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  1. LostNowFound

    Target ID's - Minelab Xterra 505/707 - List of coins.....

    Cool thanks, more info the better, but some of those ID's are not what I have experienced for the actual coin :/
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    Target ID's - Minelab Xterra 505/707 - List of coins.....

    Hi Everyone, Sorry if this has been posted before but I'm looking to see what your experience has been with target ID's for the following coins. Mine have been: Australian Penny - 36 Australian Half Penny - 39 Australia Shilling - 30 to 36 where 33 was the most common 6 Pence - 30 3 Pence -...
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    Need help identifying my recent finds - bullets are included!!!

    Holy Shiite... I never imagined it could actually be a genuine spoon....It's tiny!!!! :o Yeah shovels..... too right silver!!! :Y: So now I imagine a couple British fellows having a cuppa tea whilst hunting :)
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    First coin hunt

    Nice! I have only ever found three pence coins, never a six pence.... here's hoping for bigger silver in the future. :Y:
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    I Found a.. Roman soldier.....and his elephant

    Nice finds Thomas :Y:
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    How coins and objects get to where you find them.

    Best to do your research on a park, how old it is, was it used for market days or festivals in the past....?? You would be wasting your time if it was a rubbish dump and back filled in the day now turned into a modern park land! Mostly trash. I found one of those once, had to figure out where...
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    Need help identifying my recent finds - bullets are included!!!

    It's not a sugar spoon, if it is then it's the smallest spoon in the world. No bigger than your pinkie finger... It has to be off a school crest or shooters club shield...It was found in the same hole as the bullets!! Time will tell :)
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    Need help identifying my recent finds - bullets are included!!!

    Had a closer look at the bullets, no numbers as its fairly rusted but I can make out something on one it says C A . . . 1A That's my best interpretation. The dots are either corroded letters or spaces...
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    Need help identifying my recent finds - bullets are included!!!

    Hi all, Any comments on my finds? What could they be? Medals? Trophy parts? Designs off a case holding the gun and bullets? Bullets look to be 303 calibre? Ends are worn. Bullets have been in the ground for some time judging by the rust? How old are 303 calibre bullets? I can only guess they...
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    Digging in public parks

    All the above advise is the best advise anyone can give. Also practise makes perfect! :Y:
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    ⭐ Treasure Hunting Show & Tell - Show us your favourite, oldest, best finds.

    Also, at the same location as the penny's I found this beauty, my first button ever. Not 2 weeks ago... Stoney can you help me identify it? I can't make out the letters, definitely a "A" and an "L" I can't tell if its Australia or a Latin word of some kind. I can't recall the shield logo...
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    ⭐ Treasure Hunting Show & Tell - Show us your favourite, oldest, best finds.

    Todays find kind of makes my top finds... 3 pennys in one hole, nice spill, 1911, 1919 and 1951 :D
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    Hi, new to the site, but been detecting for some time now...

    Hi all, first post but looking to find out who knows their stuff when it comes to relics and coins... I have recently found some cool little items. looking to join people on some hunts around Sydney so I can learn more as well and refine the skills. Currently using a Minelab 505 standard coil...
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