John (Australia)
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Hello to all, I have found a new lease of life concerning detecting since getting my Quattro. I limited the area I detected to within about a 40 kilometer radius of my town in South Australia and in most cases the ground had been gone over countless times with various detectors over the years, but I did find 239 coins. A old race course yielded 104 coins, approx half being pre decimal, the Quattro being a very effective finder of threepence's. I found 23 of these at this race course, including the three variety's for 1942. The detectorists before me had done a good on florins however as I could only find one myself. When on 97 coins I told my detecting mate that I had done the place completely but he said not until you get 100 coins you haven't. With the few he had found there it was over 100 but then it struck me that there was one area left to do. When nearing the fence that bordered the track I had been backing away. With a drop in the sensitivity I detected right under the bottom wire and low and behold I passed 100 coins, a sixpence, several pennys and a few modern coins had been hiding right under the wire. The photos are of relics that date of the time of the Victorian Gold rush, the token being an especially satisfying find. At a old school site I found the rarest coin I expect to find in my district, a 1925 Australian penny, the same site yielded the most unexpected find to date, an aluminium 1972 Pakistan 1 cent. I haven't detected any beachs yet but have found two silver rings. Other finds have been matchbox toys, a lead Red Indian on his horse and a 1945 cigarette lighter from the Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 1, Footscray Melb. I am very pleased with the Quattro but in doing the old race course thoroughly over quite a few months I did have to dig a huge amount of screw caps, must take a photo of the pile.
