2017 detector finds

[Goldpick]

This will be my ongoing thread for 2017, and using a variety of detectors throughout the course of the year. The first real hunt for the year wasn't hellishly exciting, though did manage to scrore a couple of predecimals, including my first silver for the year, and a rather large hyperdermic needle. The silver was a 1951 sixpence, with the oldest coin being I think a 1908 penny (tad hard to read). The other pennies were from 1956 & 1939 - detector used was the Deus with the 11"coil.

Sorry about the crap pics. :|

 

[rocketaroo]

decent kick off to the year, the syringe is a rare find.

 

[silver]

Still a few high points on the 51 Gp , could come up nice ! 8)

 

[Ramjet]

Nice start to the year.

 

[SinHof]

Good start to the year there Silver, keep it going.
Cheers,SinHof.

 

[Goldpick]

Silver?

 

[AtomRat]

And hes off! :lol: that hyperdermic is a mad find, im guessing it was point down in the ground? I wonder if the curly handle was nearby

 

[Goldpick]

It's definitely not a recent needle, and I wasn't wearing gloves at the time either (lesson learnt). I'd run a mile if I saw that sized needle coming.

 

[golddiggerart]

Some really interesting finds mate.... nice start off for 2017

 

[silver]

Silver?

Stolen....... YEEEHAH !

 

[Sandta]

Damn thats a big arse needle !
Reminds me of the Bill Cosby skit ... 'the dentist'

 

[Wishfull]

Geez hate to get that needle stuck in my hand. Had a spinter off a rake about that long in my hand last year went in on the little finger side and came out just past center of my palm, that was bad enough. Stupid me was sanding it with a bit of sandpaper to get rid of the splinters doh !

 

[Goldpick]

Managed a few hours at an 1800's inn site today, usual average is one or two coins for day here due to finds being spread out over such a large area, and awkward ground cover. Didn't help that I encountered a reasonably large Copperhead snake a couple of metres in front of me, certainly had me wary of where I was placing my next step. :|

All the usual lead/shotguns cartridge and metal fragments were present, along with plenty of china and glass fragments pointing towards previously dwellings in the areas. The Deus eventually latched onto a good high tone in the ripped firebreak, a pretty worn 1858 threepence. After 3 hours at that location, I headed off to a different area to give the Fisher F75 a shot.

The second site didn't provide much aside from an old belt buckle and some shotty shels, though the F75 in conjunction with the little NEL Sharpshooter proved to go very deep, and run quite stable even at high sensitivity levels. It was particularly good at sniping amongst the thick undergrowth, where larger coils typically snagged up all the time - I ran the F75 on two tone ferrous/non-ferrous.

By chance I met another another local detectorist looking to have a go at the site. After a bit of chat, he ran through some of his previous finds from the area, including a couple of half crowns and various other tasty morsels. Unfortunately the site has been well detected in the past, hence what remains are usually the smaller coins masked by the dozed junk in the ground.

 

[Goldpick]

For those interested, this is the exact same colouring on the the Copperhead I ran into, he was quite aware of me and wasn't going to move any time soon. Thought it best to pick a different area and leave him be.

 

[silver]

Nice silver Gp 8)

 

[B5MECH]

Nice silver Gp 8)

The needle in the hay stack Nice hunting GP

 

[Heatho]

Nice detecting mate.

Looks like a serious snake mate, I woulda giving it plenty of space too.

 

[Smoky bandit]

Nice coin there... Gota be happy with that find

 

[Golddiggergirls]

Great pics of you out detecting Gp and congrats on the 3p coin find.


Cheers,
GDG Bec.

 

[Goldpick]

Been out testing a few locations today with the Deus and large 13x11" coil after doing some research at the local historical socisty. Lots of walking for very little result, though you can never discount walking over an undetected site around here. Had plenty of evidence of pre-occupation, usual projectiles, copper rivets, late 1800's buttons, and a very nice large gold gilt button. The smaller buttons are from Gaillard Rowan & Co, a local draper from early to mid 1890's.

No idea about the large gold button, maybe off a sports coat - there are no identifying markings on it unfortunately. The only predec was a late 1961 penny, hopefully will have some more luck trying out a few other sites on my list over the weekend.