With half an hour spare yesterday I found myself at Long Bay with the Garrett ACE 150 along with Garthy a good friend of mine and a big empty beach. We decided to forego the wind on the beach to focus on the grassy area around the BBQ's and under a couple of big shady trees. I found a lot of rubbish in the first ten or so targets but then was rewarded with a $1 coin closely followed by a 20 cent both under a big tree. I carried on around the BBQ's and the tables but nothing but silver paper and bottle tops. Garth then had a wee discovery that though not spectacular was interesting none the less. Under the sign that shows the location of the various Islands in the gulf and after a lot of scratching around his target there was a American Roosevelt dime. A very small coin and hard to see amongst the dirt and bark. We are both really looking forward to the magic wand locator that will arrive with the new detectors. I realise this is such a handy tool to have and would help cut down search times by a great deal.
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The dime was dated 1970. It was a one in 345 million find as the total produced was a mere 345,570,000. Garfie's first foreign coin of the year.
Later in the day we stopped for a coffee at Milford and couldn't resist having a quick ten minute poke around. After two or three false alarms I dug up a gold coloured metal badge? It was about four inches down and it was cool to see the gold glinting in the sun as I pulled it out of it's hiding place. It has the same pattern exactly on both sides and has a Greek letter Phi capped with a crown sitting on a small diamond, with wings either side. It looks like there might have been a pin attached to it where an edge of the plating was bare at the tip of the middle of the crown but I'm not sure.
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The Badge
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Any ideas on where it comes from would be appreciated. It is conundrums like this that add to the enjoyment for me.
So nothing really amazing but two very interesting finds that made the rushed detecting worthwile.
See you out there.
