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Monday 28 April 2014

My second best find.....yippeeeeee

We spend the Easter break at Whitianga camping with the company of my Daughter and Grandson from Aussie,when I arrived I couldn't help but notice the main beach (Buffalo Beach) was severally rough and the waves had gouged out a hollow in the beach frontage.Well I think I had the camper all set up within the hour and promptly headed to the beach,I found my first gold ring and two silvers along with about 60 odd coins of all denominations.For the next 4 days I went back on the low tides,although most of the finds came from the mid tide area.The two other gold rings came on day 4,they were a big buzz,but not as big as my next find in an area that I found a couple of older coins 1903 threepence and a penny and halfpenny all from the turn of the century,I got a 12:36 signal,thinking it was just another sinker,when I dug down shining back at me was this gold coloured coin,straight away I new it was not a $1 or $2 coin,when I picked it up then I knew it was a goodie,and would you believe the date .......1846......wow .I think I spent the next 10 -15 minutes sitting on a rock and just admired this unreal coin.Turns out it is a half sovereign and the condition in the photos is the way it came out of the sand,I can only assume it has been in the sand for the best part of 150 years.Sure feel for the poor beggar that lost it.I found a total of about 180 coins altogether,with $70 or so in spendable coins. By the time we left to come home the beach was returning to its normal mode,all the sand being washed back up to the high tide mark,but it sure was a great time while it lasted.

2 comments:

  1. Jim your a lucky whatnot. All that Gold at once.
    Great finds and just being there at the right time.
    Well done.

    MK

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  2. Gday jim.
    I have seen your name pop up a few times as I search the net for detecting the BOP area.
    I threw in a Gday just to hint I am from Aus.
    You seem to be the guru of the area and was wondering if we could catch up next week.
    I am over for a holiday and will be around BOP for the first half of the week.
    Visit family as my partners grandmother turns 100 yrs.
    if you are free for a chat and detect I was bringing mine with me and would love to catch up with other detecting nutters (whoops... hobbyists) like myself.
    If you can email " jkresin at yahoo dot com dot au" before friday 23rd may I would be great to get in touch.
    Cheers
    Jason.

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