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Detecting in South Africa

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #410 on: January 25, 2011, 06:08:44 pm »

Hello...did you read about SA getting the coin of the year award, a gold white rhino, 1 ounce 100-rand gold coin from the Natura series, last Dec. 7 in the world money fair in Berlin....it's the cover story in the World Coin News. Thot you would like to know....

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #411 on: January 26, 2011, 12:21:03 am »

Hi Guys,

just to let you all know.... my phone line is out of order AGAIN No no!

I am writing this from work... but that can be a problem, so I will try and keep up with you all as best as I can Hello

Silki,
Great to hear from you, and also to see you are good Great

There is a section on my website in the forum on Meteorites... go and check it out, if you can remember my site address :

Not sure where Indibean is at this time..... Last I spoke to her she was just busy but said she would be on..... Hopefully we have not chased her away Cry

we need a lady in the house to keep us in order Funny

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I will try and find something about that place and the Boer war, but offhand, I have never even heard of the place Angry

Guys, when this rain ever breaks, we need to get together, I am battling to gather all the gold coins on my own Devil

Lets start thinking of a place or so to go to..... I rememeber Silki said he had a place or two..... if that still holds? Huh?

Sometimes we do need to get serious about this hobby..... Mad

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #412 on: January 26, 2011, 01:49:39 am »

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Do you know what the Dewetsdorp region is like at the moment with regards to the flooding. I need to get going on this hunt, but I can't seem to find out what the situation is up there.
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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #413 on: January 26, 2011, 02:39:21 am »

Viking,

I see this place is in the Freestate Wise

I do not have any idea as to what the place is like or even which way to go to get there Funny

But I do see to the right of it is a place called Hobhouse..... now that may be of great interest if you know the story of Mary Hobhouse? Huh?

Look that one up..... Famous in the Boer war.... Great

try and get more details,,,,, when I get home I will try and find something in my book..... But at this time do not have phone at home.

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #414 on: January 26, 2011, 08:38:23 am »

Hi Pgill ! Good to hear you 2 ! Because of this b&%$#y rain situation is bad all over ! Around my area grass is chest high !I am not sure where to turn? The best will be beach , but it is bit far and logistics ? And - I am always forgetting , in yours inventory it says : Tesoro Solver Sabre - shouldent it be Silver Sabre ? Just curious - I was looking in Tesoro web - didnt find one . How is new Garret ? Regards ! Cheesy

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #415 on: January 26, 2011, 01:54:31 pm »

Hi Silki,

Great to hear from you again...... My phone is back in operation again Great

You have good eyes for mistakes..... I must of been drunk or something when I wrote that Wise

I have not corrected it and added the Ace 250.

I agree about all this rain, enough is enough.... How am I supposed to find gold coins in the high grass Angry

Must admit, the beach does sound good does it not....

Viking, was great to have spoken on the phone with you today..... at least I know for sure you are not a girl Funny

Xavier, I guess you are also to busy for us oke's here? Trying to get that detector finished to look for my gold coins.... shame on you Rider

Indibean, do not know where you are but it would be great to hear from you Great

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #416 on: January 26, 2011, 02:21:17 pm »

Hi Pgill

Well I'm happy to say that my detector is finally finished although I will still be doing to mods to it in the future. I went to the beech today to do some more testing and I must say that I'm quite happy with it's performance although I did not find any thing of interest I was very happy to detect a broken fishing hook proof that it does detect small object even with a 280mm coil I found what I thought at fist to be an anchor at 400mm was only a piece of foundation iron and boy that pin-pointer works well too. Tomorrow I will be doing some inland testing to see if I can get it to perform as well as on the beech I don't think that it will perform well but then I wont know till I try it out. I have started to gather the components for your LC meter and still looking for a piece of ferrite for the pin-pointer.

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #417 on: January 26, 2011, 02:27:12 pm »

Hi Pgill, Silki,Xavier
Still just the three of us huh? Oh well more hunting land for us.
Tried my hand at electrolysis on a 1942 2 Shilling I found at my farm site. I worked okay.....12v and it went for over an hour. Then I took a flap wheel to it with some Aluminium Oxide......now I'm going to get it graded......just kidding lol!
I think it turned out okay and I think it will add a nice bit of bling to the show case I am planning.
Check it out! HAHAHA, I seriously doubt our coins will even exist in 70 years......just dust! Man they sure made them pretty back then. Kiss

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #418 on: January 26, 2011, 02:31:17 pm »

Now I'm jealous

Here is some info on your town that you are looking for I will be back with more for you just now.

South of Springbok, Kamieskroon is set among the granite rock formations of the Kamiesberg range. The town?s origins lie in the 1860s, 7km north of its present position. It took the name Bowesville (later Bowesdorp), after the district surgeon, Dr Henry Bowe.

As there was little room to expand in the narrow kloof the town occupied, the church council decided, in 1924, to rebuild it at Kamieskroon. Kamies might derive from the Nama word ?kam?, meaning two - referring to the twin peaks of the mountain. The ?kroon?, a 330m peak crowned with a huge, cleft rock, is a kilometre from the village.

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	Re: Detecting in South Africa « Reply #419 on: January 26, 2011, 02:42:55 pm »

Hi Xavier
Yes my mate tells me that he goes and walks around the ruins of the Church in Bowersdorp. There is also a koppie called Spieel Berg, apparently the British used it as a mirror signal site and the little shelter is still there as well.....lol!
I am looking for references of the Boer War to the area .......maps in particular. anything that has that region on it. Photo etc also cool.
So you like my coin......well I seem to be the King of Silver....hoping to move on to my gold wings soon. I can tell you the anticipation is killing me!
I have to start doing some preservation on my artifacts tomorrow. Funny how one tends to forget to do it.
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Posted on: January 26, 2011, 02:40:46 PM

South Africa calling Jimmy.......you still there?
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