My first Silver! Florin 1914

[DavidBeard]

Found my first Silver Florin - George V 1914
Excellent condition:



Other coins too, George VI 1949 Florin, 1958 Shilling, 2 Pennies 1906 & 1963 and 2 Half-Pennies 1916 & 1920:



Three horse shoes and an Old Iron - but you don't want to see them do ya?

 

[halfdime]

Don't see many Florin over here! What's the equivalent in dollars/cents?

 

[DavidBeard]

Don't see many Florin over here! What's the equivalent in dollars/cents?

Florin is 2 Shilling, 24 Pennies - about 10 modern UK pence. About 13 USA cents!!!

 

[seger98]

Excellent finds, congratulations on your first silver, it's a beauty!


Chris

 

[kdismuke1]

SUPER FINDS ON THE SILVER.

 

[mlayers]

Nice first silver. There is now just more to come you just put your foot in the doorway for more. Good luck....Matt

 

[DavidBeard]

Nice first silver. There is now just more to come you just put your foot in the doorway for more. Good luck....Matt

They say Horse Shoes bring luck - I'd picked up the 3 shoes before I stubbled upon the coins - I wonder if I should carry them around with me on future hunts

 

[shaun7]

can't beat that feeling! congrats

leave the horse shoes at home though

 

[CRUSADER]

I knew you would get there. Well done, was it the buckle field? Or a new ploughed field?

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Hey Awesome Silver !!

In order for a Horse Shoe to work for luck their are rules. One you must find a horse shoe that a horse actually lost. 2nd you have to hang it on the wall open side up. This is so the luck won't spill out.

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[WilliamBoyd]

The George V 1914 florin would have been worth US 50 cents then.
It is also about the size of a US 50 cent coin.

 

[DavidBeard]

I knew you would get there. Well done, was it the buckle field? Or a new ploughed field?

No, not same field (but same owner) - about 1 mile away - very rough ground - never ever been ploughed - too many large rocks and undulating ground - Could imagine many a family picknick taking place there - or indeed track-side sales - I'll make more enquiries - All the coins were found within a few metres of each other.
I borrowed my mate's 'Laser B1 High Power' for the day.... (not giving it back just yet).

 

[Goldiver]

Nice looking silver, congratulations on your first! Now that you got that out of the way it is time to go dig up some hammered silver.

Good Luck!
Steve

 

[CRUSADER]

I knew you would get there. Well done, was it the buckle field? Or a new ploughed field?

No, not same field (but same owner) - about 1 mile away - very rough ground - never ever been ploughed - too many large rocks and undulating ground - Could imagine many a family picknick taking place there - or indeed track-side sales - I'll make more enquiries - All the coins were found within a few metres of each other.
I borrowed my mate's 'Laser B1 High Power' for the day.... (not giving it back just yet).

It funny you say that. I looked at them & guessed they can from a park unploughed. But knowing your detector it didn't make sence. Now you say its a Laser B1 it makes sence again. I used to have one of those, very similar or the same or old version of the Lobo, can't remember

 

[John Deere Digger]

Nice silver.
JDD

 

[Detectingfreak]

nice job on the silver!

 

[DavidBeard]

nice job on the silver!

Thanks - Was hoping to show off more finds this last week but I haven't been able to get out - The UK has plunged back into the freezer - Temperatures plumeted and all under quite a few inches of snow:



Looking forward to the thaw!

 

[kmcneil]

Nice silver coin!

 

[Old River]

Congradulations on the silver. Its always fun to find silver, HH

 

[CRUSADER]

nice job on the silver!

Thanks - Was hoping to show off more finds this last week but I haven't been able to get out - The UK has plunged back into the freezer - Temperatures plumeted and all under quite a few inches of snow:




Looking forward to the thaw!

Yeah, glad I was on a history tour in sunny Italy. Just got back