[Danie]

Nice finds down memory lane.....

[James Kraft]

Thanks Flemish Hunter & Danie
I haven't been detecting very long yet. Will only be a year at the end of July but must say I really really enjoy it. I love to het hold of old pieces of History lost for years and years. The item vaue doesn't bother me. Its the thrill of the find and the discovery in some cases of the origins thereof that keeps me in the field for  hours every weekend. I can not believe there is a better, more satisfying or more rewarding hobby out there.

Hopefully on the long weekend of 18 to 21 April I will go down to Middelburg again to do some further hunting in the Boer War sites around Kanon Kop (Cannon Hill) where we had the great finds late last year. Hopefully one day I will be a master detectorist but for now, a novice Hobbyist is enough for me

[Flemish Hunter]

"...  I love to het hold of old pieces of History lost for years and years. The item vaue doesn't bother me. Its the thrill of the find and the discovery in some cases of the origins thereof that keeps me in the field for  hours every weekend. I can not believe there is a better, more satisfying or more rewarding hobby out there...."

I agree with you...100%

[James Kraft]

As promised in te earlier posts, herewith the South Rhodesia One Penny found by TomCat this weekend.

[Tom White]

Hi There Guys and Girls. Here are some more finds I had with JamesK in the area. The little truck was hand made in England during the period 1912 to 1920.

[Flemish Hunter]

Again a nice selection of finds!

The clock...Still working?

[James Kraft]

Also had the opportunity to hit Lady Selborne again in recent weeks. The grass and reeds has not yet been cut so scanning was quite difficult

[James Kraft]

It seems that my favourite "Lady" missed me..... Had a great hunt this weekend at Lady Selborne together with TomCat and found the unexpected. Now I know many of you might have seen it before but to me it is the 1st time ever. It is a 1963 Unity is Strenght - Een Dragt Maak Magt 5 Cent. It looks like the 6 pence at the back but has a pentagon and not a hexagon shape with the Protea in the middle.

Our finds for the weekend include:
5 Cent 1963
Tickey - Damaged with date not readable
6d (6 Pence) 1943
1/4d (Farthing) 1957 x 2 - (One for me and one for Tomcat)
1/2 Penny 1943
1d (Penny) 1941 and 1955
2 Cent 1966 (Afrikaans)

[Tony Curnick]

Nice coins guys....did you clean up the silver coins? an if so how do you go about that?

[Paul van Heerden]

Nice coins guys....did you clean up the silver coins? an if so how do you go about that?

I normally clean mine using some bicarb. The type you use for baking. You add a little water to make a paste and then rub the coin with the paste. It shines things up like you won't believe

[James Kraft]

I did exactly the same. Could not get the hard stuck tarnish off though. Was a battle.

[Louis Kriedemann]

for my silver coins I use a 30% hydrocloric acid solution. dip the coin in for a couple of seconds and then rub. repeat until all the tarnish is gone and then neutralise with bicarb solution and polish with bicarb paste

put a piece of aluminium foil (shiny side up) in a tub of sorts. place the coins on the foil.
dissolve one spoon of salt in a cup of boiling water and pour onto the coins. leave for 5 mins and rub rub rub

[Louis Kriedemann]

some nice finds there James. that area has been good to you.

[Peter Callahan]

Awesome finds

[James Kraft]

Must say the "Lady" has been really good to me today. Had a really awesome hunt together with TomCat and Jaco (Non-Forum Member). Made it a family outing spending the whole day in the veld trying a new area that we identified over the weekend.

The finds from my side Left to right from the top:
2 x Toy car bodies, one being a old police car of sorts
1948 / 1949 Cycle Lisence
1934/1935 Pretoria Cycle Lisence
Partial 1961/1962 Cycle Lisence
1d (Penny) 1942 - George Rex
1d (Penny) 1952 - George Rex
1d (Penny) 1958 - Elizabeth II
1/4d (Farthing) - 1950 - George Rex
1/2 Cent 1963 - Eendrag Maak Mag
1 Cent 1971
3d (Tickey) 1934 George Rex (With Crown)

That makes 7 x Coins in total.

After this, I handed the 305 to Jaco to hunt a while. From his side, 2 more coins. A 1d 1942 and a 1/2 Cent 1961.

Wich I could have hunts like this everyday. Well tomorrow we are back there again. Hopefulle my "Lady" will be generous and keep on giving. Coil to the soil everyone.