Wally69's Nugget Hunting Practice. The By-Catch.

[Wally69]

Cleaned my 1953 beach florin and found something Fishy, also looks like it is a rare large denticle variety, for whatever that means value wise.

 

[Wally69]

Went looking for a gold sovereign pocket spill today 8)

I have been meaning to hike into this spot for some time as it has some pre-pre-decimal pedigree and ii figured it was a good spot to strip your cloths off and take a swim, particularly as the terrain puts a sweat on you......even in the middle of winter. 8.(

Indications of habitation can be subtle, but sometimes they stick out like a beacon. Here I found one of those pesky threaded bits of brass I find out on the goldfields. Also recovered something that definitively solves the mystery of where they come from.

Found twins, but no joy on the sovereign front. I did prove my strip-off theory and will need to revisit this spot on a lower tide.

Ended up with a mixed handful the other twin is soaking.

 

[golddiggerart]

Wow nice spot Wally.....Will look forward to what else you reveal from that spot. :Y:

 

[Goldpick]

Hopefully a bit of gold jewellery was also lost there in the past Wally, good to see your research paying off. :Y:

 

[silver]

I see silvers 8)
:Y: :Y:

 

[Wally69]

It looks promising fellas, the earliest on this maiden voyage was a 1910 threepence. One spot I thought would produce contained modern rubbish and coins go figure then again it is very accessible by boat.

By the look of the other silvers they may have a higher copper content dating them to the late 40s and 50s.

Thinking Ramjet and Rocket camped here when they were lads, the twins ended up being 46 and 47 florins.

 

[Sandta]

There's no telling what those pair could get up to ]
Nice detective work Wally
Your bush ventures always intrigue me :Y:

 

[Wally69]

Soccer practice was on again this evening; decided to cover a very trashy area so i put the NoX into gold and silver mode for a quick scan for potential.

No predecimals in this area as it has been filled but managed to cover petrol money and score a trifecta of 925 bling. :rainbow: also getting the hang of using a ring mandrel for returning my finds to original shape and will use this one to mount one of the stones I have cut or will custom size one to suit.

Decided to grab a couple of handfuls of dirt from around the ring for panning out to see if I can find the lost stone.....hopefully that will be another story

 

[Wally69]

Made the most of the twilight and did a quick run down to my local park; got something a little bit chunky

 

[Mackka]

Mate you are creaming it , excellent.
Mackka

 

[Dave79]

That's a nice chunky ring! What's the square thing? Good condition old penny too.

 

[Wally69]

That's a nice chunky ring! What's the square thing? Good condition old penny too.

It is the top off a gold gilded cuff link with an unknown black gemstone.

Love finding the early pennys; makes me slow down in hope of a sovereign

Ring cleaned up well, too well, my Mrs has worn it out for a girls night dinner, so no photo to share.

 

[silver]

It all looks really old mate ! 8)
:Y: :Y:

 

[1837]

Nice finds..

 

[golddiggerart]

Nice Wally..... Gotta love Chunky... :Y:

 

[Goldpick]

The chunker ring looks quite old, nice find Wally. :Y:

 

[Heatho]

That ring is a beauty mate, well done on that.

Amazing how we get hassled for detecting and then as soon as we get a nice bit of jewellery the girls will claim it. :lol:

 

[Sandta]

Nice one Wally :Y:
Must be a bit of age to that area

 

[Secret Squirrels]

Great looking ring wally 8) Oh and the whole layout of the picture is awesome mate, :Y: it makes the character of all 3 finds stand out. :rainbow:

 

[Smoky bandit]

Ring is interesting :Y: