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[Ken (Australia)]

Hi all, had a day back at the racecourse yesterday. Yesterdays finds included 2 x shillings 1916, 2 x 6d 1916, 19??, 8 x 3d 1918, 1926, 1936, 1941, 1943 and 1944. An English penny 1910, 2 x English halfpennies 1886, 1893 and some Australian pennies and halfpennies going back to the early 1900's. The ground here is really hard on the copper coins, specially the Australian ones, some are just falling to pieces. Haven't found the oldest section yet but am having a lot of fun looking....HH.......Ken.

 

[John (Australia)]

Ken have you found any threepences dated 1946 onwards there yet? They fall into the range of some pull tabs and stubbie caps so tend to get overlooked. I have found these lower silver content coins giving ids from 24 to 28.
John

 

[Ken (Australia)]

G'day John. I've only found one, 1950. I can"t remember but it came up in the 30's. All the 3d have been buried about the 7 - 9 inch mark. I work in all metal, no discrimination, when first detected they usually indicate a minus, usually about -10 and as I wave the detector over they fluctuate anywhere from 31 to 38 and anywhere in between but when that happens I know there's definitely a coin there. When I take the first plug out the signal then usually changes to a constant visual ID. Thanks for the advice, 28 I usually dig, 24's no, but I will in the future.............Ken.

 

[Mirage]

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[John (Australia)]

Ken hope I didn't confuse you with the ids of 24 to 28, what i meant is that I have found them in that range ie 24, 25 ,26 ,27, 28.
John

 

[Ken (Australia)]

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[Angela (Australia)]

Lovely photos Ken. Boy, I love looking at those coins of yours! I really like how you've taken a photo of the coin stuck to the mud, then the imprint of the coin. Makes it all very interesting. I've also found that the aussie soil doesn;t do much justice to the copper coins. Occasionally I'll get a really good condition one, but most of them are fairly worn. But the silver coins seem to fair much better.
I've just found out about an old racecourse 40km from my home, and will be checking it out soon.
Anyway keep posting photos of your finds. They're really interesting to see.
Angela

 

[Golden]

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