Park hunting with the Garrett At Pro.

[Sa_bogan]

i visit my local coin shop each week if you want me to look out for that year in better condition

 

[the duck]

1957 my birth year have plenty of half pennies from that year lol not, great finds

 

[Goldtarget]

i visit my local coin shop each week if you want me to look out for that year in better condition

A couple would be good, X2 don't have to be super exceptional. Just pm me with price postage and some bank details and I'll make it happen. Cheers mate.

 

[The Hard Rock Miner]

hey m8 what's your oldest coin you found detecting ? I found a 1865 penny out in the goldfields

 

[Ramjet]

hey m8 what's your oldest coin you found detecting ? I found a 1865 penny out in the goldfields

The 1917 shilling is my oldest so far.

 

[Goldandsand]

Nice finds Ramjet we still haven't crossed paths at work yet

 

[Ramjet]

Nice finds Ramjet we still haven't crossed paths at work yet

Well I did have 9 months off. Back at work now though. You'll find me mostly at Kooragang... Proudly wearing my PA hat

 

[Ramjet]

Another quick swing on the way home from arvo shift. Doing about an hour each time. Really getting to know the AT Pro now. Pretty much know what I am going dig up before I start digging.
The half penny seems to have been cut by something pretty sharp. The 10 cent piece was sunbaking, (moonbaking?). Saw it before I swung the detector over it.

 

[slipped disc]

Nice site,very promising. Moonbaking - hahaha. careful ya don't get '' moonburn ''. doh.

 

[Goldpick]

Nice work, how's the florin, is it just dirty, or was it touched by the mower as well?

 

[silver]

good onya Ramjet, looks to be predominately predecimal,...and it's nice to see a Florin hit the light of moon.

 

[Ramjet]

Nice work, how's the florin, is it just dirty, or was it touched by the mower as well?

Yeah it's just dirty. As per much advice I don't clean them much now. I would like to know how to clean the pennies just enough to see the date though.

 

[Ramjet]

good onya Ramjet, looks to be predominately predecimal,...and it's nice to see a Florin hit the light of moon.

Yes the Pre decimal ratio is good so far. I could do without the 2 cent pieces though. Would obviously love more silver. Haven't found and sixpence or threepence yet. So far for this site I have 3 visits, about 4 hours total for 25 coins. Not bad. I usually only do about an hour on my way home from arvo shift. Nice and peaceful. I did see a guy walking his dogs last night. He asked if I watched American Digger. I gave him my opinion of Rick

 

[Metamorphic]

Look for dates on the pennies.

A 1930 is like a 5oz nugget, way more in good nick!

Very rare, only about 3 or 4 thousand ever went into circulation from memory.

"The 1930 penny is one of the rarest Australian coins, due to a very small number being minted.
It is highly sought after by coin collectors, and a 1930 penny in very fine condition can be worth A$45,000 or more"

Regards

 

[Ramjet]

Look for dates on the pennies.

A 1930 is like a 5oz nugget, way more in good nick!

Very rare, only about 3 or 4 thousand ever went into circulation from memory.

"The 1930 penny is one of the rarest Australian coins, due to a very small number being minted.
It is highly sought after by coin collectors, and a 1930 penny in very fine condition can be worth A$45,000 or more"

Regards

Thanks Metamorphic. I want to be able to read the dates but don't want to ruin any value the coins may have. Some are pretty crusty.

 

[silver]

What detector are you using Ramjet, because with the ACE250 the smaller silvers sound like a light scratchy noise as you scan over them if they are a bit deeper, that's how I snag some of them.

 

[Ramjet]

I use an At Pro Silver. The park I am hunting at the moment is very trashy. I am sure I am missing some coins, specially the small ones. I sometimes get a faint, scratchy high tone but with a lower tone very near it. I choose not to dig unless I am certain. All a learning curve. The ground is pretty dry and hard at the moment. Not keen on digging 8 plus inches on a maybe

I'm sure they will come eventually.

 

[silver]

have a look here Ramjet, https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=7497 some of these links may have some relevant info within the Forum that you could maybe incorporate into your search methods.(I see the A T in the thread name,....if it was a snake I'd a been bit) haha.

(you may have to look up and down those threads a bit sometimes as it doesn't always go strait to the relevant info)

 

[Ramjet]

(I see the A T in the thread name,....if it was a snake I'd a been bit) haha.

I ain't sayin nothin!!!

I really need to go back and read some info on my machine. I didn't use it much for many months for various reasons. Back into it now though. Time for a refresher.
Thanks for the links. I'll check them out when I get time. Off to work now unfortunately 8.(

 

[silver]

Have fun at work, I gotta see the lunar eclipse through the clouds with the kids,.... again,...and again,....and again,..it's beautiful.