CTX addiction

[Robert Le Mal]

I suppose it's pretty to guess where I'll be going tonight? And a bit more light handed on the digging too.

 

[Sandta]

Awesome finds...
Shame about the token/coin 8.(
I feel your pain
Still an awesome piece of history

 

[silver]

Look Valles Marineris on a token. (Sorry Robert).

 

[treasureman]

Mate the coin was in beautiful condition. Very lucky you found it. A shame its marked . When i jnow ive got a coin id to dig these days i make sure theres plenty of clearing between the shovel and target.

 

[rocketaroo]

I use the slit method for retrieval, because it preserves the grass. But it also increases the chance of scratching the find. I do it, to keep people happy, and wear the odd wrecked find.

 

[Robert Le Mal]

from last night - close to the earlier finds. From some reason no pennies just half pennies and coins that fought the mower & lost?

 

[Ramjet]

Good finds. I have a lot of cut coins. I would think a mower was to blunt an instrument to cut so cleanly?

 

[Robert Le Mal]

yeah I was wondering that too but I imagine that if a person had tried to cut a silver coin they might at least have done it in half or maybe quarters?
I could also understand if the coins had been cut up to make jewelry (I've seen that) but the cuts just seem random?

 

[treasureman]

Atleast you got some nice half pennies

 

[Robert Le Mal]

thanks Treasureman, the 2 half pennies I found as I walked onto the target area for the night, they were literally 2 meters apart. I thought I'd hit the jacket pot but then spent the next 20 minutes digging junk or ignoring signals that were most probably cr*p. Just strange that all I seemed to get were half pennies and no full pennies.

I can only suspect that this spot has been worked over repeatedly and the bigger targets have already been pulled?

 

[treasureman]

Possibly. Your ctx would be smashing the depth out of an ordinary detector.

 

[Paulmarr]

We often find silver coins - usually three pence and six pence that look "cut off" in some way and I have come to the conclusion that the coins become brittle in sea water after some years and easily can "snap" in different configurations by other forces ... but I have yet to find a copper that way unless in a park.

 

[Robert Le Mal]

interesting ... sounds like a theory. I do notice that the old coppers fare very badly in most parks compared to silver in terms of surface corrosion.
Off to find more tonight with luck.

 

[Robert Le Mal]

checked through the "junk" finds from last night... very happy I did that. Otherwise would have lost this....

 

[Sandta]

Cool , looks pretty old too
Is it an earring or a button maybe?

 

[Robert Le Mal]

Hi Sandta,

it's a pip from an officer's shoulder. Most officers have chips on their shoulders but in terms of rank they use these to indicate that in the army.
Once I got it in the light and the dirt came off I knew what I had.
Not surprising since the location was a military camp. I've already scored a button from the other end of this site.
If I could dig a rising sun badge I'd be stoked... will keep trying, you never know.

 

[Robert Le Mal]

ok so I was going to hunt another WW2 camp site last nignt. But I got distracted on the walk in - was knackered but I find detecting at night like walking meditation.

I dug a penny on the way and after that just kept digging. All of this was found in about the equivalent size of 2 basket ball courts. Shame some of the coins are badly corroded. Also the dirt is very fine & a real mongrel to clean off.

This is about 2.5 hours work.
Again I have to say "thank you Duck" - your suggestion in terms of research is consistently paying off in finds.

 

[treasureman]

A gold ring ? 9ct?

 

[Robert Le Mal]

I wish, chunky stirling silver ring. Wife is wearing it now.
But yes a gold ring would be nice.

 

[silver]

shoulder pip.