Todays hunt results.

HALLELUJAH !!!

Thanks Sandta, I'm still laughing(now I hope I'm not in trouble with the big fella up top)

Sandta said:

HALLELUJAH !!!

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Well I finally got out for a bit of a hunt, car is still awaiting resurrection from the dead so I jumped at the chance to go for a hunt when the mate called around with his son(18).His son was using my old whites Coinmaster 5000d an he managed to find a 1900 British Victorian coin.Here are the pictures of the 37 coins I found with the ACE250.($10.00 in decimal currency)

And a few close up shots.
Firstly and foremostly the predecimals

And the silver closeups.
befre cleaning


after cleaning
The 1948 shilling.



What I think is a Victorian sixpence(very well worn).


Sorry about the photo quality, the sunlight was a bit harsh during the photo shoot.

Some more great finds well done!

Nice one silver - just goes to prove that silver coins extracted from parks aren't all in wonderful condition ... those could have come from the beach when you look at their condition - at least a few more for the scrap pile!

Looks like a productive hunt, some pre-decs always makes it the more interesting. Some silvers can come out pretty worn pre-drop, as seen here from a florin and 6p from my grandfathers coin collection, can't even read the date on the florin. The shilling still cleaned up well.

The mighty powers of the Ace250.....

That looks like a 1921 Florin to me Goldpick, you can just make out the date(sort of) when you scroll in for a really close look.

Goldpick said:

Looks like a productive hunt, some pre-decs always makes it the more interesting. Some silvers can come out pretty worn pre-drop, as seen here from a florin and 6p from my grandfathers coin collection, can't even read the date on the florin. The shilling still cleaned up well.

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The ACE250 is almost able to do it all by itself(ha).

The shilling has what looks like small bits of copper adhering to it, it may have undergone a bit of natural electrolysis at some stage. makes you wonder if lightning strikes could cause things like that to happen, it was in a grey sandy loam soil with quartz sand. I'm still wondering what soil type would look after coins really well (especially copper ones) over time.

Paulmarr said:

Nice one silver - just goes to prove that silver coins extracted from parks aren't all in wonderful condition ... those could have come from the beach when you look at their condition - at least a few more for the scrap pile!

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Thanks G&S, how does your AT PRO INTERNATIONAL go for you in regards to the features that it has at its disposal and in relation to target ID before you dig with the numbers etc, as you probably know with the ACE250 you don't get the numbers etc so it probably seems like I'm flying blind to you.

Goldandsand said:

Some more great finds well done!

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silver said:

The shilling has what looks like small bits of copper adhering to it, it may have undergone a bit of natural electrolysis at some stage. makes you wonder if lightning strikes could cause things like that to happen, it was in a grey sandy loam soil with quartz sand. I'm still wondering what soil type would look after coins really well (especially copper ones) over time.

Paulmarr said:

Nice one silver - just goes to prove that silver coins extracted from parks aren't all in wonderful condition ... those could have come from the beach when you look at their condition - at least a few more for the scrap pile!

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I'd imagine the soil would be neutral or low PH value as opposed to acidic or alkaline.

I know the anaerobic preservation preserves things quite well, so under the silt layer at the bottom of the bog would be OK, not sure if the PH affects that or not, I know that the old floor cleaning products seem to kill the coins fairly well, even the silver in amongst that stuff no longer comes up pretty if it has been in the ground with it for a long time, whatever they used back then must have been fairly savage .

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silver said:

The shilling has what looks like small bits of copper adhering to it, it may have undergone a bit of natural electrolysis at some stage. makes you wonder if lightning strikes could cause things like that to happen, it was in a grey sandy loam soil with quartz sand. I'm still wondering what soil type would look after coins really well (especially copper ones) over time.

Paulmarr said:

Nice one silver - just goes to prove that silver coins extracted from parks aren't all in wonderful condition ... those could have come from the beach when you look at their condition - at least a few more for the scrap pile!

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I'd imagine the soil would be neutral or low PH value as opposed to acidic or alkaline.

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Went out for a hunt the other day and scored a couple of silvers.
I've already cleaned these up.
First coin is a 1954 Shilling (50% silver) in really nice condition, quite a soft strike on the heads side, you can see that those pearls that struck well are still in pristine condition.


Next coin is a 1956 Threepence (50% silver)


Good fun finding these two little beauties.

That 54 shilling is nice mate, slight off strike on the tails side too.
Could be worth a bit.
Reeko

Went out today for a 2 hour hunting stint and came home with 20 coins.
2$ to spend on batteries and some copper to store.

First up two pennies and a half penny.

1953 Penny.

1961 Penny.

1948 Halfpenny.


Next up a Sixpence and two Threepences.
Uncleaned.

Now cleaned up
1942d Sixpence.


1943Threepence.


1920m Threepence.



I'm going to soak the 1920m overnight yet to see if that will help bring it up a bit nicer at all.
That was a fun two hours, soft sandy soil to dig in as well.

I love the 1920 one. It has a real aura of history about it. Cool finds.

A good haul of coins Silver, funny how a majority of the threepence come out of the ground still in excellent condition, I guess it's down to the size of the coin vs the larger silvers. The silvers in the previous post look fantastic.

WOW, many nice coins. man, yer killing it. you have some great sites in your area.,great history. an update tecta must find more,deeper targets. the ace has limits.

It makes it look ancient with that close-up shot of the date.

Retirement Stone said:

I love the 1920 one. It has a real aura of history about it. Cool finds.

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