A couple of nights ago we hand the remains of Cyclone Wilma pass over the North Isl of NZ. Here on Waiheke that meant floods, some landslides and the loss of a house above one of the beaches. It also meant that any small drain or runoff along the beaches gouged out channels up to 1m deep. The morning after the storm I hit these channels with the detector and had some amasing finds. In one 2 hour hunt I totaled 92 coins and surprisingly almost no junk. Half these coins where also pre-decimal (before 1967 here) and included quite a number of pre-1947 silvers.
A lot of the coins where in very good condition since the channels are deep enough to uncover the base clay - mud under the sand and the coins have been spending the last 50-100 years in anaerobic conditions.
This morning I headed to a beach that is good for modern clad, didn't find much clad but came away with a nice selection of pre-decimals and silver coins. Anyway I was happily working a channel - beep, dig, beep, dig and looked up to see an older couple standing watching me. I ignored them and the next beep was a 62 on the AT Pro. This normally means either a valueless old 10c coin or gold. After a couple of scoops I saw the glint of yellow in the bottom of the hole.
I plucked it out, stood up and entered a state of shock! The couple must have noticed my mouth hanging open and heard the bursts of giggles that kept erupting from me because she asked if I had found anything. I handed it over to her for a look and after her mouth popped open she said "I wonder how fast I can run" "Not fast enough" was my reply!
I never even dreamed I would see a sovereign let alone find one after only 5 weeks MD'ing. Those giggles are still bursting out from me now and again!
So now between the gold and silver rings, the sovereign and $250 in clad the AT Pro has paid for the $1277NZ it cost me to get into the country.
1st pic below is of this mornings finds (they have yet to be cleaned)
Made a mistake in the pic - the Shillings and Sixpence should read Sixpence and Thrupence2nd pic is a close up of the sovereign (looking exactly like how it came out of the sand).
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