Metal Detecting Coins and Silver Rings In My Backyard

Still finding interesting stuff in the backyard, I'm also covering ground I've already covered, so it pays to play with the settings.

Favorite find was a ring that I think may be silver, gonna get it checked out at some stage, though it does look like a toy ring, which could be a bit embarrassing. Anyway below is some video and photos of my finds.

Silver In My Backyard

It's been awhile since I've done any metal detecting, but I had a hankering for it yesterday and I decided to go over some of the trickier spots in my backyard and guess what, I found my third silver coin ever, a 1943 New Zealand threepence. I also found a couple pennies and a buck fifty in change, the old yards still got some life left in it.

I still haven't touched the front yard, I've got big hopes for it, it's located at the end of a dead end street and very exposed, here's hoping that 50+ years of people taking shortcuts and kids playing on it have left behind a treasure trove.

1943 New Zealand Threepence.

Quick Hunt, Like The Speed Of The Wind

Been over a month since my last hunt, been itching to get out there, that being said, took this hunt pretty easy, only dug about 6 holes.

Found 2 bucks, a spoon and an old toy car. After doing a little bit of research it looks as if the car is a Dinky toy, modeled after the Speed Of The Wind car from the 1930s.

Speed Of The Wind Dinky Toy Car.

Valarium Silver Spoon

Three Months Metal Detecting Finds

Haven't been able to get out so I made a video showing my finds over the 3 months I've been metal detecting, mostly out of frustration, but it's nice to recap.

Awesome Day Metal Detecting, 2 Silver Rings And Our Oldest Coin Yet

Had a great day at the fields we've been detecting, the weather was a bit iffy but it held out. We actually did a bit of reconnaissance over the weekend, scoping out where people gather, it seemed to help out our metal detecting efforts enormously finding two silver rings and our oldest coin so far as well as a few other older coins and some spendable cash.

Best I can tell the stone could be a pink star sapphire, it's a beautiful little thing with the way light reacts to it, need to go have a look at a jewelry store and learn me a thing or two about bling.

We had a lady come up to us wondering if we may have found her husbands ring, she described it and we hadn't, she smiled and went on her way. I wasn't prepared for this, I should have gotten her details because chances are we may find that ring. So next time I'm gonna have pen and paper ready.

Oh, before I go, check out my image gallery, thought it would be a nicer way to view the photos, I got them categorized nicely to.

Finds.

925 Silver ring with what could be a Pink Star Sapphire.

925 Munted silver ring.

The 2 silver rings.

Old lighter.

Ronson Whirlwind Lighter.

1952 New Zealand Half Penny.

1905 British Penny.

Ilco Australia Key.

Three Days Worth of Hunting

We probably did 10 hours worth of hunting over those three days, most of which was at the large sports field. Our best finds were the two pieces of jewelry, our first ever, a silver pin and a junk ring.

Not quite sure what to do with the silver pin, I don't think it's worth much, but I guess it could be easy to find the owner, what would you guys do?

We found loads of the old decimal coinage, me jars getting pretty full now, found it strange that we found no pre-decimals at all, I'm guessing the field may have been hunted out back in the day, though we really didn't cover much and passed on a lot of targets, the place was full of junk.

I'm hoping to get back to my secret spot very soon, seemed to be nothing but old coins and $$$, the parks right next to a little row of shops, I think that's what's making it so good for coins.

Three Days Worth of Finds.

Silver Pin With Maybe a Gem and Alisa Written on it.

Sterling Silver Pin.

Copper Ring Maybe With A Few Stones.

Three Toy Cars.

A Day At The Park Metal Detecting

Spent the other day at a local park metal detecting and it was probably the best hunt I've been on so far, mostly because it was just a great day at a park, the finds weren't so great. I went about midday and was expecting the park to be busy and it was, I drew a lot of attention with the strange looking machine dangling from my arm, all feedback was positive and full of interest.

It was my best coin day so far, most I've found on one hunt, though nothing to write home about. I'm a little concerned that I'm not finding a lot of the smaller pre-decimals, they're either not there, which is fine or the F2 is not picking them up, guess I just have to do some more testing.

The first 4 photos below are from my backyard, the toy handcuffs are my favorite non-coin find so far, the rest are finds from the park.

Toy Handcuffs.

Toy handcuffs, Crescent Toy Co, Made In Gt Britain.

Nickel Silver Fork.

My First Watch.

1952 New Zealand Penny.

1950 New Zealand Penny.

1959 New Zealand Penny.

1947 New Zealand Half Penny.

1939? British Half Penny.

Munted 1962? New Zealand Half Penny.

Pennies, Silver Plate and a Bottle

Haven't been out much, the weather's been pretty shite, though I think my latest finds will keep me pretty satisfied for awhile, just nice to find some older coins in my backyard.

One thing I didn't expect when beginning this game was the amount of cutlery I would find, most of it's been silver plate as well, but it would be very nice to find some sterling.

I'm pretty chuffed with the little bottle I found as well, it's kind of perked my interest in bottles now, though I really can't seem to find anything about it, don't think it's very old, but it would be cool to know what it was used for.

I really don't know when I'll be back out, though if the circumstances arise I'm really keen to get back to the beach, so hopefully my next video will be from there.

1920 British Penny Reverse.

1920 British Penny Obverse.

1954 New Zealand Penny Reverse.

1954 New Zealand Penny Obverse.

1941 New Zealand Half Penny Reverse.

1941 New Zealand Half Penny Obverse.

1958 New Zealand Half Penny Reverse.

1958 New Zealand Half Penny Obverse.

1935? British Half Penny Reverse.

1935? British Half Penny Obverse.

Insignia Plate E.P.N.S A1 WP Handle.

Small Nondescript Bottle, anyone know what it was used for?

A Hand Full Of Coins And Some Junk

Got out for a quick backyard hunt this past Sunday, nothing to exciting, but I'm glad I'm finding a lot of coins. I'm really starting to get a feel for the Fisher F2, I'm almost at the point where I feel I can pass on a target based on the LCD and sound, getting a little tired of digging milk caps.

New Zealand 1 and 2 cent Pieces.

Australian and New Zealand 20 cent pieces.

New Zealand 5 cent piece.