[Tony Curnick]

Had planned to search some of the shoreline of the Vaal dam this morning as the the Dam is only at 50 percent capacity....I was on the road at 5 am this morning and headed for the Vaal, I arrived at around 6:30 only to have my enthusiasm dampened by the fact that I could not get close to. the water for all the private estates and yacht clubs.....Graciously JacoS invited me to join him and the two of us hit a spot or two in Heidelberg ....This was and eyeball find by Jaco...a load of coins just lying in the Veld.

[Barney]

Well I'll never....

[Paul van Heerden]

Cool. Are they old or new?

[Brendan]

Very nice find. not often a person finds coins lying around in the field. What type of coins are they?

cheers and happy hunting

[JacoS]

Weird day...thanks Tony, pity about the Vaal, but always good to hunt with you. Not every day you find 176 coins...



Brendan, here's a summary:

New 5c 60 (1990 to 2006)
Old 5c 1 (1979)
Old 2c 7 (1977-1989)
Old 1c 13 (1970-1989)
New 1c 54 (1991-2001)
New 2c 39
New R2 1
New 20c 1

Although definitely not old, I quite like the old 2c and 1c pieces. Like chalk and cheese when compared with the new 5c, where even a 2006 coin is pitted.

Think someone lost a piggybank in the veld?

[quentin]

WOW, Very cool

[Neville Jones (ALF)]

I must say that looks impressive find if you look at the photo. It could have just so easily being a few Paul Kruger coins.....

[JacoS]

Neville, if only....