2013 finds Heatho

[Heatho]

Had a swing at the beach today to keep the ears in tune
and there was so much erosion. I worked a 50 metre long
eroded section for 2 hours and bagged a bunch of coins.
Was hardly any junk at all only a few old nails and bits of wire.

I had already done this section a week ago but there was another
2 feet of sand gone so thought all the heavy stuff will be more
exposed. Probably another half a km of erosion but....... Maybe
next week.

Was probably 10 coins to one junk target. Some were badly
corroded, so gave them a soak in vinegar and salt for an hour,
seemed to work ok. Will use gloves next time, doh!

Anyway just wanted to see how many targets I could get in
2 hours soooo not too bad at all. A gold ring would have been
nice though.

 

[user 794]

Not a bad effort Heatho! Lunch AND team money!

 

[Ramjet]

Wow. Nice haul

 

[ChrisM]

Thats a good day Heatho...
Well done

 

[Mitch59]

Great haul mate

 

[Matt The Magic Man]

Hey Heatho, I hit the beach today too. I'm just resizing my photo now so I can upload it.

Good find!

 

[Tommtb7]

Nice one heatho! When you say erosion on the beach do you mean the foreshore or the actuall beach? Sorry, I've never done beach prospecting In any form.

 

[Heatho]

Thanks fellas, I really got stuck into it, could'nt get 2 steps without
a signal. Lots more there hey, I did along the front of the surf tower
at Long Reef near Collaroy. Plenty left even where I was.

Also there's the 500 or so metres between there and the golf course.

There's between a 2 foot and 10 foot drop off of sand carved out from
almost the dunes to the surf from last weeks storms.

Arrrggghhh that be nice pirate porn Matt.

 

[Heatho]

Got this having a swing around some old diggings yesterday, 1846 Shilling, pretty stoked as it looks in decent condition.

 

[Rastys 1964]

great find Heatho, looks to be in great condition.

 

[Arwon]

Now that is one sweet find, well done.

 

[the duck]

Very nice indeed they are great to find well done

 

[Heatho]

Cheers guys, pretty happy with it. Will keep it in the collection, they actually fetch a decent price from coin dealers. I'm wondering if I should give it a rub with bi-carb or just leave it. They look great cleaned up but....... don't want bugger it up.

 

[Scoopa]

Awesome find Heatho!

 

[headbut]

2004 price in pounds for 1846 shilling is F=10 , VF=20, EF=85 , UNC= 200

cHEERS pAUL

 

[garnethawkins]

2004 price in pounds for 1846 shilling is F=10 , VF=20, EF=85 , UNC= 200

cHEERS pAUL

What exactly do f vf and ef stand for?
Can't half tell Im no collector eh?!?

 

[Jadenflair]

Hey Garnet, This is what it says in a coin book I have.

Hope this helps

 

[Heatho]

Cool, thanks for posting that info. It looks in reasonable condition as in must not have been in circulation long, just a bit discoloured from being in the ground so long. I gave it a rub with bi-card paste which got rid of all the dirt but still a bit of oxidisation.

Anyway hopefully more silvers to come soon, gold too, that would be good.

 

[garnethawkins]

Cheers jaden don't think i coulda hoped for a better list of definitions

 

[headbut]

That is in pretty good nic there Heatho , shame about the oxidisation . woulda been EF at least ,even close to UNC