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    Me & my at pro

    I wonder what these things were used for?
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    More finds with the Ctx

    I found out what these things were, there old 1907 schrader tyre valves, as you can see there of different sizes but early dated, I metal detected them at the old fair ground.
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    CTX3030 for sale.

    I have to sell my CTX3030 its up on gumtree $1500. Adelaide only as I will be in Adelaide when I sell and deliver it. It is a Good detector and never been used under water.
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    R.I.P. - Passing of Famous/Notable Persons

    Glenn Frey RIP great music Jee there going down. Take it easy.
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    R.I.P. - Passing of Famous/Notable Persons

    David bowie in da papers. RIP. his music lives on
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    Attack in the park.

    Prod em then Prod em again. Because if they lay a hand on you well you have the right two protect your self. and also give em one more for me.
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    Id on coins.

    They are all Half sovereigns.
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    Id on coins.

    I have been researching the 1899 half sovereign and I find three types of the Observe for the Melbourne mint. interesting.
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    New Years fireworks

    Karl. well back then the Marlboro ciggy man was on tv, all was ok the Gov claimed taxes on advertisements for ciggys, all was good. Now a day they hook the prices of ciggys up like a pimp to a pro. this is bad, for ciggys was advertised and addicted people to ciggys now they punish you for what...
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    Today I COOKED.

    I have my adult children over here from parts of Australia, Tonight I cooked a nice spaghetti dish for em all and the grand kids. they ate the lot, but now a days I sit at the head of the table, jeee life goes by so fast.
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    🎄Merry Christmas / Xmas!

    Merry Christmas all. Drive safe, dont over do it, and have a very great New Year. :)
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    Yobskins at 18.....

    This is me after a tuna harvest, we would catch 300 to 400 a day for the japs freezer boat, with only snorkel and fins, ie net em up inside the 40 mtr ring then go get em, the fish would be 40kg, fattened by little sausage pellets. The pic is of me after a harvest.
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    Yobskins at 18.....

    I worked in the tuna industry years ago diving and tuna poling, 1980s, 1990s, and salmon netting, Best catch was 180 tone of 16kg tuna, we had netted 100 tone but stuffed another 80 ton in to the 40mtr ring. But the poling days of the early 1980s were the best times.
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    some brooches

    The id was, 12.21. I can see thru detecting there where I found the coin, that the coin had not been dragged far from where it was lost, I sure have been a looking but no others there.
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    Id on coins.

    I noticed this on a coin, The M minted half sovereign. I have seen two the same as mine, but the other coin on the left, the hands are different. are there three types of "M" 1899 half sovereigns?.
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    old fair ground.

    Atlas, and on the reverse 1910. It has a screw top and the insides come apart. Same with the older type, but are these items used in the process of printing. like a ink spreader?. And the other pic, a dolls arm and,unknown item with the words. Depose and an S, under the words.
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    old fair ground.

    Two today threepence 1890. I have been detecting this area for at least one month or more, but what you see is only half of the area, and I am using a ctx 3030, but with no discrimination, I am just going by the signal value. I will take the camera and get a pic of the ground then you can see...
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    old fair ground.

    Yes, It was a great ID of what the area was used for. Them sinkers in pic there over 100years old,lol. explains the old coin holder and all the coins, and other indicators, a few items from 1930s or 40s, All the fobs= there timing there horse around the paddock. and yes a lot of diggen, over...
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    old fair ground.

    I am sorting out some of the detected finds in this paddock area, one big stack of buttons, spoons, only found one fork there no knives, about 8 fobs, and a lot of buckles.
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    some brooches

    It is a Half sovereign. But I see the half has mint marks too on what I see on the net.
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