Finds with Xterra 305

[Ramjet]

Damn. That is around the time that Cook bumped into Australia.

 

[Goldpick]

How can you not be excited about finding big silver, it doesn't happen everyday (unless your name is Ramjet). It has nothing to do with value in a monetary sense, more to do with the thrill of the hunt so to speak, and as a result of research paying dividends.

I am yet to find a chinese coin myself, so well done on the find LS, she's an oldy.

 

[LonelySilver]

Damn. That is around the time that Cook bumped into Australia.

Yea its an old coin... and I'm extremely happy with it. when i dug it up i ran over to the tabs my mum was siting at jumped on it and yelled "1700s" jumped off with a "oh what a feeling toyota" style jump an ran back to the hole.

 

[LonelySilver]

How can you not be excited about finding big silver, it doesn't happen everyday (unless your name is Ramjet). It has nothing to do with value in a monetary sense, more to do with the thrill of the hunt so to speak, and as a result of research paying dividends.

I am yet to find a chinese coin myself, so well done on the find LS, she's an oldy.

yea i don't really know why someone wouldn't like big silver... thanks

 

[JeffP]

So , its the SILVER in the Florins that make them special ? Cool

 

[LonelySilver]

So , its the SILVER in the Florins that make them special ? Cool

And the history and the thrill of excitement.

 

[LonelySilver]

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4947/1429257888_image.jpg my other finds: pocket watch part button and what i think is a ring made from a brttania shilling if its not a brittania shilling its definatly made from another type of coin.

The ring is an 1881 shilling

 

[Sandta]

Thats a very cool find indeed
We can only imagine the story that ring would hold

 

[rocketaroo]

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4947/1429257888_image.jpg my other finds: pocket watch part button and what i think is a ring made from a brttania shilling if its not a brittania shilling its definatly made from another type of coin.

The ring is an 1881 shilling

You lucky so and so lol Going to wear it?

 

[LonelySilver]

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4947/1429257888_image.jpg my other finds: pocket watch part button and what i think is a ring made from a brttania shilling if its not a brittania shilling its definatly made from another type of coin.

The ring is an 1881 shilling

You lucky so and so lol Going to wear it?

Yep, I'm very happy with it. probably not because I'm afraid of loosing it (i don't want it to be lost again )

 

[LonelySilver]

Thats a very cool find indeed
We can only imagine the story that ring would hold

thanks! yea I've been thinking about that... maybe a ladies husband couldn't afford a ring so he reached into his pocket and pulled out a shilling, off to work he goes, hammering in the sides then clearing out the middle making it just the right size, then months later she looses it while they were in this park.

scenario 2.
someone got board, pulled out a coin and made themselves a ring.

 

[Ramjet]

I think that is a very cool find. I have been messing around making coin rings. Practicing with coppers before I do a silver. Want to do a 1963 Florin. My birth year. This is the first attempt. A half penny. you can buy them on ebay. The silvers look brilliant.

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...fCmAXms4CICg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=800

 

[LonelySilver]

I think that is a very cool find. I have been messing around making coin rings. Practicing with coppers before I do a silver. Want to do a 1963 Florin. My birth year. This is the first attempt. A half penny. you can buy them on ebay. The silvers look brilliant.

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...fCmAXms4CICg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=800

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/214/1429356769_img_2015041832715.jpg

cool! That looks awesome

 

[Ramjet]

Thanks LS. Check out the pics in the link. Search youtube for how to make them.

 

[LonelySilver]

Thanks LS. Check out the pics in the link. Search youtube for how to make them.

I had a look at the link and they are very cool

 

[Sandta]

SABogan was making rings just like that.
Very interesting find

 

[rocketaroo]

like it

 

[Goldpick]

I am going to need a silver crown to fit on my fingers.

 

[Ramjet]

I'll start a topic on it shortly. Funny thing. I ordered some'63 half pennies off flea bay to practice. Figured I'd make a good one eventually. Thought I ordered 10 but it was lots of 6. So I got 60 x 1963 half pennies :8

 

[Sandta]

Doh :lol: