Dirt Hunt #4/2013 - 4 Rings in a matter of 30 minutes !

I decided to take My E-trac for a spin before it sells off :-)
Didn't want to go to far away, so went to my usual 5 minute walk park that is overhunted by everyone in the last 30 years :-)

My first target was pulltab (as i wanted to dig all signals for gold) , seconds target was sweet silver sound, that i dug up without looking at the numbers :

The Next was 2c piece, but 4th Signal was a surface one, and here we come :

It is Indian Style ring, where stone is set the way it will touch the skin. i will defo need to test the stone ;-)

Then i had couple of 2-1c piece and got another Silver Signal!, i thought it would be a coin, but no :

In the next 3 targets a got a copper "love" ring making it 4 rings for the first 30 minutes of detecting :)
I really like the soil now- moist , but not leaky yet. so it was really easy to dig.

Here are all of the finds :

So once again, E-trac is still up for grabs for 1620$ :-) and as you can see - it does it job very well

Ring Sizer...

Hi All,
In a desperate attempt to rise money for my Australian trip, i will be selling my best ring finds with stones.
so to do it properly i needed the Ring Sizer.
For obvious reasons i looked up on trademe and snaped an awesome deal of Ring sizer + the set of Finger sizer for 30$ shipped!

So be ready for my a post with cool pictures of rings and price i want for them :-)

cheers, max 

Dirt Hunt #2/2013 - 4$ spill ;-)

Had about 1 hour last week to spare in the park, while waiting for Elena from work,

So used my Etrac to get some spare change :-) - so was digging only 12-3X 12-4X signals in a small area where people usually sit on the grass.
1 Hour- got about 15$ , not too bad :-) and here is a spill :

2013 Hunt# 48 The Day i found Purse

Olly and i went to Kohimarama on already coming tide and just with 1 hour of sunlight.
i Knew that there should be something out ther in the deep, below low tide mark.
SO we start wading away from the shore... Not that many targets, but still better expirience than digging light aluminum crap and beer tops.

Anyway, when i got the small purse in the scoop - i got very excited, as i could see the impression of coins in it.
However due to Plastic composition of the purse i didnt expect anything older than 1950s

I called Olly over to share the moment (i always say film that, to share with other, but in this case, again, i didnt expect anything super good)- we opened the purse and there were 2 nz pennys and one Fiju Penny.

I consider it to be my first Treasure :-)

Here is a pick of other items that i got in an hour:

2013 Hunt# 47 Mindnight Water Hunt at Takapuna

The tide was perfect, weather was worm, absolutely no wave motion...
what could be better for a nice water detecting hunt?

Olly, Brett and myself went to Taka, but only Olly and me went into water.
There was a good washout area where Brett decided to stay, but got absolutely nothing :-(

I spent about 3 hours in the water with a great number of good signals and very good ratio of Junk/keeper, but still failed to find any gold.

The best of finds are Brass pendant that that says "Love of my Life Eleanor " and 1945 Shilling.
The Half Crown is 1948, so its copper/nickel :-(

Oh well, better luck next time

Dirt Hunt #1/2013 - 1871 Auckland Licensed Victuallers Association Penny Traders Token

Heya,

Had only 1 hour to spare, so decided to grab dusty E-track from Last year and check the ground conditions after 2 days of continuous rain .
Unfortunately it is still very dry under 3 inches.

My efforts were not fruitless, got about 10 coins (brown buggers are not included int he picture),where best finds are 4$ , 1946 NZ sixpence and my second ever trader's token!

this time it is  1871 Auckland Licensed Victuallers Association Penny Traders Token

That's how it looks like when new :

Good luck everyone with all upcoming dirt hunts! 

Lost : Very Sentimental Value Gold chain with Gold "Half of the Heart" Pendant

Heya,
This is call for help to all Metal detecting guys in Auckland who have visited Mission bay in the last 2 weeks,
I know some of you  visit my blog, but never leave comments and not even registered, so this is mainly for those snipers ;-)

If any of you have found a gold chain with a gold half heart on it, or even just the heart without the chain (second half as pictured below)

Please contact Steven on slancaster1964@gmail.com 
It is believed to be lost opposite the Mission bay toilets about 2 weeks ago.

There is a reward for the return (heart is very important)

Regards