I thought I would start a new thread for my coins and relics finds.
I first got into coin and relic hunting in order to practice using my detector so that when I hit the distant gold field I would be somewhat competent. It has since become an exercise that I enjoy, particularly exploring old sites/parks and unearthing buried history.
Tonight I tested a park near home, it has been around for a long time and I had presumed that it would have been worked over quite well. My first target was a $2 coin down about 4" so I moved onto some shallower looking soil areas and struck silver straight away with a 1936 threepence. The strike on the coin is great and that silver certainly does shine, infact, part of the rim of the coin was exposed, so I was pretty excited.
Not more than three feet away and at about 3" I struck my best looking halfpenny, it is a 1918 coin and again the strike and detail is brilliant and it wears a wonderful green colour. The difference in soil type to my usual hunting grounds is encouraging as most of my pennys to date have been quite corroded. I have not been game to clean the dirt off it yet as I don't want to ruin it.
A bit more scouting uncovered a few other relics including an un-fired 303 round, AMF button and a silver pen all at shallow depth. I was now thinking how could anyone have missed these, could this be a detecta-virgin park?
I had another commitment, so I did a swing around the perimeter back to my car and picked up 1c, a 1960 sixpence and finished off with a $1 coin. Again, all shallow and a good indication of some further potential.
Needless to say, I will be paying this spot another visit.
I first got into coin and relic hunting in order to practice using my detector so that when I hit the distant gold field I would be somewhat competent. It has since become an exercise that I enjoy, particularly exploring old sites/parks and unearthing buried history.
Tonight I tested a park near home, it has been around for a long time and I had presumed that it would have been worked over quite well. My first target was a $2 coin down about 4" so I moved onto some shallower looking soil areas and struck silver straight away with a 1936 threepence. The strike on the coin is great and that silver certainly does shine, infact, part of the rim of the coin was exposed, so I was pretty excited.
Not more than three feet away and at about 3" I struck my best looking halfpenny, it is a 1918 coin and again the strike and detail is brilliant and it wears a wonderful green colour. The difference in soil type to my usual hunting grounds is encouraging as most of my pennys to date have been quite corroded. I have not been game to clean the dirt off it yet as I don't want to ruin it.
A bit more scouting uncovered a few other relics including an un-fired 303 round, AMF button and a silver pen all at shallow depth. I was now thinking how could anyone have missed these, could this be a detecta-virgin park?
I had another commitment, so I did a swing around the perimeter back to my car and picked up 1c, a 1960 sixpence and finished off with a $1 coin. Again, all shallow and a good indication of some further potential.
Needless to say, I will be paying this spot another visit.