Golddiggerart - Detector finds...

[golddiggerart]

Went out to a new spot yesterday afternoon to an old (Horse Training Track) which is now a park. The training track is still there but over grown in some spots but very visible.
Not expecting too much from the spot I managed to pull out a coupe of Pennies which is a good start as I will be going back to search for more, it is huge so I only did one small section. A small flat area looked like a parking lot so I swung the detector over it and hit on a small coin spill....5c 10c, 25 rupiah, $2.
I had Jacob and Kiara with me and as usual they decide to play up but at least I was swinging the coil.
I hit the newer area of the park and got a Junker ring some more coinage $1 - $2 and found a Possum Magic $2 coin woop nice one.

British Made Padlock...

Not sure what this was used for...

1952 Penny

1948 Half Penny

It was a really nice spot and I could see this place being loaded during summer months....

Cheers Gda :Y:

 

[ktmman]

Good to see ppl are already losing those possum coins,well found.

 

[B5MECH]

Good to see ppl are already losing those possum coins,well found.

Didn't take long hey K :lol: :lol: Wonder what they'll do with the book now :lol: :lol: start a fire :lol:
Top hunt gda :Y: the not sure thing maybe if it's brass could be from a saddle maybe
Maybe it's just the pic but the Possum 2 buck is very unimpressive did a 7 year old draw it on with a dremil :lol: :lol:

 

[golddiggerart]

Yeah good to get one of them which haven't been in circulation long. Heading out this arvo to the site of an Old Racecourse 1880s woop woop and a field of Dreams awaits... :Y:

 

[ktmman]

That's the thinking,I always expect to find Florins,crowns and Sovereigns when I go out,gotta happen one day :rainbow:

 

[golddiggerart]

Well the old racecourse is well and truly gone....Some areas where you can detect but most of it is gone....The old Parking area is now new housing which they are still building and I was close enough to it to have a dig.
Lots of rubbish which comes with the territory but I did mange to find some goodies, I never got any pre-decimal coins and before I left I decided to do the swing park but no glory and so I did the basketball court and managed a goldie, 20c and 50c which was good enough for me.....Definitely a spot to go back too and try a different area.

Find of the day...

Harmonica

I thought this one looked interesting and I had a feeling it was a printing plate but I never expected it to be a washing machine... LOL

Heavy lead weight with $1 coin for size reference...

Old sprinkler head

Oh well I had a fun 2 hours with Kiara and will be going out again soon but this time back to the old training track.

Cheers Gda :Y:

 

[Dave law]

Way 2 Go gda That site should feed your addiction for a while :Y:
& kid friendly too. Cheers.

 

[ktmman]

Shame you got there a few months too late,on to the next spot

 

[B5MECH]

Sweet hunt gda :Y: Love that lead truck :rainbow: arty:
That lead weight is interesting 8)

 

[golddiggerart]

Way 2 Go gda That site should feed your addiction for a while :Y:
& kid friendly too. Cheers.

Yup lots of area to detect and look good for the spring/summer months.. :Y:

 

[golddiggerart]

Shame you got there a few months too late,on to the next spot

Yeah mate it is a shame, parking lots well old ones are always good for coins.

 

[golddiggerart]

Sweet hunt gda :Y: Love that lead truck :rainbow: arty:
That lead weight is interesting 8)

Yep B5 it is an interesting one, by the look of it I kind of had an image of a jockey standing on a scale and someone putting the weight on a hook to get correct weight. Who knows aye....

 

[Secret Squirrels]

Hey GDA, got my tumbler today :Y: can't wait to try it, thanks for the link. :lol: No paper work with it, wondering what steps you took with the pennies? SS

 

[golddiggerart]

Hey GDA, got my tumbler today :Y: can't wait to try it, thanks for the link. :lol: No paper work with it, wondering what steps you took with the pennies? SS

Just use half of the shot with a dribble of dish soap and a handful of pennies fill it to a quarter of water

 

[Secret Squirrels]

Thanks GDA will get to it. :Y:

 

[golddiggerart]

This arvo I decided to do a full walk of the Training Track, I didn't do much detecting as I wanted to do more of a scouting mission to see which areas would be good for a longer dig... The area I did decide to detect produced a half penny which was crusted really badly, funny thing was the TID it was a 26 on the 705 but to my surprise it turns out to be an Edward VII and from what I can see of the date it may be a 1908....Definitely a spot with some age to it...

Now if only I can find the old jockeys quarters which I know were built on the grounds somewhere but have no pictures....going to be fun in this spot for sure..

 

[golddiggerart]

Look at this beauty....

 

[golddiggerart]

Well I went back to the Training Track this afternoon and only managed to pull out $3,25 in spendable coins for the half hour I stayed there.....

Decided to hit the more modern park even though I know a group had detected it earlier on in the year.....I mainly worked around the BBQ areas and Seating to start with which was great hitting target after target....$1 followed by $2 followed by 20c 10c 5c....Small coins spills 20c+5c - $1+20+10+5 it was one of those spots you don't want to leave.....I gridded about 1 1/4 of the park and was satisfied with my 4 hour dig it is one of those parks that replenish every summer....mind you before then I can hit the other 3/4s of the park.

I forgot I had these in one of my other pockets....

Until next time may your next dig/swing be Golden.

Cheers Gda

 

[B5MECH]

Top run gda :Y: got some variety there 8)
Cool button :Y: ....is it a Silver lion head? ..... 8)

 

[golddiggerart]

Top run gda :Y: got some variety there 8)
Cool button :Y: ....is it a Silver lion head? ..... 8)

At first glance I thought it was silver but I'm not sure mate.... :Y: