The Forum's Oldest Coin. Round 1.

[silver]

Ha-hem.(just clearing my throat) :lol:

 

[LonelySilver]

1894 six pence.

 

[silver]

straight out of the ground LS,....it's beautiful.

 

[Sandta]

Bam!
Good onya Wally for spotting it

 

[rocketaroo]

finally

 

[silver]

Soo,... the big question now is,.... who, has 1893 ?

 

[Blindbat]

Around 25 years ago I went on a trip with the Mt Waverley club in Victoria, it was a long time ago and I really cant remember where we went that weekend as we went on a few trips. I had a minelab detector (XT1700???), a good detector back then. Anyway I found a 1867 half penny that weekend. The group found a lot of big nuggets and one chap did some research and found a store box badge in the remains of the store in a farmers paddock. Sadly I slightly hit the coin with the pick and damaged it. I moved to Qld and kept the coin for years until one day while I was at work the kids took it out to the sand pit to play with and lost it. As I didn't have a detector then I couldn't recover it. If anyone is living on Bribie Island I can give the address and location of the sand pit and maybe you could knock on the door?

It looked just like this, only now has a pick mark on one side.

 

[Ramjet]

Around 25 years ago I went on a trip with the Mt Waverley club in Victoria, it was a long time ago and I really cant remember where we went that weekend as we went on a few trips. I had a minelab detector (XT1700???), a good detector back then. Anyway I found a 1867 half penny that weekend. The group found a lot of big nuggets and one chap did some research and found a store box badge in the remains of the store in a farmers paddock. Sadly I slightly hit the coin with the pick and damaged it. I moved to Qld and kept the coin for years until one day while I was at work the kids took it out to the sand pit to play with and lost it. As I didn't have a detector then I couldn't recover it. If anyone is living on Bribie Island I can give the address and location of the sand pit and maybe you could knock on the door?

It looked just like this, only now has a pick mark on one side.

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/6025/1441426198_380008-medium2.jpg

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/6025/1441426217_380009-medium.jpg

Nice coin Blind rat. But that is not how this game is played. We are currently looking for a coin from 1893

I'll post the rules from the first post here for those who missed them.

I borrowed this idea from another site. Just for a bit of fun,i thought we should find out our oldest Forum coin find.
But with a difference, I'll start of with a 2014 coin then someone else posts a 2013 coin find.
Next member posts a 2012 find and so on.Until we reach our oldest find without missing a consecutive date.
RULES : Coins must be found in Australia. Does not have to be an Australian coin but must be found in Australia.
It can be a coin or token. Coin dates have to be in order, and you cannot post consecutively dated coins.

 

[silver]

And welcome to the Forum Bb(Blindbat),... some one on here may be able to do that search.

 

[Danmuss]

So im i correct next coin in line 1893 ? i hvae older but il wait till its my turn

 

[Blindbat]

Sorry, I don't have that coin anymore so I don't think it would count anyway. I'm sure the coin will still be there for anyone wanting to look.

 

[Ramjet]

So im i correct next coin in line 1893 ? i hvae older but il wait till its my turn

Yep... 1893 is the coin we are after

 

[petere]

Just came across this topic. Great idea but I will have to sit on my hands for another 77 posts!!!

 

[thedigger]

I found 2 cartwheel pennies 1794 about that time would have to dig them out for the out for the correct,and a silver shilling with georges head on it.I think that date was about 1812 at Diggers Rest,at the site of a old Tavern.

Regards Frank

 

[silver]

bump bump,...it's the end of the month. :/

 

[wombat72]

u guys have very nice collections!!!

 

[silver]

u guys have very nice collections!!!

Good thread hey Wombat,... cause you know everything came out of the ground that everybodys showing.

 

[silver]

I think coinballs may save the day.

 

[Coinballs]

Coinballs power! Lol

 

[Mikezoom]

Yay!!!

Well done Coinballs!!!