2013 Hunt #2 : Long Bay, chasing first gold

Morning, good day, good evening, where ever you are :-)

According to NZ herald thread (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10856953) there were over 25 000 people at the beach,

So,Brett and i went 4 am for low tide ..... and left 10 am
6hours ... nothing... :-(

My best find is the below junk Frankenstein Ring

Better luck tomorrow

5 am Low tide Takapuna,First hunt of 2013

Good afternoon all,

Brett (Littlespec) and i went to Takapuna and...oh ma.. the weather was just beautiful!
The waves were long quite ones,smashing  only at the shore.

Brett was doing wet sand and wading up to weist,where i headed right away for the line of chest deep.

I really really wanted to score a first gold on fisrt hunt of 2013, but oh well,

Here are all my finds but 3 coins that i didnt take a picture of:

The rings are : Stainless steel, Silver and .. a wooping 12..56 gram of Tungsten Carbide "True Man" ring 0_o

The problem with those Tungsten rings that they COST a lot, but WORTH nothing, same as Swarovsky Crystals

Oh well, will get one tomorrow

S. Hague Smith Penny Traders Token

Hey all,

Had a quick hunt with my Etrac before work in a local park fro about 2 hours between the showers.
Pretty pleased with the result as i got 13$. Very worn out Victorian 3 pence,
But the find of the day for me is a following S. Hague Smith Penny Traders Token

Unfortuantely it has rarity 2 (common)

But still pretty good :

here is a picture from the Link :

Thanks for stopping by

Ring Recovery for John L, Kohimarama, Auckland

Got a call from John who got my number from a fellow detectorist Brett.John dropped his wedding band into swells during high tide. Good thing- he noted exact line towards beach/trees and was able to give details  to me upon arrival. Another good thing that he called samme day and not 3-10 tides after as beaches are now sanded in with light sand and gold would sing pretty fast.

Anyway, this time it took only several swings from top high tide mark down to hear a sweet tone :-)  (Not always lucky like that)

Thank you John for your generous reward and also thank you Brett for giving out my number.

But evening didnt finish right there :-) I decided to spend couple of hours  at the beach as the tide was going out , weather is warm , no wind and a coming cyclone that will spoil the rest of the weekend.

Within 10 minutes i got a nice 4 gram silver ring and just 15 minutes after old drop gold ring 5.5 gram 9 ct,
the ring is probably from last year or earlier as alloy started to separate (you can see green oxidation on the ring)

So not to bad for the evening :-)

I still have a request to find another wedding ring at Takapuna, but that one i've spent already 2 tides without success as the area too trashy :-( nd it is over ankle deep during low tide.... So it is really hard to grind area :-(

But maybe.. maybe i will find it..
Thanks for stopping by

Quadruple gold and long-awaited SILVER Half Crown !

All i can say - i had an absolutely awesome 2 hours at the beach digging old targets,
Its already 0.6 low tide and next low low tide will be only on 12-17 January.
I tried to use my sifter today, but gave up as waves were really high and i couldn't get out chest deep, so was only going up to weist.

Here is the whole lot i got today, just in 2 hours :

Total rings: 6 -Gold :3 ,Silver 1,Junk 2
Coins : My main Achievement is a SILVER HALF CROWN!

- i was waiting for one for over a year now!
Another brass pin, Antique Lipstick that i though was a gunshell, Several buckles, Typical "German Silver" spoons. a pair of "Pilot" sunglasses (made in Italy) and glass didnt get scratched, but frame is busted
Copper bracelet that has  "Mark" engraved, but chain was steel that got clogged in a rust ball- so i had to through it away

I really like the Sward Pin, only copper, but still looking good, might be attribute of the soldier uniform, will do research

And here we come to my Gold finds :

All 3 rings are 9 Carat with total weight of 7.8 gram
Ear ring is 1.07
The locket- i thought it was gold, but seems to be plated brass.

Thanks for reading and stopping by :-)

4 hours at Mission Bay,Chest deep in water

Heya all,

I am still chasing next gold ring, without much success :-(
Here are all finds for today :

Couple of junk bracelets and other bits and bobs.

Here is good stuff :

* Set of silver hoop earings
* Silver snake lock
* Possible silver charms
* Possible silver Stud (not likely)

Rings :
*Silver with mark "TOTS"
* Silver marked STG
* Silver with 3 different hallmarks : 3 leafed clover with ACS, tank, and ring in square
* Stainless steel

And intact Pistol Bullet !

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Friday- Monday Finds

Heay all,
Semi fortunate lowest tide for me this month - a number of good finds, but no gold ..
Oh well, there is always next time! :-)

Here is a quick Video of Our crazy 4 am outing with Brett (Littlespec) :

And the rest of the finds :

When i scooped the watch - thought it was gold bracelet :-( but turned out to be Seiko Gold plated and busted :-(, i wish they were water proof, then it could have a chance of survival.....

Silver Silxpence 1937 found at night, Silver ear ring found at Kohi

5 Rings in total :

The mustache with eyes ring  - Your argument is Invalid!
Big Chrome-something alloy that rings like silver but it is not - found a number of those
2 Tiny silver heart rings
and the best ring for the week - Nice Silver Men ring with 5 stones

Thanks for stopping by!