1350s first outing in New Zealand?

[Anonymous]

Last week I took my 1350 down country with the intention of finding my Grandmothers engagement ring which was lost under her house 50 or so years ago
The idea seemed great but when I got under there with an 18" crawl space, copper and galvanised pipes everwhere and assorted dead animals the idea seemed less appealing
I gave it a go for at least an hour before giving up

The house was built in 1889 so I thought I should check out the grounds for coins
This proved a little more succesfull but came up with mostly decimal coins which came in in 1967
The haul for the day
2*1c
4*2c
2*5c
4*10c
1*$2

1 penny 1936
1 half penny 1946

Not a huge find but it was my first seriuos attempt at finding coins

Had hopes of checking out a few other places in town but my parents had me carting firewood for the rest of my short holiday

Don W

 

[BigCatDaddy]

Pretty sweet haul for a first outing!! It only gets better!!

 

[John-Edmonton]

A very interesting project you did. I shrunk your picture so it would fit on the screen. How do you like the 1350? Did you experiment with some of the options?

 

[Uncle Willy]

Not a bad hunt bud and a nice variety.

Bill

 

[Anonymous]

As a newbie to detectors I am not able to compare it with any other machine but found it very user friendly.

The video that came with it was very helpful, but there is nothing like getting out into the field and giving it a go.

I had also read your article John, GTP 1350 Field Test, which was very informative and helpful.

Under the house with all the pipes, nails etc I tried discriminating a bit but given the adverse conditions found it just too hard. In hindsight I should have thought about it a bit more and given it another go the next day.

There is a small chance the house (9 bedroom wooden homestead) will be removed from the site and the section subdivided in the next year or so. There may be a chance then to give it another go

I found the 10*14DD coil to be more reliable in the sandy ground conditions there, but it was a little less accurate in depth indication than the 7*10

Thanks John for shrinking my pic, I was a little surprised to see it come up full size. If I post any more, I will do likewise.

Changing the subject a bit, but what does everyone use to clean coins? There must be some cheap and easy to use "solutions" out there.

Don W

 

[Ian (Japan)]

Good variety of coins there.
Re. cleaning them - I use a coin/rock tumbler. Also for the newer coins, don't laugh, a liquid toilet cleaner available here. It is very powerful stuff! Suggest you don't touch the old coins though if you have the intention to sell them, could put them up for sale on www.trademe.co.nz

Good luck with the future hunts. Interested to see how the beaches around your area are.....

Ian

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah he hit the variety jackpot.

Bill

 

[Anonymous]

We all have those set backs. I ownce had a 50 year old cement pond that I thought I would get rich out of. I had not been drained in 50 plus years, and the rebar gave me so much trouble I had to give up.
I also tried to give it my all for about an hour before I packed it in and gave up.