What are your Big 5 Coin targets in Oz

[Danny13]

Thought I would start a thread on the big 5 coin targets , what members big 5 coin targets are and have you found any or planned trips to look for them.

. As I understand in OZ the big 5 coin shooting targets are as follows ( correct me if needed)

1. NSW Dump
2. Adelaide pound
3. 1930 Penny
4. 1925 Half penny
5. Gold sov - full/half

my big 5 targets are are little less ambitious, thripence , sixpence , shilling , Florin , gothic Florin .

What are your big five and what are the stories attached to those coins found .

Kind regards

Dan

 

[Eldorado]

Mine would be: 1.Gold half or full Sovereign
2.square kookaburra penny
3.1938 silver Crown
4.Gothic Florin. FOUND
5.Brittania sixpence FOUND 1840

 

[silver]

Mine are 1c & 2c followed by 1d & 1/2d they've shown up most of the time over the yesrs then anything silver lol

 

[Oldie-Goldie]

Anybody had much luck finding Chinese coins?

 

[Thomo]

Anybody had much luck finding Chinese coins?

Heaps of them are found because Chinese miners were prevalent on the gold fields

I picked one up a couple of months ago in Parramatta and found one sitting on the ground in the Buckland valley many years ago

 

[Thomo]

Anybody had much luck finding Chinese coins?

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/chinaid.htm

 

[Heatho]

Dan, don't forget the 2000 $1 mule, quite a rare coin as well.

 

[Wally69]

Also, dont forget to keep your eyes peeled for the elusive Australian coin-slot

 

[StoneTheCrows]

Crack me up

 

[Heatho]

Also, dont forget to keep your eyes peeled for the elusive Australian coin-slot
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...6728_1aaa2b7c-9856-4ad2-9c5e-99cde74bca0d.jpg

Hahaha. Hmmm I was retrieving a target one day and someone drove past and yelled out "nice crack", I was shocked.... :argh:

Then it happened again at that spot where we were finding the old military bits and pieces, 2 ladies rode past on their pushbikes and one said "wow what a view of the moon", heard them both giggling off into the distance. I'm quite aware and self conscious now and do my belt up one notch more.....

 

[Oldie-Goldie]

Anybody had much luck finding Chinese coins?

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/chinaid.htm

That's a handy guide thanks for sharing I've found a couple Chinese coins on a field here in the UK, if i can remember where I've stored them I'll post up a pic...

 

[Oldie-Goldie]

Found one!! Unfortunately this one I've found been subject to bronze disease. The other side is just a scabby mess, most copper and bronze coins here in this part of the uk suffer from this. I believe its possible due to the fertiliser used on the fields that have a corrosive effect on them.

 

[Danny13]

Dan, don't forget the 2000 $1 mule, quite a rare coin as well.

Yeah true , worth more than a sovereign.
Probably throw a 1932 Florin in the mix of coins to find also .