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Title: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: Hkobus on January 21, 2014, 03:42 PM
Hallo everyone.

I am new to this forum and to metal detecting. We got our Garret ace sportspack yesterday and went out last night for our first dig ever. We were quite proud of what we found. Got 12 items in total. Hectic fun. Oh....I am from the eastern cape and looking forward to meeting people and sharing stories on the forum.
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: Paul van Heerden on January 21, 2014, 03:45 PM
Welcome to the forum. Detecting is very addictive. What did you find? I bet a few 1c and 2c pieces
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: James Kraft on January 21, 2014, 03:50 PM
Hi Hkobus

Welcome to the wierd and wacky family. Keep posting and as always, keept he coil to the soil mate. Hope to hear more from you in days and weeks to come.
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: Skipper on January 21, 2014, 04:05 PM
Welcome Kobus, post pic's of your finds ;)
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: stevo007 on January 21, 2014, 04:45 PM
Hi Kobus, Welcome to the club. Where about in Eastern Cape are you from. Please yeah show your finds on the forum.  Happy Hunting
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: Jaco Kriel on January 21, 2014, 07:46 PM
Welkom Kobus.
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: TinCup on January 21, 2014, 08:46 PM
Welcome Kobus
Title: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: Danny on January 21, 2014, 08:53 PM
WELCOM 


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Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: Peter Callahan on January 22, 2014, 09:53 AM
Welcome to the forum
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: boerkieboer on January 22, 2014, 05:29 PM
Welocome to the pub urrg I mean the club you wil make a lot of friends here post your finds
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: TinCup on January 22, 2014, 06:45 PM
LOL at BKB give that man a brandy wine
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: Hkobus on January 24, 2014, 10:57 AM
Hi guys. We have had three digs now in a row. I tried to attached the photos for our finds but keep getting a message that the files are to large. Nothing major yet but got about R80 of usable cash. @ Stevo007 I am from Jbay.
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: Hkobus on January 24, 2014, 11:04 AM
Ok....photos are in the show your finds gallery.
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: stevo007 on January 24, 2014, 11:52 AM
Where about from the eastern cape are you Kobus?
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: Hkobus on January 24, 2014, 11:54 AM
Hi stevo007. I am in Jeffreys Bay. You?
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: stevo007 on January 24, 2014, 12:27 PM
Thats around the corner , Myself in p.e with another member aswell from here called Pickers.   We should meet up sometime and go out on some group hunts in the area.

You not missing much here by us on the beach, we have about 4 users with very top end machines running through the beaches about every 2nd day so its quite cleaned up if you know what i mean.  :P
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: Hkobus on January 24, 2014, 01:27 PM
We also have some other people going through the beaches here but we still find stuff. Especially after heavy winds. Meeting up sounds like a good idea. Just dont know where to go though. Trying to find sites where we can find old stuff but not much luck. Looks like the eastern cape...especially around our are ( Jbay to P.E) did have very much going on in the old days. Maybe I am just researching it all wrong? I dont know. I just want to get out and detect. Could do it for a living if We had more history like america. Compared to them we are a baby of a country with not much history. Think I should move......lol.....not really. Anyway.....when will you be hunting agian? I am going out tonight most likely as some sand shifted here and i can see the "old beach" in certain parts.
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: stevo007 on January 24, 2014, 01:53 PM
Hi Kobus

Will send you a pm shortly , then we can swap some info and keep in the loop. Have some nice info on places we need to get to, google isint all that forgiving to hand out info by just typing history of p.e or surround areas. You physically have to go do some sit down and do library research and then find some names and search on that to get leads where these specific people or groups moved around to get onto their tracks and see if they dropped anything or buried anything........Sometimes i feel like a Private Investigator i have unravelled a good story down here by us so far trying to get connected with the overseas people as they are busy writing a book about this SIR to give us more or less indication where the settlers was taken in on the farm for a few nights as their ship was stuck.   The owner of the land was very renown here in p.e and its no leads by word of mouth but hard facts thats been written in news articles, and family tree history with a piece here and there on google.   The daughter still lives here and also trying to get in conact that side but Royal British blood 178 settlers on a farm land there must be more to it. :D lets hope it pans out like i am hoping for a good old Relic will be worth all the research ;)





Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: Hkobus on January 24, 2014, 03:32 PM
Sounds like it could be a great relic site. Looking forward to doing some digging together in the future.
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: TinCup on January 24, 2014, 08:57 PM
Happy hunting
Title: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: Danny on January 25, 2014, 08:55 AM
WELCOM to the club


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Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: boerkieboer on January 27, 2014, 03:18 PM
sounds like you are going to have fun
Title: Re: First dig ever done Yesterday, 20th Jan
Post by: TinCup on January 28, 2014, 07:52 PM
Share the finds with us land locked folks