a few more finds

From the Foxton racecourse,found a few pennys the oldest is 1906 and $7 in goldies plus the usual collection of 2c pieces.Someone has been over this area as it was very hard going I think I read on a Trademe blog about a guy who did this area a few years ago he certainly did a good job,really old buildings etc,just a shortage of coins,no sweat i will just have to try harder

Another half a tank of diesel

We are now in Wanganui,and tried our luck at a few older parks with pretty good succsss,a nice 1922 english sixpence and a 1934 shilling.along with lots of pennys and a few halfpennys mostly they are around the 1918-1924 era.The racecourses around here are very bare I suspect there is a local detectorist around,fair enough as there is plenty of parks etc for all......nearly forgot I found three aussie pennys ....darn they are not 1930 dated.

Our first finds on the road

Finds from two racecourses,the first was Newplymouth,the second was Stratford,a little disappointed with the lack of old coins but made up for it in goldies,(a tank of gas heha),tried the pin pointer for the first time WOW what a great thing saves a lot of guess work and digging etc.Looks like I have lost my Xterra as Noeline has taken it over with improving success,the elephant emblem is not silver (bugger) but the ring is.The beaches here are way to ironized for detecting but should improve as we move south.

Big changes ahead

Well we have done it now,something my wife and I have talked about for a long time.Sold the house and moving into our motorhome with the intention of travelling around NZ until march-april 2012 and hopefully then jump over to Aussie buy a car and caravan and continue travelling over there in search of that elusive gold nugget that will bring us early retirement (haha).
  No we have not won Lotto,the intention is to work fruit picking etc,and hopefully my MD findings will keep us in fuel,sold all the furniture and big appliances,put into storage all those knick knacks and a ton of the kids stuff,even sold my complete old bottle collection,and yes even the fishing gear (this is serious).
  I will keep the blog going and would like to catch up to some of you MDers on the way and maybe put a face to your names,also have a change of email....james.noeline@gmail.com......all we will be on the road in around 2 weeks and are slowly meandering south.The very best for xmas to you all....jim