Testing The Fisher F2 With 4" Coil With New Zealand Coins

Thought I'd film myself testing out some New Zealand coins with the Fisher F2, didn't realize it at the time but it's kind of hard to see the screen on the F2 due to glare. I'll probably get to doing a test with the 8" coil at some point.

Can't help but feel I've missed out on some finds by using low sensitivity and the 4" coil, but I'll probably go over the yard again with the 8" using different settings, I guess I will have gotten rid of a lot of shallow finds so maybe I'll be digging less holes, only deeper.

Tested a New Zealand Threepence, Sixpence, Shilling, Penny and a 1 and 2 dollar coin.

Got a hunt video coming up where I find a few firsts for me, plus my oldest coin so far.

My Second Metal Detecting Video And Photos Of My Finds

I really haven't been out in public much with my metal detector, I've been doing a lot of detecting in my backyard and finding quite a lot of varied items. I'm only about 1/5th the way through and there's a few junkier areas I haven't tried yet so that should be fun.

Below is a few pictures of most of my finds, I'm surprised at how many 1 and 2 cent pieces I'm finding, though they did mint a heck of a lot back in the day.

Some of the junk I've been finding.

Various coins, mostly 1 and 2 cent pieces.

My first spoon.

Grosvenor Plate EPNS A1, Electroplated Nickle Silver spoon.

Mount for a rear view mirror, wish I knew for what kind of car.

Patent number brings no joy.

Bronco toy gun, I remember having one of these when I was younger.

Ipana Toothpaste, I can't remember this stuff at all, best I could find is that it lost out to the competition in the early 70's, not sure when they stopped making it in New Zealand though, apparently it's still sold in Turkey.

Welcome to Coin Shooting Kiwi

Welcome to Coin Shooting Kiwi, my blog about metal detecting in New Zealand. I'm brand spanking new to this game, in fact, I only just received my first metal detector a few days ago, the Fisher F2 which I purchased online from Kellyco Metal Detectors.

I got the 2 coil kit with pinpointer which cost me about $415 NZD including postage and packaging. It arrived pretty fast by way of Miami, about 11 days to get it to my door.

At the moment I'm in the learning stages, I've found digging to be the most difficult part of the operation, a close second is the attention metal detecting attracts while out in public, seems like every other person has a comment to make, though it's all been positive.

Anyway, time to get out there, I'll get back to y'all when I have some videos and photos.