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Detecting in South Africa

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #3030 on: July 14, 2012, 12:41:50 pm »

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Peter and I were out today detecting Peter had some good finds as for me well I'm thinking of opening up a scrap yard Grin

Damn the junk that I found was unreal but I had a great time out there. As for the rain well it did come but we only got 5 drops Pheeeuuu that was close

but man did I start getting cold in the end and what made matters worst is peter would not share his beer with me Cry

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #3031 on: July 14, 2012, 04:07:36 pm »

X, you ate my lunch, and still want my beer Angry

Had a great day out today and found some good stuff unlike my partner Funny

I found a cover from a pocket watch which when I got home cleaned it to find it was silver Great

Research on the net shows me it is Swiss made, 0.935 Silver, dated 1850 - 1860 Wink

and sold for 1 pound 10 shillings Clapp

also found an Iron, buttons, buckles and a cycle license disc from 1936.... Oh and a 1942 1/2 penny (South African) with a hole drilled into it to put on a chain No no!

Also found bullet cases and a clog clip Great

Also found an old pocket knife, but it is buggered Grin

This is truly an amazing site as there are finds from different years...

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #3032 on: July 15, 2012, 01:41:45 am »

Some nifty relics! Glad you escaped the rain.

We got about 10 minutes of torrential downpour this evening but its still hot out Tongue

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #3033 on: July 15, 2012, 01:50:50 am »

Yesterday while detecting, we could see the rain pouring down about 250m away from us, but all we got was some drops Great

today is 11 degrees celsius.... cold Shame

all wrapped up and ready for church Great

the whole of the coming week is going to be cold for us No no!

Another nice find was the "British South African Police" button I found.... cleaned up looks pretty good....

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #3034 on: July 15, 2012, 02:25:01 am »

Peter that button was your best find mate.

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #3035 on: July 15, 2012, 05:37:48 am »

That button was great, but that piece of silver is also fantastic.... very decorative Great

I am happy with all the finds Kiss

I am thinking that maybe some of the finds might even be deeper due to meerkat activity, that ground is so loose, stuff could sink quite a lot... what we need is a deep seeker with discrimination to cut out the wire and mineralization... There is still a lot more to this site than what we even know about Wise

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #3036 on: July 15, 2012, 08:34:55 am »

I was having a look on Google earth at that site and I'm quite sure that the stuff that we find did not come directly from the fort. I think that soil was moved from were ever and dumped there possibly from when they build the road that would explain why we are finding stuff from three different times all at one place I also think that we have yet to find the real treasure trove.

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #3037 on: July 15, 2012, 11:50:28 am »

Nice finds, Peter! Sounds like you guys had fun (except for the cold)! That's the most important thing Thanks for sharing your adventure and your finds with us! Detecting

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #3038 on: July 15, 2012, 02:27:06 pm »

X, I still think that site is going to give up something of great financial reward Kiss

That main part of the field is definitively from the fort time, but those other patches are like you said probably dump sites.... I believe that inside that area where I found the coins, there is lots more to find Great

Arfieboy, you are very right, it was cold, but fun... I did take video, but the wind was blowing so much that it has too much wind noise to watch. Next time we go, I will video the site again and put it up on YouTube Great

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #3039 on: July 15, 2012, 02:45:42 pm »

Hey Peter I think that I have found gold. I will post a photo of it as soon as I get some batteries for my camera. The funny thing is it was in my bag with all the junk that I found and has been there for the past few months LOL but tonight I was looking through the bag to see if I did not have another horse shoe then found that piece and with closer inspection I saw that it was shiny. Brass or copper would have oxidised but not this and now that I have the dirt off it I'm quite sure that it is gold.

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