Around the traps with the sovereign

Thought it only right to start a new thread with the christening of a new set up...
A few months back i picked up another sovereign, at the right price
It too needed a bit of work to get it up and running, which i have now completely sorted out
so this morning i took it out for a test run with the 10" x 5" joey coil
I met up with Rocket around 1030 and before we knew it 4 hours had passed..
I am quite happy with the results

6 pennies , a half penny and a rams head shilling

Also found a broken stirrup ...Has 'solid nickel' stamped in the base

The pile of rubbish... Not all detector rubbish , i pick up the surface litter as i walk over it too( as we all do)

Good on you for picking up the rubbish, the Sovereign looks like it is working just fine with those pre-decs.

Nice start with the new old sovereign Sandta. Look forward to following this new thread.

Found with a sov xs2a pro good machine.

Goldpick said:

Good on you for picking up the rubbish, the Sovereign looks like it is working just fine with those pre-decs.

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Enjoyed the hunt, and you really well

It looks like the junk would drive you mad but a nice haul just the same. Is this on the beach or a favorite little patch?

Phil

shifty1 said:

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4141/1426933937_phpw8ps62_c1pm.jpgFound with a sov xs2a pro good machine.

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Same model

Moneybox said:

It looks like the junk would drive you mad but a nice haul just the same. Is this on the beach or a favorite little patch?

Phil

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Paddock ,Not beach

Back to the same paddock this morning for a couple of 'WET' hours

$12 in spendables a few BB's and 2 more silvers

A sliver of a penny

And check this out ... Its a 20c piece ... Buggered if i can figure out how this could have been done


And of course the rubbish

Another good result

Nice work Sandta.

Looks like someone took to the 20c with a bench grinder, maybe they were not too fond of the queen. :lol:

I have actually seen a couple of 20c pieces like this myself (not through metal detecting though), they split like an oreo, one my Dad has, the other one was partly split and I got it in my change years ago.
What alerted me to it was that it sounded like one of those aluminium based coins that I think Malaysia uses/used when it was rattling around with the rest of the change it was with. Must have been a casting fault???

Thats pretty bizzare ...
This one isnt split at all, its just severely ground/scratched on both sides

Looks like it was caught in the mower/slasher's bearing housing or used as a billy cart handbrake

Went out for about an hour late this arvo
I thought this relatively small area would be a lot better than it turned out

The only other targets were 2 old ring pulls

Great stuff Sandta.

I am impressed

Nice cool and overcast this morning,so got out for a couple of hours before the crowds arrived
$11.10 , 2x2c ,2x1c and a bottle opener

...to go with all the bottle tops i picked up as i went(not all detector finds)

Went out again late this arvo...
$5 , '49 roo penny , 193? Penny and a silver dolphin ring



And the rubbish... This time 99% were detector finds

enough to drive a bloke insane :lol:

Grats for the 1930 I have one, exactly the same.