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    Finds Update from Kaikoura, Nz and 6 inch coil Question

    Hi there. I have only taken the detector out about 6 times since Christmas. The weather has been pretty awful and I have been working 10 hr days 6 days a week mostly.... and to top it off I got a big swollen infected foot and couldn't walk for 2 weeks........ So between Xmas and New Years I...
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    Gold Between Stuart Town and Wellington

    Hi there as an experienced gold fossicker (without a metal detector) I am wondering if anyone knows any areas within or near these towns that are close to the settlement as I am off to Lightning Ridge in Mid October. I would love to find a small piece of gold with my xterra but I will be...
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    repairing an old sovereign is it worth it

    Hi there, I have strayed from The X Terra forum, to ask if it is worth repairing an old sovereign which I have inherited. It was used up until july when its owner a good friend of mine passed away. I havent seen the mahine yet, but its 20 years old give or take, not sure exactly, and still...
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    Im going to England- xt50 is coming with me

    Hi there I haven't been on for a while I have been really busy planning my trip. Im leaving in 2 days. Before I packed and cleaned my detector 2 weeks ago: I have found in no particular order. one old cottage site 1855 half penny, 1860 Nelson Trade token, Jews harp and my uncle...
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    more and more buckles and an 1860s token from Domain

    I didn't realise how cool these buckles were. 2 hunts, got these. NZ penny, British penny and scarce halfpenny token. issued between 1860-1875. Was a good weekend. Its quite cool to have the history behind the horse stables that were there. I have a date range 1860-1908 but not sure...
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    the local domain created in 1873

    here are some finds from the domain. I believ it was used from the late 1800s onwards. I believe it has been detected before by locals over a period of 5 or 6 years on and off. then last year it was donr as well. but in saying that I had some nice finds. 1902 silver british threepence...
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    weekend finds from campground over the road

    from 2 hunts. note the last picture thats all the rubbish coins. can use them not collectable, I just note them and chuck. the half crown although not silver is my first. its lunch time so back to work I go, but I have more finds to post later from another park
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    gold and my standard coil xt 50

    I have some wee nuggets of gold which were detected in central Otago. I tried them in an air test with my standard coil on my xt50. they seemed to get a solid 9. I have my doubts about using this coil in the goldfields. without going to too much trouble can someone recommend which coil for...
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    Sunday afternoon stroll

    Hi Since finding the gold ring last week, I have been itching to detect. It has been raining,and I have been busy at work. This afternoon I went to a park which I had spotted last weekend, when I got lost in Christchurch, Not really lost just went down the wrong street. lucky for me...
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    First gold ring............ under a 1912 shilling!!!!!

    Hi Guys haven't posted for a while because I haven't had any time to go detecting. On Friday I went out as I had the day off work and just spent ages leisurely going up and down an area of pine trees in this old campground across the road from me. I got a number of pennies dating from...
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    my x50 is on holiday in Aussie, to get repaired

    It played up for a while, then just as i had traveled 5 hrs to get to a good spot it suddenly said the batteries were dead and turned off no matter how many new batteries of different types I put in. so sent it off to my dealer , they have sent it to Aussie to be fixed. Its so annoying not...
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    Musket Balls!!!!!! early 19th century battle site

    As I mentioned I was going to use my new detector for archaeological work at a historic site. Well This week I have been paid 250 a day to detect!!!!!! These two musket balls came up. I first did a grid survey with the detector and marked all the signals and then we went back and sieved...
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    My first ever US Wheat? Cent - 1916, very Unusual :usaflag:

    Well My Mum came south to visit, and I had to show off my new detector and give her a go seeing she loves this kind of stuff. We went out to the old campground across the road under the trees and we got a few early New Zealand coins, I also got this 1916 US Cent, Very corroded, as it has...
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    First Morning out with xt50- My first detector....

    I am an Archaeologist in New Zealand, and have always wanted a detector. We need one to look at this historic site which is about to be bulldozed. So I thought why not get myself a detector and I could play with it when we were not using it for work. The day after it arrived I went over...
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