2017 detector finds

Well done mate !
errr ,... they say the harder it is the better it feels ,..... with detecting
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:lol: i see what you did there ]

Bit of a late night park detect tonight. Did a lot of gridding and came up with plenty of coppers, military button and a couple of small silvers. Was heading back to the car lazily swinging on the way, and got a boomer of a signal, was surprised with a surface florin find. Next to that florin I had another high conductor target at depth, pulled out a penny, re-detected the hole and yet another high tone - yet another florin. I'm knackered and off to bed!

that's one satisfying hunt

Very nice hunt GP, finding a surface florin has got to be pretty rare, well done.

Another great hunt
Nice button :Y:
Sure is unusual to find a florin like that

Nothing like a Florin spill to complete the hunt :Y:

Awsome hunt Gp button is very nice, and that 58 6d is looking great (pointy star :Y: * )
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Amazing! So many coins! !!!! !

Just a short outing today, quite frankly I wasn't really in the right frame of mind to go detecting, was hoping a good find might cheer me up a bit.

Today my travels took me to an old house site fronting onto a former railway track, dating back I guess into the Victorian era. The first hour came up with nothing other than the usual shotgun shells and .22 cartridges, plus a few lamp/clock parts and a pair of buttons. I was nearly going to hewd home when I noticed that the other side of the railway track had been ploughed recently as a fire break - what the heck, may as well give it a go. After about 20 metres of gridding, bang, a very tasty high tone. Thought it might have been a half penny, instead another bucket lister - my first ever Farthing, and an early Victorian example from 1840. Afterwards the firebreak only produced a solitary buckle, but that Farthing alone was enough to pack up and head home completely satisfied!















Size comparison

Congrat's on the Farthing GP :Y: She's a beauty

Welcome to the Farthing club mate, almost as rare as a sovereign!

Well done GP nice farthing its in better condition than the one I found recently, good work. :Y:

Cheers
Kev

Thanks guys, amazing how just one coin can make your day - forgot this photo looking back down the fire break, along the now defunct railway track.

Some very nice finds and some I had missed before. Congratulations of the Farthing and on your recent successes. All the best to you Goldpick. :Y:

Nice farthing find mate 8)
should clean up with the pencils really well by the look of it.

Nice find GP, I still haven't found a farthing, well done.

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Nice farthing find mate 8)
should clean up with the pencils really well by the look of it.

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Reckon I might leave the coin as is, might be the only Farthing I ever find, especially from that era. The Farthing predates local settlement, and Adelaide was only settled 4 years prior, so a pretty rare find around here.

I cleaned this one up with the pencils the other week (no before photo) it was only a bit dirty to start with.

Hey Silver what do you mean by pencils? I'm new at the game have not heard of this.

Cheers
Kev