Detecting in South Africa

Flamtech
Thanks, yes I lost that one last season ....can I have it back now?
You never really know with coins on the beach. Unless of coarse they are early coins.... and have legible dates.
Nice going , what beach did you do?
PGill.......don't let me catch you rushing a site!
Uhg! Griding sounds like homework.....I just want to run wild

I am pretty amped for this hunt....Iv'e been at it for quite a while now...the research that is. I must say I did get some awesome help from a Doctor at UCT.
She looked stuff up for me and sent me pics she took of the British Ledgers....how cool is that? The actual ledger that was on the farm ...being written in as they pillaged and burnt and took the women and children of to the Hell of Springfontein......jissie I get quite emotional now....you kind of feel like you have gotten to know them  during the research.....anyways...I made a memorial stone  to place there after the hunt. The mother returned....minus all her kids and Husband...and he never told her exactly where he had stashed the stuff. There are supposed to be some family documents and deeds as well.
Can you imagine finding it....Hells Bells!
Viking
Pgill I actually wanted to do it on behalf of our group.....as our first deed of goodwill ...we need to get some type of name now, I think.
Also, has every one here filled in the list with PGill yet?

 I include a pic of the type of stone I leave behind. This one was done for someones pets. I can't show the actual one as it has to many details on it . I will post once it is placed.
It is a mountain rock that I cut polish and engrave....should last forever!
 Cool later all
Viking

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Hey you guys are writing books here  

first off, the rule still stands... ALL gold coins belong to me..... Ok, now that is off my chest as they say... lets carry on  

Xavier, I have to give a safety lesson tomorrow to about 50 people..... umm should I talk about flying lessons with Ladders...... Ouch, that sounds sore to me.... Still don't know why you were detecting from a ladder... the detectors handle must be long? At least you should of been detecting, as how else are you going to find the treasure? Get well soon my friend, and hey, when you are well we can get together..... I hate carrying cripples around with me  

Viking, Not all have filled in the list for the club yet.... guys please PM me your email address so that we can add you to the group.... Do not want to leave an email address for the world to see as they will send me all sorts of @#$#$%  

I am getting all excited about your hunt..... As you know, I love the Boer war..... Wish I was living near you... I would hide behind the trees and follow you and do night detecting  
You do realise we need photos and lots of story with facts.... in fact write a book about it.... Umm, I did tell you that I hid some gold coins in that place.... Please don't play with them... just tell me where they are and I will re-bury them  

As I said earlier, why I wizzed around was for the filming of the epic movie....   But if I am to find the good stuff, I need a system..... I am looking for spear heads etc.... not sure if I will find any though. I normally detect hit and miss style on large properties, but this one and the others, I want to do slowly. Oh and something i did not know is that a lawyer friend of mine has a piece of property on the same hill.... the property is 1Km square... I have all the rights to detect there, and it is behind the fences.... so is safe. The hills are the Gatsrand, for you guys who know your Boer war history, that is a place where the war was fought.... In fact further along the same mountain is the Danie Theron memorial, and there has been Zulu battles on the same hill...... I got good places now to look...  

I think the Kruger millions are also there..... Well my gold coin was found on the same mountain range, just further along..... I think they dropped the other part on this farm  

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Xavier.
What where you doing on the ladder....where you doing an air test with your new machine....that's pretty impressive then.
Yes the stone is done by me. You can go and see my site

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. But it is all in latin as I am still busy with the text. But it gives you and idea of the stuff I do in REAL LIFE! Seriously I have only been busy with the site for 2 days now so don't get confused by the text....it's just a place holder.
PGill what camera are you using, I have a pair of SPY GLASSES but the quality is mediocre and the head movements will have you all vomiting within 5 minutes
hehehe!
By the way , here are a few pics of a teambuild I did recently, it was for a group and they had to find tins on the beach with their next clues in it....all part of a Amazing Race type task. I rented out the machines and helped them with the basics , then I unleashed them at Camps Bay. If you are wondering ....yes I combed the beach the day before ....just to be sure that they did not pick up anything that I want .
There where 235 people in all.....hectic is all I can say , but there was some real eye candy among them.....oops sorry dear , they where all really ugly  :
Okay now I really must get back to the text for my business site LOL!
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Flamtech
Please feel free to get in touch.

Pgill
Here is some eye candy for you mate. Pickings of 4 outings this December. Although the Strand recovery was the kicker!
Viking


Posted on: January 11, 2011, 04:32:26 PM

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And then what I really love. I found this old bottle cap, that still has a cork seal inside, it was around 40 cm down, Lol and it screamed at me. I almost quit digging because I thought it was a cooldrink can. I dug it out of a layer of decaying kelp and stuff.
Anyway it's only trash but I really like it, I really would like to put a year on it.

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Hi guys

Well looking at all your posts makes me want to go out and hunt LOL Viking great job on the stone I will have a look at your site as soon as I'm done writing this post Ho yes meant to tell you that I was repairing a ceiling after I replaced a geyser that was rusted through like you I do lots of different jobs to make money any how I mis judged the wall distance and found myself holding onto thin air LOL the rest is history. I hope that you sold some detectors after that hunt. Catch you guys later I still have to have a look at Pgills site I have not been there for some time now.

All the best
Xavier   

Posted on: January 12, 2011, 11:11:56 AM

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Hey Viking just had a look at you stone carvings, sandblasting and chest great stuff mate I'm impressed

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