Got one at last ...bucket lister

midweek hunt plenty of targets started with a 1950 half crown and eventually a bucket lister after all these years a four pence vicky ,very scarce in these parts and its a beaut,dropped not long after minted looks au condition,well pleased,good luckIMG_1920IMG_1921IMG_1922

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That sure is a beauty Roy well done that’s a groat example.

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Superb!

Those guys down there obviously haven’t been trying hard enough while you were gone!

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What a find Roy unbelievable what’s under your feet

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That is awesome Roy 1855 and amazing condition - what a find!
Hell I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a 4 pence??
Well done

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All I can say is “Bloody Marvellarse” - its a cracker Roy.

Strangely enough I found an 1854 one!

for us here it may be once in a decade.how sweet it is.

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Yes you are so right I do know of a half farthing found at Waikouaiti when they demolished a building there that had been a hotel back in the good old days.

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thats another one i have not seen i seem to remember my grandfather calling them a mite,dont know if it was just a slang word, them were the days when we were so poor we had to sleep in a shoe box int bottom of garden,and we had to wait till dad got home so we could boil his socks so as to get some flavour int broth…

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Nice one Roy, goin hard.
:beers:

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Amazing find Roy.
These young detectorists really need to step up their game!

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