Finally Gold

tonznz · Mar 25, 2016

After seeing 18kRonin and his massive gold ring yesterday I was inspired to go out for a hunt.

I detectored for about an hour and a half and had found a penny and plenty of brass, copper scrap metal in the bush.

heading towards the car I got a signal and here it is. I did a gold dance!

9ct with onyx and it weighs 7.6 grams. Fits my pinky finger!

The other photos are of silver coins and relics found in the last three weeks! Enjoy!

The pocket watch isn't silver sadly!

Greek2Me · Mar 25, 2016

Awesome assortment there! I like that ring, it looks old.

Congrats on the hunts!

G2M

FiftyCents · Mar 25, 2016

Great finds! Congratulations
On the GOLD!

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crazydigger · Mar 25, 2016

Congratulations! Nice finds.

Ice Scratcher · Mar 25, 2016

Always love your finds!!!

Big congrats on that fat gold!!

<°)))>{

Swing360 · Mar 25, 2016

9ct doesn't pop up here much, congrats on the oldie looking gold.

Nice assortment of silver too

Socal Hopeless · Mar 25, 2016

Swing is right - 9KT barely ever shows up here, infact I may have never seen it here, whats up with that?

is 9k typical of the 19th century but not the 20th?

beautiful fat ring man, how did it ring up?

big congrats,

Mike

Irons · Mar 25, 2016

Nice big chunk O'Gold to get started! :wow:

Congrats, now that you broke the ice may you snagg many more. :cool:

wwdetecting · Mar 25, 2016

Wow you did good! Congrats!

albiediggin · Mar 25, 2016

I always enjoy seeing those New Zealand silvers, congrats on the gold!

Crackerjack · Mar 25, 2016

Your wee Highlander reminds me of a hamburger chain in Kansas when I was a laddie. It was called Sandy's Hamburgers, and I loved to go there and eat their food. Here's what their mascot/logo looked like:

beephead · Mar 25, 2016

I bet that you are still on cloud nice! Nice going!

beephead

joee5 · Mar 25, 2016

Nice assortment of finds.
Grats on the gold

REAL_RAT_FINK · Mar 26, 2016

Question is, what didn't you find??? Good hunt!

tonznz · Mar 26, 2016

Greek2Me said:
Awesome assortment there! I like that ring, it looks old. Congrats on the hunts! G2M

9ct gold according to my google search was introduced in 1854 in Victorian England along with 12ct and 15ct. 12ct and 15ct were discontinued in 1932 when 14ct was introduced. So it could be old. No other hallmarks on the ring. It was only around 2 inches deep in a forest. That's not saying much as I often find Victorian coins on the surface in forests here. The roots I guess stop stuff sinking down.

FiftyCents said:
Great finds! Congratulations
On the GOLD!

thank you.

crazydigger said:
Congratulations! Nice finds.

cheers

Ice Scratcher said:
Always love your finds!!! Big congrats on that fat gold!! <°)))>{

Thanks

Swing360 said:
9ct doesn't pop up here much, congrats on the oldie looking gold. Nice assortment of silver too

It does have an oldie look about it I think. Dam fine on my finger too.

Socal Hopeless said:
Swing is right - 9KT barely ever shows up here, in fact I may have never seen it here, whats up with that? is 9k typical of the 19th century but not the 20th? beautiful fat ring man, how did it ring up? big congrats, Mike

9ct is still very common in New Zealand. Probably most gold sold here is 9ct. Though there is more 14ct around these days. 18ct is also common here, but not 10k so much.

I had to go bury it in the garden to check how it read. It was only 64 on my Tecknetics T2 which has similar readings to the Fishers gold bug I think. I placed it in a hole on its side to get the 64 reading. Then I tried it again with the ring tilted downwards and it read 63. Low numbers. Odd. Another gold ring I got a year or so back remember was 77. Then another lightweight one I dug was in the 50s! Just have to dig all the numbers I guess which is what I do in the bush.

Irons said:
Nice big chunk O'Gold to get started! Congrats, now that you broke the ice may you snagg many more.

Thanks I hope so too. It will keep me hunting optimistically for several more months over the cold winter!

wwdetecting said:
Wow you did good! Congrats!

thank you.

albiediggin said:
I always enjoy seeing those New Zealand silvers, congrats on the gold!

cheers.

Crackerjack said:
Your wee Highlander reminds me of a hamburger chain in Kansas when I was a laddie. It was called Sandy's Hamburgers, and I loved to go there and eat their food. Here's what their mascot/logo looked like:

Very similar. Lots of Scots came here to Otago. It was a Scottish settlement in 1847. Bag pipes come out for most official ceremonies involving local government. And I buy haggis at the local butchery, though its only me that eats it!

beephead said:
I bet that you are still on cloud nice! Nice going!
beephead

yes indeed! Thanks!

joee5 said:
Nice assortment of finds.
Grats on the gold

cheers.

tonznz · Mar 26, 2016

REAL_RAT_FINK said:
Question is, what didn't you find??? Good hunt!

I do have a fantasy of finding a hoard of gold coins sovereigns and guineas! haha! Thanks!

Dark Chameleon · Mar 26, 2016

Nice, keep em coming

foreverRich · Mar 26, 2016

That certainly is a great collection of finds. The gold ring sure looks like an oldie. Nice collection of relics too!! :yes:

Congratulations and thanks for sharing!!

Mud-puppy · Mar 26, 2016

Yes Nice work indeed! Great fun to have a look at your finds! I bet you WILL find a pile of gold coins someday!
Mud

Pin N Dig · Mar 26, 2016

Great Mix. good going there for sure.

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