Sunday 5 February 2012

Up with the birds

We have had drizzley rain here for the last 4 days, finally woke to a dry day so I was up and off by 6.30 to hit a local school. An hour's hunting around the edge of the grass amongst the trees produced this little lot. I have only had one pre decimal penny from this school before and I was convinced that where there is copper there must be silver..........and sure enough there was! All the pennys are English strangely enough, a 1913,1916,1936 and a '36 1/2 penny.

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3 comments:

  1. Ash_T5 February 2012 at 21:07

    Well done :) Its great to get out after a few days of being trapped inside aye! If ya dont mind me asking, what type of camera ya use?

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  2. Metal Kiwi5 February 2012 at 21:42

    That silver florin is really clean. Do you have a secret cleaning method or are they popping up that way?

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  3. NZ Treasure Hunter6 February 2012 at 06:21

    Ash, the camera is a Fugifilm 10.2 mega pixel. I use the macro feature for most of the shots. Got it from Dick Smiths a couple of years ago for $200.It does video too....

    Chris, this florin came out pretty clean, it was only 25mm deep in sandy soil. I gave it a quick rub with a paste of baking soda and water, this will clean all but the nastiest of tarnish from most silver coins.

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