My finds 2018 by ctxkid

[ctxkid]

one word of advise when doing this chasing family history , there are surprises in store :8 :8 :8

Yes there sure are and you wouldn't believe me if I told you. layful: So I won't, lol.

lol
i reckon i would believe most things :Y: we discovered child murder today :awful: :8

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/103681207

 

[Heatho]

Geez that's no good at all. All family history is interesting though, even the bad stuff.

Nice 10 minute hunt too, cracker finds. :Y:

 

[Wally69]

Facts are brutal sometimes

One of my relatives stole an empty rum keg and got 2 months of hard labour at Port Macquarie for it.

Just goes to prove that crime does not pay ...... or quench the thirst ....... apparently

 

[ctxkid]

Geez that's no good at all. All family history is interesting though, even the bad stuff.

Nice 10 minute hunt too, cracker finds. :Y:

sure is mate i now understand a long felt feeling for some places , as both my wifes and my rellies were for the most from the same locality's, and mad as it sounds these areas seem very familiar
history is cool as, and for the most i would have a time machine to go back

an yeah the silvers were the icing on the cake, i will go back for a second sniff :Y:

 

[ctxkid]

they came up sweet after a little tubby

 

[Jaros]

Came up alright!

 

[Dave79]

I've always been a bit scared to research my family history, had a few 'interesting' older rellies and would like to see what else has happened in the past but also might not want to know! ???

 

[golddiggerart]

Looking good mate, nice and clean. :Y:

 

[MegsyB007]

xtxkid - Those coins are brilliant! Lucky you! Very nice finds!

Dave79 - as someone who's researched my family ancestry back to the year 610 with a Norwegian King born then, and various English Plantagenet royalty, and really interesting characters here and overseas - I say take the good with the bad - and you'll mostly find it really fascinating to learn your family history. My family has spanned the world to be here now, and I love doing that research - the amount of historical stuff you can find online, is mind boggling! Go for it!
PS - Your avatar freaks me out when it blinks...

 

[MegsyB007]

Can I just ask some experts this question please? I've never cleaned coins before (haven't found any yet), but I heard somewhere that soaking them in Coca-Cola is the best way to clean them. Can anyone confirm - or deny - or throw this idea out like a pan of gravel with no gold in it?
Cheers,
Megsy

 

[Goldpick]

Essentially anything that contains a mildly acidic solution will clean coins - coke, lemon juice, tomato sauce, vinegar, citric acid etc. Citric acid is probably one of the better methods for cleaning coppers and 50% silver coins.

 

[Mackka]

Some would say don't clean them except for removing dirt.
Mackka

 

[ctxkid]

i use vinegar an toothbrush on all my silvers :inlove:

and usually don't bother cleaning coppers much past being able to date them

 

[ctxkid]

i have detected the holy grail
my research is paying
i am telling myself a bushranger (a freakingly famous bushranger) held this coin :Y:

6 inch coil on CTX3030 :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: going around tussock, didn't get more than a 2mt square area done , i just reckon i might go back arty: arty: arty: arty: arty: arty: arty: arty:
as dug with a foof erfect: 1854 half penny :Y:

 

[Heatho]

So what's the story with it?

Penny?

 

[ctxkid]

So what's the story with it?

Penny?

half penny :Y:

i have found where i was looking for , a long long lost/gone village that the Hall gang did a raid on
i got silver there as well but of much later period , it is new at 1918, it wasn't till around the 20's that most of it was gone, and nothing visible left now 8.( don't wanna say much more

here's the thrip as dug uncleaned

 

[Smoky bandit]

Nice Britannia.....Forgiving soil at that spot..Well done :Y: .

 

[ctxkid]

i got it wrong :8 :8 :8 :8
as i went to put what i thought was a 1854hp , it was the wrong size
bigger than a hp , smaller than a penny :8

turns out it measures 22mm and is a farthing

https://www.allcoinvalues.com/united-kingdom/1854-uk-farthing-value2c-victoria2c-young-head.html

silly me layful: layful:

 

[Smoky bandit]

Even better :Y:

 

[Dave79]

Niiiice. Research paid off! Fell out of his pocket as he rode off at a gallop with musket balls flying past him!