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    Silver ring?

    No idea if this is Ag or a junker. Marks are on outside of ring a hexagon type one and something else..found 1800s church nature strip
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    Mystery coin

    Any ideas on this one? It's 10.8 gms and 28mm diameter Britannia is facing left but what's got me confused is it looks like a wheel!!..nothin I've seen before! It's a heavy coin and slightly thick. Georgian?? Foreign??
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    Mystery item

    Anybody have any idea?
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    Can anyone Id this button?

    Any help would be appreciated identifying this awesome gilt button.. I'm guessing early to mid 1800s and military???
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    Best way to clean up an old brass buckle?

    Hi all, just after a sure fire way to clean up this buckle to make it looking as good as it can look..since Mackka has given me homework, I want to do the best job I can as to not let him down :lol: I've seen on googles with the salt flour and vinegar method, just wondering if you guys know a...
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    Couple recent finds

    Also found 3 rings and a 42 threepence in just over an hour..didn't want to leave but a man's gotta eat
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    Help!! Coin identification

    Hi guys, found this today and it has me stumped as to what it could be.. it's definately young Queen Victoria head and I can just make out 'victoria' and I think 'brittannia' but I can't get anything from the reverse. Sizewise, it's between a penny and a half penny. Any help would be muchly...
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    Thanks for the goodies

    Just received my prize in the mail :) many thanks to Teemore Dave law and Tathradj I absolutely love it. They are now my biggest pieces of gold lol Got the app on my phone and it seems to work pretty good so I'll post a pic of a nugg under the microscope soon hehehehehe. So the penny I'm...
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    First halfpennies

    Found my first halfpenny today, with another a foot away. Get on
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    Bucketlister

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    Anchor cufflink???

    Hi found this tonite can anyone enlighten me lol?
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    Commemorative war medallion

    Found this medallion with Colonel Baden Powell (defender of Mafeking) and Lord Roberts VC as far as I can find out, it's 1900 if it's legit. Baden Powell then went on to start the Scout movement. Anyone with any info would be greatly appreciated. :)
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    Paris buckle

    First Paris buckle. 150yrs or so in the dirt, saw the light again today..stoked.
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    First sixpence

    Found under a big old tree :)
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    First pennies

    Found my first pre decimal coins today at the oval where I picked up the penny token last week. I'm stoked :perfect:
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    1851 penny token

    Hour or so hunt at an oval today turned up this special item.. Token - 1 Penny, J. McFarlane, Wholesale & Retail Grocer, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1851 Very rare Copper One Penny Token minted by an unknown British mint. Issued by J. McFarlane, Wholesale & Retail Grocer , in...
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    WKND swing

    Thinking of heading to bells for a swing on Saturday...wish me luck!!
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    nokta pointer

    So am about to buy a nokta pointer from detect-ed.. anyone got a problem with that? That's what I thought. Stuff it, I may as well get a finds pouch too. But seriously folks, nokta seems pretty good from what I hear and read..probably a personal preference item, cheers Luke
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    More yellow

    Went out to my spot last Saturday, spent about 4 hrs digging/crevicing in the sun (got absolutely fried, stupid me pulled my shirt off for most of the time, realised when I got home how burnt my back was,and am still paying for it a week later) slip slop slap me across the head!! Shamefully, and...
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    Hunt #2

    Went back to Eldorado for a couple of days over wknd, second time out ever, pretty pleased and could have worked a bit harder, but GOLD
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