First gold for the year

My finds since coming back from Aus

Well here we are back in NZ,bought another house and we are both back working hard,the aim is to hit the road again at some stage (when the bank account is back in the healthy stage).I left the Xterra back in Aussie,sold it to a friend,that was a real hard decision as they are in my mind, one of the best detectors ever made,but since buying the Etrac it was not getting used.
  I meet a few interesting detector users over there and picked up lots of tips for any future gold hunting trips,but in the mean time I have been getting back out at the Mt beaches and parks,as can be seen in the pics,a bit of silver and two white gold rings (the toe ring and the small wedding ring).
 The charm bracelett had me going for a bit,but unfortunately is junk.The halfcrown,penny's and old bullets came from an old park that is not very well known all the crusty coins came from a spot at the beach I stumbled across they kept me busy for about three hours.......may the summer be good to you all....  jim

Anyone else seen this on trademe looks pretty shady to me

Minelab GPX 5000 gold metal detector

• Current bid: $2,550.00
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• Closes: 2 mins
• Listing #: 641262840

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Selling it becouse I don't need these items any more.
You are biding in one GPX-5000 metal detector (I have two items for sale and the # 3,my son one's ACE 150, it's sold)
Paid $6,500 AU (each) in 2010, made in Australia. Very Little used since(I found some pieces of gold with these Beautiful Machines in Ballarat,Vic.Australia ).
The serial number is no longer visable on these items,sorry, please don't ask for it.
Photos are of the actual unit you are biding—notice that the control panels, displays, and switches are clean and just like new! All electrical connectors are in excellent shape for trouble-free use.
This metal detector was carefully used about 2-3 years ago and operates and looks exactly like a new machine(see the photos). TheLi-ion battery is in very good conditios and all the other parts too and the all unit is in very good conditions working order,as new!.

INCLUDED IN THIS AUCTION
-GPX 5000 Metal Detector
-11" Mono Search Coil
-Battery:Lithium-ion rechargeable battery 68Wh. Approx. 8-12 Hours use.

A bit of Gold from the Gold Coast

We are now at Surfers staying with Son and GF,( ahhh its great to be living with the kids,eat all their food and shower as long as you want haha ) I have been hammering the beaches here,but it is very hard going, they had a massive storm here a while ago but now the beaches are very sanded up,as they trucked in tons of sand to replace that they lost to the storm.
 The local MDers had a ball at the time,apparently detecting all night and getting loads of goodies that were lost many years ago.The large bracelet is marked "ITALY" and stamped 325 -1/10- 925 I guess that means it is 9/10ths 9kt gold and 1/10 silver and weighs 6.5 gms.The other  wee bracelet is unmarked but sure has the appearance of gold.The rest are just normal currency (one kiwi dollar and a one pound coin),the watch was an eyeball find and goes great. And two more cars for the stable.
  Most days there are other detectorists on the beach so they do get a hammering in the height of the season.

WOW I FOUND A BEAUTY

YEEHAA I FOUND MY DREAM FIND

WOW I am still buzzing,I went to the old railway station in the picture,i found a few older pennies and other bits when I got this really good hit (12:20),thinking it was just another old teartab I dug it up carelessly,when I saw the shin of gold I thought that's strange a dollar coin that deep and its still nice and shiney.As soon as I picked it up I knew what it was,well my legs turned to jelly,I went light headed,and leapt around like a spring lamb,just aswell there was no one around I think they would have locked me up.I just had to go to the pub and have a fix,till my knees stopped knocking.It is a 1908 gold sovereign 22 kt minted here in Perth.

I went back and spent another hour at the same spot,thinking it might have been part of a hidden cashe.
But hey I was more than happy with just the one,Thats one more tick off the bucket list Sorry about the quality of the pics I'm still shaking haha.......KJ

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A few bits from WA

Howdy I spent half a day at the old house in the picture,it is situated close to an old railway station that is now long gone,although I found a lot of coins none of them were as old as the house (1880).The best find to me is the the old dog registration tag (1923).What worried me was snakes there is lots of them in this area,making lots of noise seems to be the answer.
Today I teamed up with another expat kiwi (Brett) we spent a few hours in an old paddock next to the local pub,between today and a few hours yesterday I found around 55 coins ranging in age from 1873 through to 1962,I sure would like to find a 1930 Aussie penny (A good one worth $100,000) I found 1928,1929,1931 and 1932,still looking for the 1930 one,has anyone got any thoughts on the little iron,it is only about 3" long and made of lead,so clearly it can't be heated up.Also found a few old military buttons and badges