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OLDEST COIN YET--1797 CARTWHEEL--
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<blockquote data-quote="Scoopa" data-source="post: 48992" data-attributes="member: 184"><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/184/1389153241_p1080022.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/184/1389153263_p1080020.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>After abit of research, Goldbuzz and I hit a small local park which has history back til the early 1800's. As this is only a small park there wasn't the usual high number of chopped up aluminium cans or other rubbish, but there was a few moderns, which kept our interest up. The E-trac show a very jumpy signal and as the tone kept changing I thought it was worth a dig. About 10cm down out popped a piece of aluminium tube. Bugger!. Replaced the plug and as I went to move on I swung the coil over the hole (my normal practice) and got a solid 11:46. I re-dug the hole and to my surprise there was a 1797 Cartwheel Penny (Australia's First Official Coin) Just Awesome!!! Some of the other finds were an 1826 shilling, 1914 Australian sixpence by Goldbuzz and I found an 1861 half Penny. Great morning, now for that Gold Coin!!!!!!!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scoopa, post: 48992, member: 184"] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/184/1389153241_p1080022.jpg[/img][img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/184/1389153263_p1080020.jpg[/img] After abit of research, Goldbuzz and I hit a small local park which has history back til the early 1800's. As this is only a small park there wasn't the usual high number of chopped up aluminium cans or other rubbish, but there was a few moderns, which kept our interest up. The E-trac show a very jumpy signal and as the tone kept changing I thought it was worth a dig. About 10cm down out popped a piece of aluminium tube. Bugger!. Replaced the plug and as I went to move on I swung the coil over the hole (my normal practice) and got a solid 11:46. I re-dug the hole and to my surprise there was a 1797 Cartwheel Penny (Australia's First Official Coin) Just Awesome!!! Some of the other finds were an 1826 shilling, 1914 Australian sixpence by Goldbuzz and I found an 1861 half Penny. Great morning, now for that Gold Coin!!!!!!!!!! [/QUOTE]
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