Afternoon in Helensville

Garfy and I headed Helensville way and after a business meeting and a dodgy pie each we hit the park behind the library. We spent a couple of hours griding the park with some success. Gareth homed in to find two old decimal coins in his first two digs and I managed five coins in the first half hour. It seems this park has well established as some of the targets were a good 6 inches under the bark. There was a lot of scrap once more nails and screws making up the majority. I had the thought that perhaps the company that supplies the bark does not vet it's product for nails which is not that child friendly.

I plucked a $2 and a few more 10 cents before I found my find of the day. Right next to a plant that was obviously struggling with the drought I uncovered a foreign coin. At first I thought it was an Irish Euro as the dirt covered design looked like a harp. On cleaning it further I discovered it was a Malaysian $1 from 1990. No value but a cool find.

A ringgit. Which reminded me to call my mate.

A Harp not.





School was out and the children arrived to enjoy the equipment so we departed and went for a drive to the local museum. It was shut. Garthy then bought some more op shop tee shirts for work and picked up several really stylish ones. Lol.

We then checked out visually the Helensville Train Station. Been here since before trains and maybe worth a look at in the future.

We drove around Helensville and also checked out the showgrounds where the A & P show was held last weekend. The gate was padlocked so a mental note was made to ask for permission to detect the area maybe closer to winter. We then cruised around by the Helensville Rugby Club and across the fields spied another bark playground. Off we went and although it looked like it had just been rebarked there were signals galore. The finds except for one 20 cent were deep, well under the new bark and mostly four or five inches in to the old manky bark. I found 3 x old 5 cent pieces and two 20 cents spending. Lots of nails again. I also found a little charm of a bird in red enamel but just a cheap trinket. So after an hour we headed home. Tiring this MD-ing.

Days rewards were $3.70 for me plus a few old decimals and my ringgit. Gareth found 7 old decimal and $2.40 spending.

Proof our cricketers are rubbish.

Before ordering our fish supper, Ritchie and I on impulse, did a quick hour search of the cricket net area at Huapai Domain. First I must comment on the amount of surface rubbish spread right across the domain. It was disgusting. Whole areas were littered with empty drink bottles, plastic bags and food wrappers. Sad in this day we still have people who don't give a fuck about the environment, sadder still is that it was all left by the cricketing fraternity, outdoor type people who should know better. Huapai Cricket Club should address this as it reflects badly on their club. It is great to build new club rooms but who wants to look out the new windows on to a West Auckland Soweto.
Maybe the club and the council could get together and scatter a few more rubbish bins throughout the domain?
Rant over.
As for our detecting we found little, a tent peg, a plethora of nails. bottle tops and pull tabs. So we left there empty handed. But as our motto is we can't go home without at least one coin we did a quick run over the local playground.
Luckily for those waiting at home for their tea Ritchie pulled out a 10 cent and we were free to return home to feed them indoors.

See you out there.