Finds from PushingTin

[treasureman]

Looks old from the slight pitting. Very unusual . Cool find

 

[Heatho]

Nice 1/2 oz of silver mate, well done.

 

[Sandta]

Great score

 

[Pushingtin]

Found a coin at an eroded part of the beach yesterday, it was completely covered with another layer of hard crust from being at the beach so long. There was no way of telling what the coin was until I tried cleaning off the crust, which in turn would naturally destroy the coin. I went ahead anyways and although it is damaged, at least I know what I found - a 1915 3 Pence. That had been there a while - makes the coin 100 years old. Sadly nothing else good was found.

 

[Goldpick]

Wow, that is one very worn 3P, it's a wonder any of the detail actually still survived.

 

[Wally69]

Awesome find I actually like it that way, it reeks of history.

 

[treasureman]

Almost looks the age of an old copper BC coin. Nice

 

[Pushingtin]

Went to a field today for a change from my beach hunts. Don't like fields, they hard work! Much prefer the beach

I however did find a silver 1926 2.5 shillings coin, so all worth it.

 

[Ramjet]

Nice find. I haven't seen one of those.

 

[kawman]

I am very old and have never seen or been told a 2 1/2 shilling coin existed.. rippa find mate..

 

[PabloP]

I am very old and have never seen or been told a 2 1/2 shilling coin existed.. rippa find mate..

Me too, but it seems that they were issued by Britain for South Africa, between 1923 and 1960. Just that we don't see many S.A coins here I guess.

Rob.

 

[cairnspom]

I am very old and have never seen or been told a 2 1/2 shilling coin existed.. rippa find mate..

Well I realise I am quite old as well but I can remember spending them! but in the U.K. pre decimalisation.... known as half a crown (a crown being 5 bob....sorry...shillings!)

 

[deepblue]

Half Crowns have been around for over 400 years only South Africa and Ireland calls them 2 1/2 shillings the English just know them as half crown they have been mint since 1526 by Henry the VIII nice find anyway.
db

 

[Pushingtin]

Thanks for all the comments! I am moving to Australia at the end of this month, so my South African finds will be coming to an end but I do look forward to seeing what finds await in Australia

Hopefully I get to meet some of you fine folk too

 

[Mikezoom]

Where abouts are you going to live?

 

[Pushingtin]

Where abouts are you going to live?

Going to be based in Perth, however first need to do a 3 month stay in Melbourne but I wont be able to detect during those 3 months as I won't have my detector with me in Melbourne.