Night detecting with the Explorer SE Pro

[Goldpick]

Almost forgot this item I found last trip, it was still sitting in my coat pocket! :8

It is part of a metal sampler flask for talcum powder from around the 1930's, most likely to be similar to the pictured Colgate & Co from New York tin with the gold top.

Not much left of it, but can still see the gold coating under the lid - I originally just thought it was just junk.

 

[Sandta]

I think i can remember one like that at my nanas .. Gee thats a long time ago
That image just jumped right out at me, so it could actually be the same (or very similar)

 

[Goldpick]

Might be the same, quite a fancy little tin though, would have looked good if it were still intact, though it's only very thin copper.

 

[treasureman]

Lovely old bottle top. What great design they had back then. Top class. Did that give a solid reading or jumpy ids?

 

[Goldpick]

It jumped around a bit on the iron ID number, but was still worth investigating since the conductivity ID was falling up in the copper coin range. You just don't know with some of sorts of targets, irregular shapes and nearby targets can throw the numbers out by a bit, though in pinpoint mode it was a reasonably broad target, so it most likely wasn't going to be a coin.

 

[treasureman]

I have come across similar lids from similar era and id was always worth investigating as they came up with the copper id range as well. Interesting site

 

[Goldpick]

Getting bored sitting at home waiting for my hospital wounds to heal, so decided to brave the cold of the backyard and took the G2 for a quick swing(down to 1 degree last night/ this morning).

Still more targets popping up, aside from the 1& 2c coins, picked up 3/4 of a Dinky Toys Austin Champ, old shotgun shell, a 1951 hp, 1950 something penny and a small dog badge of sorts. Not much, but enough to keep my enthusiasm up.

 

[treasureman]

Same for me yesterday was bored . Going out for a swing always productive thing to do

 

[Goldpick]

Back with a vengeance tonight, but heck was it ####*** cold, about 2-3 and enough to make my hands go well and truly numb. Tried a few spots strewn with canslaw before settling on an area that should have received a fair bit of traffic in the past (at least I was hoping).

I pulled out a few $1 coins, a lone $2 and a few other decimal coins, before hitting a nice high tone not far from the $2 - a 1947 florin. After such a great start, I managed to hit a tasty high conductor at a relatively shallow depth around some shrubs . The ID's were a bit all over the place, and the reasoning why soon became apparent - a 1951 hp, then a 1949 hp, and a 1951 florin all out of the same hole. The last target was a junker ring of sorts, will have to clean it up for a better look.

Still got a fair area left to detect there, but it was just too damned cold to continue this session!

 

[Ramjet]

Gotta be happy with 2 florins. We'll done.

 

[Goldpick]

Very happy Ramjet, thought I was going home with a bag of canslaw for a while. Here's the Florins cleaned up a bit, the 1947 is a bit worn on the face, and the obverse is pretty scratched, though the 1951 florin is very nice.

 

[Ramjet]

Nice !947 seems to be a common date.

 

[Goldpick]

Certainly is, last florin I found was a 1947, though looked a bit second hand from a mower encounter.

 

[Goldpick]

Back to the same park tonight to see what else is on offer, this time with the joey coil to get better target separation.

Went to the same spot where I found the half pennies and two florins, and seems that I had missed a few of the smaller coins, starting to wonder if someone lost their coin collection with the variety of coins found. Found my first US silver, a 1942 Mercury Dime, followed by a 1977 half franc, a UK 5 new pence, and lastly a 1963 Roo penny. The rest of the night I spent picking out the usual decimal coinage, and a lot of those nuisance BB's.

 

[rocketaroo]

Nice to get old foreign coins in good nick as well.

 

[Sandta]

Score
Good looking coins too

 

[Goldpick]

Very short hunt tonight due to looking in all the wrong places. First spot that I thought was a good candidate turned out to be a dog, and wasted a lot of time there. Headed back to town for a last ditch attempt for the night, and fortunately picked up a couple of silvers, including a very nice 1885 threepence, and a 1955 sixpence. At least I will know where to head next outing, though it is worth taking the time to scout new locations ( being new to the area).

 

[silver]

Nice looking 3ds GP, very nice detail on the 1885.
When you compare the two coins it makes you wonder about the state of the 50%ers in another hundred years.

 

[Ramjet]

Slow start but ended up a good night. Nice silvers.

 

[Dejan027]

That 3p is nice and clean.

Well done mate.