Even tribsa finds some

[silver]

Kmart has them for $4.00

http://www.kmart.com.au/product/led-headlight/535301

 

[Tribsa 56]

Thanks sinhof and silver. Son has a h7 that im gunna use. It is one of the ones he uses when we go pigging so pretty impressed with them. I use a goldbug2 for my gold but dont do that at night and im just getting into coinshooting which im using a garrett ace350. Sometimes ive noticed my garrett pinpointer interferes with it but its easy to just turn off the ace when pinpointing.
Gee things are getting serious now haha

 

[Tribsa 56]

Out again today for a few hours with cecc(lenny) and managed a few toasty modern coins and a mega toasty half penny. My best guess is 1922 but could be wrong. Also got a nice stainless steel ring. Bottom left is an exploded 303 shell. Would like to know the story behind that

The half penny. Any advice on how to tidy it up a bit would be greatly appreciated

And the ring

 

[silver]

Ring a ding ding Tribsa, that coin ain't neva gunna be a show pony, n that's definately a 2 at the end, so, I'd just rip in with a wire brush on the end of a drill till it looks all shiny n such, ain't no pleasure in saying the patina is a bit abstract and beyond general appreciation in some circles, but that being said a bit of a buff up can bring it into the realm of general appreciation by your visitors one and all, lest they be numismatically minded in any degree at all (even in passing a coin shop). :lol:
Let us see how you go with it hey ! 8) 8)

 

[Smoky bandit]

Nice finds tribsa... ...Is cecc into detecting as well.

 

[Tribsa 56]

Thanks silver i was hesitent but ok mate,wire brush it is lol. Thanks smoky. No mate cecc was just panning while i was detectin.

 

[B5MECH]

Cool ring, I've found the similar design in silver
If you break the green crust it'll keep corroding, I've had some that I made into things and find after it's annealed a few times its pretty clean but toast
Anneal it one side then the other cooling in between and light scrub in between
maybe finish scrubbing with steel wool soap pads
Once its clean heating lightly will sort of give it some patina back at least dull its shine

 

[Smoky bandit]

I was thinking of making a electroless bath..would that clean a coin like that up.

 

[Tribsa 56]

Thanks b5mech. I thought it was silver at first but its got no markings and quite heavy. Yeah light heating and cooling might be worth a shot on the coin, never thought of that
Good thinkin smoky. M8ght be worth a shot too

 

[Danny13]

Hey Tribsa great finds , rings are always great to pick up , I found 3 gold rings in a row without markings . Thought the detecting gods were against me. But after having them assayed , they turned out to be gold rings , either played or more

Kind regards

 

[cecc]

It was good seeing me mate find some things today, while I found some fine gold.

 

[Danny13]

Tribsa , my post was meant to read gold plated or more , kind regards iPhone auto correct

 

[B5MECH]

Here's one I did today, it was originally crustier but used hot olive oil and brushing but once the crust broke it kept corroding in the display bag

Ex sea urchin

 

[Tribsa 56]

Wow 8) b5mech that looks great.

 

[Tribsa 56]

Got out last nite for 2and half hours at a local beach.highlight was the 1943 penny. Pretty good nick considering i found it about a foot down in damp sand
Might start selling sinkers haha

 

[silver]

You were in the right spot for a top find then, hey ! 8)

 

[Tribsa 56]

The area had heaps of military activity during ww2. There are bunkers and gun anplacements up the beach a couple klms. So should be a few relics about

 

[cecc]

Well done mate, on the 1943 penny....go plenty of lead now.

 

[Tribsa 56]

Short hunt early before the 38 degree heat set in. Nothing flash but a 1950 sixpence, a nice button and scored a new 8mm socket, sweet

 

[Smoky bandit]

Short hunt early before the 38 degree heat set in. Nothing flash but a 1950 sixpence, a nice button and scored a new 8mm socket, sweet
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...32/1484197841_optimized-20170112_143816-1.jpg

Nice...was wondering where that 8 mm went too...