Decided to abandon the TV last night, don a headtorch and hit an old park suggested by a friend.
Found my first silver 
and was intrigued to discover that thereās two different sized heads in use on George V half pennies.
My friend scored the best find of the night - a silver Victorian 1896 sixpence.
Was amused to see several people drift on by taking strange routes through the park staring at their phonesā¦ Pokemon Go 
Going hard there Gavin - and a nite hunt too.
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Nice work. Keep it up.
That is hilarious about the pokemon players! 
Great to see that youāre out and about again, amongst the MD community Gavinā¦got the bug back after the Chch MD meeting the other night did you?..lol.
Good one Gavinā¦ Wait till you score a gold ring, then you will be hooked well and truely.
Yes, who would have thought after all these years Iād be starting my own finds thread?! 
Yep, the meeting the other night gave me a wee taste for it again. Already found a gold ring a couple of years ago when I last detected, what Iāve got my sights on a sovereign or half sovereign now!
Hahaā¦Yo-go-getty-yerself that sneaky Sov mateā¦sure to be one with yer name on it!
What a surprise and great to see what can be found and in the dark of night !!
Another wee swing around today closer to home. Donāt think coins like the salty conditions at allā¦ didnāt realise Iād dug a silver threepence initially, and a George V penny came out of the ground so corroded canāt make out any detail on the tails side of the coin.
where there is one theres allways another.
Bit of a miserable night weather wise but got out for a play anyway and hit an old park. Didnāt do too bad for old coinsā¦
All the old coins were about 4 inches down embedded in a gravel layer. I guess the park was originally just a gravel area in days gone by.
Didnt do too bad at all. Some nice old dates there on the pennys and they look in reasonable condition too.
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Better than nothing. One assumes when they are like that perhaps they have fallen out of someoneās pocket.
Sorry, the āmiserable night outā was more referring to the weather 
I enjoyed finding the older coins 
Iāve now edited my post so I sound less like a whinging pom
Good enough gavin,at least you didn,t get skunked,always good to find the older coins.
Nice Britt Pennies, good to see you out and about going hard, in between your gold adventures.
Ya better be careful the coin/relic hunting might take hold
Too late iād say. been converted into a coin shooter already. 
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Yeahā¦ not sure about that - still feel the fever coursing through my veins!
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still feel the fever coursing through my veins![/quote]
Looks like youāre going to have to specialise in Sovereigns then 
Now that I wouldnāt mind, but I donāt think the sovereigns agree!
