Sunday's finds

We did get out today, although the weather men got it wrong.......... it was supposed to be fine and sunny  but it pissed down all morning. We headed off around lunchtime in the direction of the blue sky............not exactly where I had planned but another site I saw on Google maps that I thought might have some potential. It was bitterly cold, a real southerly blowing and the temp was only 8 or 9 deg c, I recon the wind chill factor would have brought the temp down to under 5 deg! After being skunked on the first place we headed back towards home and stopped at a small town that had a park on the river bank, my research told me the park was dedicated in 1899.......................so there should be some old coins there. Well after a couple of hours hunting in the freezing cold we came up with this little lot. I will definately be going back to give it the once over again as I wouldn't have hunted more than 10% of it today.

Victoria Penny update

Queen Vicky  had 3 portraits on pennies during her reign, the "young" head (1838-59), the "bun" head (1860-94), and the "veilled" head, (1895-1901).
 So far I have dug 1 "young" head (1854), 6 "bun" heads (1861,'74,'77,'79,'86,'90) and 7 "veilled heads (1896 X2, '97, '99, 1901 X 3). Also dug a 1861 and 1862 half penny. The only Victorian silver coins so far are a 1891 sixpence and a 1901 threepence.

I would love to find an older British coin, but alas me thinks with the colonisation by the English in the 1840s, thats not likely. Even though the British have officially been here since 1832 and William the IV was at the throne during that time it would be too much to ask to find a cartwheel penny of that date. I can only dream!............. Next best thing would be a gold soverign.....surely someone, somewhere must have lost one, and its just waiting to be found by me.Yes I'm still dreaming.

 I'm hoping to get out tomorrow for a hunt, if the weather is as fine as they predict. I'll head out of town again and hunt further afield, found a couple of spots that look promising........ inspired by Madsonicboating's showground finds...........I'll let you know how it goes.
HH

Cabin Fever!

The weather has been pretty crap for the last couple of weeks and I've not been able to get out for a decent hunt. Managed to get out yesterday evening for about an hour and came back with about 15 coins, all old decimal bar $5.00 in modern spending as well as a 1947 NZ 1/2 penny. Tonight I figured I had about an hour before the weather crapped out again and it got dark so I went back to the same park I've hit many times before. Only found a solitary $1 coin in the grass so I wandered off into the bush a bit and picked up a very nice condition Victorian penny 1874, a pewter? ring, and a lock insignia as well as a solitary 2c piece. Any time I get a Victorian coin I'm happy!

A couple of new videos showing the finds we don't normally see!

Issues replying to your blog posts

Every time I try to post a reply to other peoples blogs here on Blogspot, it wont let me post. I keep getting the message.."sorry we cant process your request at this time". Has anyone else had this problem, or am I doing something wrong? Any answers would be helpful.

HH
Guy

Another quick hunt after work