🤔 

Thanks for some unusual finds! 🏆

[Againstmywill]

Seems like there was one patent on that date that had to do with bullets and one to do with raising propeller--both probable. https://www.datamp.org/displayIndex.php?start=0&date=1891-01-13

[Rick N. MI]

Great silver. I like the dog and other item.