Goldpick's 2020 Deus & Equinox 600 finds

What alot of fantastic finds GP... As always I love seeing those bun heads in any condition.

A day off had me headed back to the same site as previous, in search of more Victorian era coins and relics. Did quite well with a Victorian penny and two hp's, with the youngest being 1881 and oldest 1862. Was very happy to see another dog tag of decent age, dating from 1894-1895 and in fantastic condition. Had the usual showing of buttons, a Paris buckle and some sort of broach or pin that is a bit too far gone to make out any detail.

The big rusty item is likely to be some sort of horse tack.

Beautiful Patina on those Vic era pennies Gold Pick

Makes a bloke wish he were explorin an diggin.

I love that Dog Rego. Absolute cracker! :Y:

Was in two minds today on whether to try a more modern site for some silvers, or tackle a very old inn site that has seen the odd Georgian coin and even a Reale. Problem was when I got to the inn site, it was heavily overgrown with prickle bushes and left very little room to swing a coil, netherlone see snakes. The site has always been difficult to detect despite offering up some of the coolest and oldest finds in the region, it simply covers such a huge area that luck plays a big part in being able to walk over a good target.

Needless to say, I found the fob watch winder in the first 20mins of detecting in the track windrow, then nada for the next few hours aside from some lead (musket balls) and roofing tin. When walking along the track back to my car, I noticed a fair few pieces of crockery amongst the bushes, so decided to work that area for a while.

Still nothing, so feeling bit defeated and with fading light, what do you know - a stonking clean signal not 5 metres from the car. That turned out to be some brass/copper plates riveted together, though looking like period item going by the patina. The next target was the bottom end of a thimble, and then a 94 target even closer to the car. Was extremely happy to see a big copper pop out of the hole, and instantly knew it was going to be old going by the thickness of the coin - an 1806 KG3 penny. That indeed made my day worthwhile, just wish I had started detecting right next to the car. :lol:

It is pretty funny
But many have told the same story.

Yes, probably more so for the nugget hunters. One day I will pull an old silver out of this place, aside from the reale I've seen a William shilling found, though mostly Victorian coppers. That was my third KG3 copper from the site, the other two were found at least 300 metres away from this one, so very sparsely spread.

You could increase your chances ....
Just park in a different spot :lol:

Headed out with a friend today on a return to the Victorian era site to grid up and further investigate the surrounds. Still managed a few more coins -- 1862 penny & another 1862 hp, also got my first ever silver on this site, a very deep 1884 threepence. There are several sites around the immediate area, some quite old whilst others include early 1900's house sites, one of which we investigated later in the afternoon. Blackberrys and lots of buried tin made life pretty hard going, though I did manage a corroded English George V penny and a Hohner hamonica front cover. The last target of interest was a "Chieftan" Indian pin, possibly related to Indian motorcycles??

Yet another visit to the Victorian era house site, think I have tracked down the main location from where all the finds originated with glass, metal sheeting, iron and some crockery coming out of the holes. At the moment it is very hard to get some decent ground coverage over the site due to so dead trees and branches lying about, so really a matter of poking the small coil in hard to get places to see anything was missed. Also starting to latch onto some deeper targets, a couple of the coins and dog tag were over a foot down and easily missed if swinging too fast.

The tally after a few hours was an 1874 penny and hp, plus 1879 penny and 1886 hp. Though the best finds were the two immaculate dog tags from 1891-92 & 1888-89, never ceases to amaze on how well these things are preserved in the very sandy soil. After the usual compliment of buttons and a couple of flattened thimbles, the last good target of the day was a hand saw medallion, also in immaculate condition (Taylor Bros - Sheffield).

Some great finds there well done

Great finds, Goldpick

Hi guys, yes I am still alive and out swinging the Deus and Equinox over the last month or so -- just being a bit lazy and tied up with work. I have been alternating between the 1850's inn and two other house sites cleaning up on whatever presented itself. Targets are few and far between on the inn site, though I did manage of all things a sunbaker 1848 penny - the earlier large diameter/thicker variety. Another interesting target was a very thin compressed piece of hallmarked silver, a thin band off a smoking pipe made by Edwin Barling & William Barling of London.

Skip to one of the house sites and a couple of very delicate buckles were found, one with a decent amount of gold gilt still on it. The silver fronted spring loaded cufflink was also a very nice find along with a scale weight, matchbox end, and a lead Krug and Reims Champagne seal. Also plenty of buttons from various makers, as well as a good selection of musket balls littering both sites.

Was also out today with the Equinox for a change, so I will post that outing a little later.

Today's hunt wasn't exactly a ball tearer, though just enough to keep me busy -- this time with the Equinox 600 in tow. Most of the finds came from the edges of what would have been the original access track to this former cottage, conveniently highlighted by Agapanthus and bulbs at this time of year. Plenty of clock parts, fob watch covers/guts, old pocket knife, Paris suspender buckle and other odd items.

The threepence was found quite a distance from the cottage, showing just how far many of the finds extended into the countryside. Always pays to scout around vs hitting the more obvious localities, especially if not coming across too many finds. Till next time!

Some really nice clear photos, good finds!

Great finds! Would love to see those pretty little buckles cleaned up too.

Cheers,
Megsy

Had a decent break in the weather today, hence packed the detectors up and headed off to a previously visited 1850's house site. Last time we were there the two main finds were a silver ring and cricket buckle, though just one silver for the whole day. This time the weapon of choice was the Deus with 9" HF coil after using the Nox last outing, I really do prefer the more descriptive audio on the Deus over the Nox 600 in iron littered older sites.

After having a fair wander away from the main site, with nothing but lead, shotgun and .22 to show for my efforts, I noticed green growth on the forest floor denoting disturbed soul - interesting! So with that to work with, I started to grid up the area and it wasn't long before the first high conductor was detected. At first I thought it was a Vic penny, though reading 96 with a very clean tone it turned out to be only my second ever token - a Martin & Sach Ironmonger token from Adelaide (dated approx 1858).

After a bit of a happy dance, the next target was just about on the surface sitting near vertical in the winrow - a 1945 sixpence. Further along the same winrow was a 74 tone, and when excavated the first thing I saw was the green imprint in the soil - and then then the coin, a 1949 threepence. Re-detected the same hole, same number -- another 1949 threepence.

The next coin was partially hidden under some fallen logs, coming up at around an 87 was a lovely 1866 Victorian sixpence. The last coin was a pretty dubious sounding tone, though always worth digging on any older site, with a 1862 Vic HP rounding off the day for coins.

Low conductors are always worth having a shot at, despite the large number of .22 shells and lead targets littering the area. One such target was the gold gilt broach with a red stone, yet another great piece of Victorian jewellery to add to the collection from this site.

Quite frankly I had almost discounted this site a being cleaned out of coins, guess I was proved wrong yet again.

Facinating stuff :Y:

Congrats on the token :Y:
They really are quite unique in that essentially ,someone can just make money, and it becomes legally accepted as currency
Always a great find