More Pictures and a story to Come!
Monday, 29 October 2012
Friday, 12 October 2012
Excalibur going deep and far.. first gold signet ring
Heya all,
Since Treasure Seeker got his sandscoop made and bought Excalibur we hit the deep waters.
It was absolutely fantastic day today with calm water and sun... crazy sun... lucky me had sunblock
It was a learning experience for both of us as Mission bay has a tricky sea bed and conditions change every 50 meters.
Never the less we managed to score some gold each :-) check Seekers blog later on to see his finds,
Here are mine :
massive sinker, junk ring, Gold plated ring, junk earring
Big copper/silver plated bracelet, junk bracelet ,old decimals,
The best find of the day - 4.63 gram Old gold Signet Ring (Blank- no initials)
There is something else i want to share: Dangers of Metal detecting :-(
Check the video for an example of a very dangerous find :
Since Treasure Seeker got his sandscoop made and bought Excalibur we hit the deep waters.
It was absolutely fantastic day today with calm water and sun... crazy sun... lucky me had sunblock
It was a learning experience for both of us as Mission bay has a tricky sea bed and conditions change every 50 meters.
Never the less we managed to score some gold each :-) check Seekers blog later on to see his finds,
Here are mine :
massive sinker, junk ring, Gold plated ring, junk earring
Big copper/silver plated bracelet, junk bracelet ,old decimals,
The best find of the day - 4.63 gram Old gold Signet Ring (Blank- no initials)
There is something else i want to share: Dangers of Metal detecting :-(
Check the video for an example of a very dangerous find :
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Excalibur finds silver and gold at Takapuna beach cut
Heya,
I didnt really plan to go detecting tonight, but weather was asking for it.
Decided to go to Takapuna, to check how is sand movement out there... Glad i did!
Upon arrival to main Entrance, found a wide long cut down to clay and old beach foundation! never seen such erosion at Takapuna in many years! the cut was at high tide level, so i had all the time i need
...Sorry didnt make any pictures of the cut....
I've spent all evening doing cut with awesome results :
Minor stuff:
And for the goodies:
*1940 penny in well preserved condition by clay
* sixpence
* brass religious medalion
* RNZA badge -The Royal New Zealand Artillery
Best 3 :
* Massive Silver wedding band , marked 92.5 (points at age)
* Horseshoe pin (marked sterling)
* tiny Rose gold Ring
Total time spent about 3 hours, very pleased with the result :-)
See you all at the beach
I didnt really plan to go detecting tonight, but weather was asking for it.
Decided to go to Takapuna, to check how is sand movement out there... Glad i did!
Upon arrival to main Entrance, found a wide long cut down to clay and old beach foundation! never seen such erosion at Takapuna in many years! the cut was at high tide level, so i had all the time i need
...Sorry didnt make any pictures of the cut....
I've spent all evening doing cut with awesome results :
Minor stuff:
And for the goodies:
*1940 penny in well preserved condition by clay
* sixpence
* brass religious medalion
* RNZA badge -The Royal New Zealand Artillery
Best 3 :
* Massive Silver wedding band , marked 92.5 (points at age)
* Horseshoe pin (marked sterling)
* tiny Rose gold Ring
Total time spent about 3 hours, very pleased with the result :-)
See you all at the beach
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Depositors are back to Mission Bay! :-)
Heya all,
Elena and i had a nice walk at mission bay,where i took couple of picture to see how depositors are spreading on the beach :-)
weekend of 30/09 :
So Tonight i finished work 5pm and was able to get to the beach about 6 Pm (low tide was 5 pm)
Not too bad as we can see from the picture above that all people are on the slope.
Spent about 2 hours, finding a number of keepers :-)
The best are 10.90$ , silver Earring and Silver Ring with Zirconium
Season is Open, See you all at the beach! :-)
Elena and i had a nice walk at mission bay,where i took couple of picture to see how depositors are spreading on the beach :-)
weekend of 30/09 :
So Tonight i finished work 5pm and was able to get to the beach about 6 Pm (low tide was 5 pm)
Not too bad as we can see from the picture above that all people are on the slope.
Spent about 2 hours, finding a number of keepers :-)
The best are 10.90$ , silver Earring and Silver Ring with Zirconium
Season is Open, See you all at the beach! :-)
Monday, 24 September 2012
3 Hours at Point Chevalier
Heya,
Andrew and i decided to have a look what is hidden in the Coyle Park that we could get before ,
and also visit to some Muds,
First stop on the way to Pt.C was at muds and we had only about 20 minutes before it got dark. I managed to pull Silver Threepence Queen Victoria Jubilee Head 18XX - very worn out
Then we went to Coyle and i got UK 3D some bullets and coppers...
Around 8 pm one lowest tide aproached,we checked out local beach and lucky me got a nice Silver Ring and an eye find of Ganesha statue:
Back to Coyle for another 30 minutes and i got another 3D and a very nice Navy League Badge :
Andrew and i decided to have a look what is hidden in the Coyle Park that we could get before ,
and also visit to some Muds,
First stop on the way to Pt.C was at muds and we had only about 20 minutes before it got dark. I managed to pull Silver Threepence Queen Victoria Jubilee Head 18XX - very worn out
Then we went to Coyle and i got UK 3D some bullets and coppers...
Around 8 pm one lowest tide aproached,we checked out local beach and lucky me got a nice Silver Ring and an eye find of Ganesha statue:
Back to Coyle for another 30 minutes and i got another 3D and a very nice Navy League Badge :
All Finds Below :
Thanks for stopping by :-)
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Monday 17/09 Excalibur at St.Helliers
Heya,
Got a day off on Monday and decided to check out tripple bays... But the story starts in a different way...
Got a call from my father on on Sunday, he and mom were walking at St.Helliers and spotted a listing on the beach toilet, that someone lost 2 rings- I got the numbers and contacted the person, who advised that rings were lost somewhere around the toilet. I've advised person that will go look for them on Monday.
Woke up , had a coffee and slowly walk towards Bus stop downtown (5 minute walk from my place) and takes about 10 minutes to get to St.Helliers. with buses every 15 minutes... But that is on any usual day.. not the monday i needed.! :-( There was a big poster on bus stop that bussies are on strike from 10 am till 2 pm!@$@#$$@%$^%^*^&*^&*&)
Obviously any daily commuters would know, but i do not take bus daily :/
Crazy me started to walk slowly towards the mission bay with excal in one hand and sand scoop in another . For those who do not know - its about 1.5 Hour walk - 7.5 KM. I've done that walk many times and it is really enjoyable, even with gear in hands ...
... Walked about 2km and noticed as group of teenage runners dropped off by a trainer from the van and Lady already going back in the van. Quickly run up to her and asked if she is going to mission bay - she said yea, and Kindly offered me a ride with a note that she will need to stop couple of times to check on runners.
We stopped at the Okahu Bay to check up and runners and that is when noticed that everyone but but one girl passed us.. a bit later she caught up, but was in pain with a numb lag, we helped her out to get in a van and continued to the Mission bay - where trainer supposed to pick up the running team.
On the way i shared the stories of metal detecting and so on. :-)
Mission bay:
Done about 7-10 walks water <-> shore and then went right across to other end on dry sand without finding absolutely anything.
Kohimarama :
about same experience, find a set of keys
St. Helliers,
Even that is Hunted, OVER Hunted, OUT hunted completely every year start getting targets, there and here. and all of those were coins dropped last season (corroded and so on)
Also callled up Lady who lost rings and she shared that she Put them on the stones of the toilet and covered with Jacket. When she was going away she grabbed jacket and left. Upon realizing that rings missing, she thought that they dropped on the sand.
I've done 5-10 meters radius from the spot leaving no signal to dig and no rings was found :-(
i would believe that rings didnt drop on sand as they on stone covered by jacket, and got picked up by someone passing by as it is a busy area .
After that i decided to do my usual water <-> beach walk on the whole beach and completed in about 3 hours with the below finds :
19.90$ in change,
Watch
And they kids copper pot. that i have a plan for....
I will ill it with old coins and bury in one of the parks for future detectorist to find :-)
The Verdict:
Beaches are empty and not worth time yet,
So will continue learning Etrack and search for the missing Half Crown , Half Sovereign and full Sovereign for my collection. :-)
thanks for reading,
Got a day off on Monday and decided to check out tripple bays... But the story starts in a different way...
Got a call from my father on on Sunday, he and mom were walking at St.Helliers and spotted a listing on the beach toilet, that someone lost 2 rings- I got the numbers and contacted the person, who advised that rings were lost somewhere around the toilet. I've advised person that will go look for them on Monday.
Woke up , had a coffee and slowly walk towards Bus stop downtown (5 minute walk from my place) and takes about 10 minutes to get to St.Helliers. with buses every 15 minutes... But that is on any usual day.. not the monday i needed.! :-( There was a big poster on bus stop that bussies are on strike from 10 am till 2 pm!@$@#$$@%$^%^*^&*^&*&)
Obviously any daily commuters would know, but i do not take bus daily :/
Crazy me started to walk slowly towards the mission bay with excal in one hand and sand scoop in another . For those who do not know - its about 1.5 Hour walk - 7.5 KM. I've done that walk many times and it is really enjoyable, even with gear in hands ...
... Walked about 2km and noticed as group of teenage runners dropped off by a trainer from the van and Lady already going back in the van. Quickly run up to her and asked if she is going to mission bay - she said yea, and Kindly offered me a ride with a note that she will need to stop couple of times to check on runners.
We stopped at the Okahu Bay to check up and runners and that is when noticed that everyone but but one girl passed us.. a bit later she caught up, but was in pain with a numb lag, we helped her out to get in a van and continued to the Mission bay - where trainer supposed to pick up the running team.
On the way i shared the stories of metal detecting and so on. :-)
Mission bay:
Done about 7-10 walks water <-> shore and then went right across to other end on dry sand without finding absolutely anything.
Kohimarama :
about same experience, find a set of keys
St. Helliers,
Even that is Hunted, OVER Hunted, OUT hunted completely every year start getting targets, there and here. and all of those were coins dropped last season (corroded and so on)
Also callled up Lady who lost rings and she shared that she Put them on the stones of the toilet and covered with Jacket. When she was going away she grabbed jacket and left. Upon realizing that rings missing, she thought that they dropped on the sand.
I've done 5-10 meters radius from the spot leaving no signal to dig and no rings was found :-(
i would believe that rings didnt drop on sand as they on stone covered by jacket, and got picked up by someone passing by as it is a busy area .
After that i decided to do my usual water <-> beach walk on the whole beach and completed in about 3 hours with the below finds :
19.90$ in change,
Watch
And they kids copper pot. that i have a plan for....
I will ill it with old coins and bury in one of the parks for future detectorist to find :-)
The Verdict:
Beaches are empty and not worth time yet,
So will continue learning Etrack and search for the missing Half Crown , Half Sovereign and full Sovereign for my collection. :-)
thanks for reading,
Friday, 14 September 2012
Boatswain's Call aka Boatsn pipe
Heya, all,
Just came across interesting post at Australian Metal Detecting forum- Whistle
And immediately realized that i have found one, but taken that as a crack Pipe! :/
You can find it in the video here On 01:15 of the video:
Here is more about an item :
http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/macslog/HistoryoftheBoatswainsCal.html
Very Interesting :-)
Just came across interesting post at Australian Metal Detecting forum- Whistle
And immediately realized that i have found one, but taken that as a crack Pipe! :/
You can find it in the video here On 01:15 of the video:
Here is more about an item :
http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/macslog/HistoryoftheBoatswainsCal.html
Very Interesting :-)
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