Deus & Racer 2 finds for 2016
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Chris Johnson
Well the day came to head interstate for an invitation to check out a cellar under a large 1800's shop, and provide a little tuition for the owner on her XP Deus. Whilst it wasn't brimming with coins, the small section we detected did pop up a few finds. I was actually expecting a single cellar room, but turned out to be several seperate rooms absolutely littered with old bottles and iron scrap, along with a rather larger and dangerous well. The third room which was about 1.5 metres below the current street level, provide the first coin, an 1877 Vic penny, and a few metres away an 1882 Vic penny.
The cellar floor really needs to be cleared of all the broken glass and iron to have any real chance of finding more coins, and despite the Deus having excellent recovery speed, it was near on impossible to find much of worth. We have been offered to opportunity to come back and clear the rooms for a more detailed detect, as many coins would have fallen through the floorboards over the years.
We also detected the back of an old bakery, but on closer inspection, it appears that the grounds have had a good foot or so of overburden spread across the site, making older predecimals well and truly out of range. Despite that, the owner joyfully got her first ever coin ($1), and I found a 1952 penny closer to the footpath.
Overall it was a fun day out being my first ever cellar hunt, and a good feeling to help someone out with their detecting activites.
First coin from amongst the ton of iron
Second 1800's coin from the cellar
Bottles and junk everywhere!
Not many coins, but encouraging all the same given the conditions
The cellar floor really needs to be cleared of all the broken glass and iron to have any real chance of finding more coins, and despite the Deus having excellent recovery speed, it was near on impossible to find much of worth. We have been offered to opportunity to come back and clear the rooms for a more detailed detect, as many coins would have fallen through the floorboards over the years.
We also detected the back of an old bakery, but on closer inspection, it appears that the grounds have had a good foot or so of overburden spread across the site, making older predecimals well and truly out of range. Despite that, the owner joyfully got her first ever coin ($1), and I found a 1952 penny closer to the footpath.
Overall it was a fun day out being my first ever cellar hunt, and a good feeling to help someone out with their detecting activites.
First coin from amongst the ton of iron
Second 1800's coin from the cellar
Bottles and junk everywhere!
Not many coins, but encouraging all the same given the conditions
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Back to the usual park detecting today with a couple of local detectorists, one of which was hoping for his first English silver.
Turns out Saturday wasn't exactly the best day to go, with every local hanging out their window to scrutinize our activities. We ended being reported for "digging holes" in the park on 5 occasions, resulting in the council inspector pulling past to see what the fuss was about. After checking our neat 3/4 plugs (not that he could physically find any), he was more than happy that we could continue our hobby in peace, and that any future detecting on the site was fine, so good on him. Fair enough that the locals had concern about their local park, though would have been nice if one of them bothered to approach us to see that we were practicing responsible recovery techiniques, with very little if any evidence of being there.
As is happened, both of the other fellows detecting with me also worked for the local council.
After that was out of the way, the coins started to appear after gridding up some ground that I hadn't touched previously. First target was a Girl Scouts Cadette Night Owl badge, followed by a the first silver or the day, an 1863 Victorian Sixpence. Knowing that one of the other guys was after his first 1800's silver, I nearly stuck it back in the ground for him to find.
Other predecs that followed were on average 4-5" deep, they included 1944, 1942 and 1917 threepence's, a 1957 sixpence, 1941, 1943 & 1952 Roo pennies, and one 1921 Commonwealth penny. The only other silver found by the group was a 1924 threepence (he was using a Deus, the other had an Etrac)
Other items of interest were a small old lock that came out of the ground in three pieces, a vintage "Kissproof" brass rouge tin that looked for the world like a coin in the hole, and a large Perry & Co London No.3003 brass paper clip. The paper clip is very unusual, and has a horse racing theme with a jockey's cap at top, and the clip shaped into a horseshoe. Perry & Co were a major producer of nibs and ink pens back in the day.
The metal container is an old Benson & Hedges Cigarette tin, labelled "By Appointment Tobacconist to the late King George VI".
How the paper clip would have originally looked
...same for the Rouge tin
Turns out Saturday wasn't exactly the best day to go, with every local hanging out their window to scrutinize our activities. We ended being reported for "digging holes" in the park on 5 occasions, resulting in the council inspector pulling past to see what the fuss was about. After checking our neat 3/4 plugs (not that he could physically find any), he was more than happy that we could continue our hobby in peace, and that any future detecting on the site was fine, so good on him. Fair enough that the locals had concern about their local park, though would have been nice if one of them bothered to approach us to see that we were practicing responsible recovery techiniques, with very little if any evidence of being there.
As is happened, both of the other fellows detecting with me also worked for the local council.
After that was out of the way, the coins started to appear after gridding up some ground that I hadn't touched previously. First target was a Girl Scouts Cadette Night Owl badge, followed by a the first silver or the day, an 1863 Victorian Sixpence. Knowing that one of the other guys was after his first 1800's silver, I nearly stuck it back in the ground for him to find.
Other predecs that followed were on average 4-5" deep, they included 1944, 1942 and 1917 threepence's, a 1957 sixpence, 1941, 1943 & 1952 Roo pennies, and one 1921 Commonwealth penny. The only other silver found by the group was a 1924 threepence (he was using a Deus, the other had an Etrac)
Other items of interest were a small old lock that came out of the ground in three pieces, a vintage "Kissproof" brass rouge tin that looked for the world like a coin in the hole, and a large Perry & Co London No.3003 brass paper clip. The paper clip is very unusual, and has a horse racing theme with a jockey's cap at top, and the clip shaped into a horseshoe. Perry & Co were a major producer of nibs and ink pens back in the day.
The metal container is an old Benson & Hedges Cigarette tin, labelled "By Appointment Tobacconist to the late King George VI".
How the paper clip would have originally looked
...same for the Rouge tin
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Missed out this photo of the 1924 threepence, the only other silver found for the day.
Nice results GP. I don't mind locals having a discussion either but when they just demand you leave with no authority it winds ya up a bit. Happy you got a good outcome from the ranger.
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Chris Johnson
He was very understanding, and couldn't see why we shouldn't be able to practice our hobby, just as anyone else would in a park. He couldn't find anything in the by-laws mentioning no detecting, only only with regards to excavating and moving soil, or causing wilful damage, which is never our intent nor should it be a result of what we do if done properly.
Great to see some common sense being used. It's getting a bit scarce.
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When did Australia turn into a dobbing, whining, stickybeak, and guardians of everything nation? A good win, excellent.
Good to see the right outcome
Awesome finds
The owl really stands out
And the paperclip is pretty cool too. wonder what significance the horseshoe is about
Awesome finds
The owl really stands out
And the paperclip is pretty cool too. wonder what significance the horseshoe is about
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Chris Johnson
Sandta said:Good to see the right outcome
Awesome finds
The owl really stands out
And the paperclip is pretty cool too. wonder what significance the horseshoe is about
The only reference I could find on the horseshoe design is that it may have been a promotional product - for what particular event, not really sure. Either way, it was a pretty darned big paper clip, maybe a precursor to the large bulldog style clip.
Nice work as usual GP, well done.
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Chris Johnson
Just a short detect today with the Racer 2 for a change, was keen to give the wireless headphones a workout for their maiden run. The chosen site was an 1800's Inn, where you really have to clock up some meterage to have a chance of finding anything of worth. First target was a screamer being only a few inches down using 3 tones, an 1865 Vic penny, followed by the usual projectiles and shotgun shells.
Whilst detecting, I noticed something a bit strange about the site, usually there is a full pond of water which should have been overflowing with all the wet weather we've been having - it was absolutely bone dry??? On closer insepction, it appears that there might be a cavern underneath the pond, and all the water has drained out through a couple of large openings at the centre - weird. I wasn't really keen on detecting the pond, as the integrity of the ground might have been questionable.
Not long after checking out the pond, I had my first encounter with a snake for the season, a very docile tiger snake sitting only 2 metres from where I had stepped. Glad I didn't tread on it, as it was barely visible from only a few feet away. :|
After getting the jitters from seeing the snake, I headed to a different section of the site where there wss a lot of non-ferrous junk and glass from the old inn ruins. Close to the main road, in an area where I presumed would have been detected to death, I hit on a fantastic condition large 1858 Vic penny. I can only presume that someone might have thought it to be junk being such an obvious target, either way it's in my finds bag.
Once again the damned rain moved in, so had to call it quits for the day. I was really pleased with the new wireless headphones, very comfortable to wear, with a crisp and lag free response, and good isolation from external noise. They really do make for a much more pleasurable detecting experience, also with the added benefit of keeping your ears warm.
Whilst detecting, I noticed something a bit strange about the site, usually there is a full pond of water which should have been overflowing with all the wet weather we've been having - it was absolutely bone dry??? On closer insepction, it appears that there might be a cavern underneath the pond, and all the water has drained out through a couple of large openings at the centre - weird. I wasn't really keen on detecting the pond, as the integrity of the ground might have been questionable.
Not long after checking out the pond, I had my first encounter with a snake for the season, a very docile tiger snake sitting only 2 metres from where I had stepped. Glad I didn't tread on it, as it was barely visible from only a few feet away. :|
After getting the jitters from seeing the snake, I headed to a different section of the site where there wss a lot of non-ferrous junk and glass from the old inn ruins. Close to the main road, in an area where I presumed would have been detected to death, I hit on a fantastic condition large 1858 Vic penny. I can only presume that someone might have thought it to be junk being such an obvious target, either way it's in my finds bag.
Once again the damned rain moved in, so had to call it quits for the day. I was really pleased with the new wireless headphones, very comfortable to wear, with a crisp and lag free response, and good isolation from external noise. They really do make for a much more pleasurable detecting experience, also with the added benefit of keeping your ears warm.
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very nice cond coins. Yep, mr snake would make me think twice about detecting there again. But, its the ones that you dont sssssssee I sssssssssupose!
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Chris Johnson
It's the snakes that you can't see that always worries me, particularly in high grass, though even in short grass this snake was barely noticeable.. As long as you make a bit of noise they will move on without much hassle.
good hunt GP.
nice coins.
bloody snakes!...... and bugger that pond, stay well clear mate!!!!
nice coins.
bloody snakes!...... and bugger that pond, stay well clear mate!!!!
Nice hunt mate, lovely coins. Thankfully there are usually no snakes on the ovals here, plenty of browns in the bush but thankfully not on the sportsfields.
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Laurence Male
8) I was away and missed that last last hunt, wow, wow double The $2 from the last hunt looks more worn than any of the others
The soil is storing those little coins beautifully no corrosion at all 8)
The soil is storing those little coins beautifully no corrosion at all 8)
