Took the XS for a spin.

[Mick in Dubbo]

I've started hunting with the XS after a long sabbatical. A hunt late Sunday was a picture perfect hunt just on dusk and yesterday was no different. I hunted on my favourite site (a farmers market) in the late afternoon sun. While hunting, I had a bridal party pass by in a classic open carriage pulled by 2 white horses. Having the bridal party and coachmen in full regular was a spectacular site that stopped my hunt while they passed by.
I stayed for a couple of hours and pulled up just over $7 in modern stuff, but included my favourite $1 of late, a commemorative coin celebrating a 100 years of Scouting, struck by the Australian mint. I think that they only came into circulation about 3 months back and this is the second that I've recovered with a detector. I've included a picture so that any old Scouts from overseas can enjoy and anybody else for that matter.
Mick Evans.
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[Eric]

Hi Mick,

nice find! Is it the same farmers Market that you detected with your Garrett 1500? The scouts sign seems to be the same everywhere around the world.

HH, Eric . The Netherlands.

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Yes it is.
It's been a pretty good site to hunt. I can walk there from home in 15 mins and I've pulled up $5-600 over the last 3 years.
There are a lot of common emblems that are shared with scouts of all countries. My wife is a Joey Scout leader (6 to 8 year olds) and when she went over to Estonia with the family a few years back, she made a point of catching up with a Scout leader there and exchanged a few badges and stories.
Mick Evans.