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 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.

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 Few Firsts While Metal Detecting

Got my first threepence and British penny on this hunt as well as a Fijian 5 cent piece, the penny is my oldest coin so far at 1917.

1917 British penny, I think.

1961 Threepence.

Fijian 5 Cent.

Got these on my latest hunt which resulted in a lot of junk, no coins and I haven't been able to find much information on the spoon and key pictured below, by the way that's my first key ever.

E&A S NS Spoon.

Pilot with ship's wheel.

Omega Metal MFG CO. LTD.

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.

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.

Metal Detecting Milk Tokens and Half Pennies

I managed to get out for a quick hunt, it had been raining a little lately and I've got to say the rain has made digging a whole lot easier, plugs come out clean and the lawn doesn't end up dusty.

I found a 1965 British Half Penny, which I guess is my first foreign coin, and my most interesting find was an old milk token from Upper Hutt, Zone 40, which was once good for one pint. I first thought it had something to do with a pub, I don't equate pints with milk, it's what I ask for when I want a beer.

I suspect my lawn has many more hidden and interesting artifacts for the finding, can't wait to get out again tomorrow.

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.

My thoughts go out to the people of Christchurch

I really can't put into words how I feel, terrible day for New Zealand.

Help those affected by the Canterbury earthquake, information about how you can make a donation can be found at the following sites.

Redcross.org.nz
Salvationarmy.org.nz
Anz.co.nz

I'm sure most banks will be accepting donations as well.