Latest hunt in the old park goes off with a BANG.

[Kiwijohn]

Or maybe a 'pop' even
I have had hours of fun hunting in this park which dates back to 1850, which is 'old'
for this part of the world. Here are my latest finds.......
A toy cannon. Hence the title of the post. No idea of age but I like it a lot.

My oldest penny. 1863.


An old no date sixpence. Pretty neat because it is worn smooth. Can see an early Victoria head.


NZ forces military buttons. I have no idea of the date of these.

A heavy silver and enamel ring. No marks but it looks old.
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As well as the above.. Old pennys and half-pennys..Two more rings..Lawnmower NZ sixpence.
1930 US one cent. Has wheat sheaves around it.
Guess it is a 'wheatie' 'wheaty'??

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[KyFreeBird]

Nice finds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tuatara]

John, I'm green with envy. Only yesterday I was saying to my family how I would like to find a toy cannon of the 19th century. I will have a look at your other finds later - now I can see only that cannon. Now I am back The ring is of 1890 - 1930's. They like enamel and silver then.

 

[yo6oej]

congrats nice finds

 

[trikikiwi]

Great finds Mate
The cannon is a real treasure find.

let alone, every other

Cheers, Mike

 

[sasnz]

Well done mate, I see you are getting in some diggin time.

great to see that you are pulling in 19 century stuff, I think all the stuff u have pulled is great but the cannon is a little special, Lol

Look foward to seeing the silver that you will undoubtly get out of that place soon.

Cheers Sasnz

 

[DMN]

Toy cannons are appparently a tough/interesting find. Yours looks pretty good.
Will you have a chance to show the ring when it's cleaned up?

 

[ivan salis]

the 1930 wheatie cent was most likely from some us army visitor dueing WW2 i would think , the cannon is quite ciool

 

[Iron Patch]

A few little cannons are posted by members every year. Lucky you get to be one! (I was one a couple of years ago)

 

[allen]

that is a sweet assortment of finds !!

 

[CRUSADER]

The cannon may just pre-date the park I like finding these, only got a few over the years

 

[teleman 2525]

some real nice finds

 

[Nate in Ga]

sweet cannon

 

[Kiwijohn]

John, I'm green with envy. Only yesterday I was saying to my family how I would like to find a toy cannon of the 19th century. I will have a look at your other finds later - now I can see only that cannon. Now I am back The ring is of 1890 - 1930's. They like enamel and silver then.

Great finds Mate
The cannon is a real treasure find.
let alone, every other
Cheers, Mike

Well done mate, I see you are getting in some diggin time.
great to see that you are pulling in 19 century stuff, I think all the stuff u have pulled is great but the cannon is a little special, Lol
Look foward to seeing the silver that you will undoubtly get out of that place soon.
Cheers Sasnz

The cannon may just pre-date the park I like finding these, only got a few over the years

Thank you all for your kind comments.
I have posted previous finds from this park, including a gold ring. But the cannon has to be
my favourite find.

 

[Kiwijohn]

the 1930 wheatie cent was most likely from some us army visitor dueing WW2 i would think , the cannon is quite ciool

Yeah...You Yanks came over and took our women, and left us a few coins

(Gingerly pushes 'Post' with a long stick and waits to see who gets the joke)

 

[history hunter]

Nice finds, looks like a good spot!

 

[WilliamBoyd]

Looks like some silver coins showed up to play.

 

[IAsoldier]

Thats why I always go back to the park its never cleaned out. WTG

 

[Skelly607]

Sweet cannon,,,,that rates high on my kewl beans scale!

 

[fathead]

the 1930 wheatie cent was most likely from some us army visitor dueing WW2 i would think , the cannon is quite ciool

Yeah...You Yanks came over and took our women, and left us a few coins

(Gingerly pushes 'Post' with a long stick and waits to see who gets the joke)

If your ladies went for guys with only wheaties in their pockets, you are better off.

Great finds, we always look forward to seeing cool finds from the land to the right of the land down under.

-Fathead