Tuesday 20 September 2011

The 'New Spot' produces SILVER!

Beautiful fine clear day today, so after work we decided to go back to the new spot along the railway line I tried out on the weekend. Well I was right, there is silver there! Took a while to get on to it but there is definately plenty of potential here. The first find turned out to be a pocket spill, a really scratchy signal bouncing from pull tab to copper.............I nearly didn't dig it, turned out to be 10 coins, 8 X 1c pieces and 2 2c pieces. Not much value, but the most coins I have had out of one hole before. Hit on a couple of pennys amongst the tree roots, dug them out and one was an Aussie kangaroo penny, the first I have dug over here. All the others have been the older Commonwealth of Australia pennys. Had another scratchy hit next to one of the pennys and out popped the Florin.......The other 2 silvers came out of single holes, very scratchy numbers on the F4 around the 60s which is usually an older 'beaver tail' ring pull. The English one is a very worn 1922, just managed to get the date under the magnifing glass.
Here are the pics. OH, I forgot the surface finds........... a perfectly good pair of sneakers (too big for either of us), a nice pair of woolen gloves and a toy machine gun with lights and sound (still working!)

1 comment:

  1. Nice finds. Goes to show, digging all those pulltabs pays off! :)

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