Kray Gelder
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- Joined
- Feb 24, 2017
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- Location
- Georgetown, SC
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher F75
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Big heavy silver sure is nice! This year it's been difficult getting out. Refurbishing our house since January. I have detected less than a half dozen times. Today I went to a new park for me, and not ten steps in a great tone, and solid 91-92 on the F75. Had to be good! Of course, it was tight up against the underside of a root about 4 inches down, and I had no idea what I had until the hard packed clayey sand was chiseled out.
Here's a couple pics with her on top of the root.
A better couple of shots with the coin rinsed off, then after soaking in boiling water and baking soda ( 6 cycles ).
She's in real good shape for her age.
A couple of weeks after we moved in, I managed to get a couple hours detecting around our house for the first time, and found this ( plus clad, of course, and trash, through a carpet of iron ). A "Holed" 1943 Australian Florin. Go figure. From what I found, these were .925 silver! The equivalent of about .30 to .35 cents U.S. at the time.
And last, a short trip to another park a couple months ago gave the usual clad, trash, and a couple of silver rings.
Those are my finds worth showing for the year so far, plus about 10 bucks in clad.
Thanks for looking.
Here's a couple pics with her on top of the root.
A better couple of shots with the coin rinsed off, then after soaking in boiling water and baking soda ( 6 cycles ).
She's in real good shape for her age.
A couple of weeks after we moved in, I managed to get a couple hours detecting around our house for the first time, and found this ( plus clad, of course, and trash, through a carpet of iron ). A "Holed" 1943 Australian Florin. Go figure. From what I found, these were .925 silver! The equivalent of about .30 to .35 cents U.S. at the time.
And last, a short trip to another park a couple months ago gave the usual clad, trash, and a couple of silver rings.
Those are my finds worth showing for the year so far, plus about 10 bucks in clad.
Thanks for looking.
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