Treasure Island.



Gareth has returned from Waiheke Island and his ATPro indeed uncovered treasure. In two evenings detecting, he dug up two rings, a bracelet, about $50 cash plus a 1 cent Spanish euro coin. A successful trip for the lad.

Gareth's Luxurious Lodgings, Overlooking Palm Beach

He detected just one beach, Palm Beach, which as an aside, is Waiheke Islands main naturalist beach. Gareth did not realise this and related how he found this information out. On his knees digging for gold he heard a ladies voice say "Have you found anything yet?". He looked up and right in front of him stood a rather rotund jovial faced lady completely naked. It scared the hell out of him. He said it wasn't the fact that she was naked that shocked him, it was the angle and level of his view. Never seen Garfy embarrassed before. 

His first find, a few inches down in the dry sand, was that Pandora bracelet he emailed about. Not.

I, with my knowledge of the teenage bracelet world, quickly saw that it was in fact a 'Charm It' bracelet. That and the fact some charms had 'Charm It' printed on the back :)

Hoped it was a Pandora. But hope
was still in Pandora's jar.

A quick google saw the expected 'Pandora value' drop from $600 to about $40 'Charm It value', but hey, still a nice find. After studying the charms, we decided it was a birthday gift to a young ballerina who liked watermelon and munched loads of cup cakes.              Note : For any potential Charm It designers, there is a contest on their website to design a your own charm.

Gareth continued his good run in regard to pulling in the spending, with both evenings being rich pickings for him. Although he doesn't know exactly how much as he spends it as he goes but $50 + was mentioned. Whereas I know I have found exactly $91 this year, to the cent.
His two rings were both found on his second evening again in the dry sand on Palm Beach. The first a lovely polished silver coloured ring featuring a lizard. Possibly a gecko, no hallmark but a delightful piece. The other ring, fairly worn, and made of a brass alloy, maybe, has a number of colourful stones, featuring a ruby, a sapphire, an emerald and a diamond, all wannabes but attractive none the less.

Gareth's First Two Rings of 2013

Nicer sort of Rings From the Nudist Beach

An interesting competition among us is who can find the most worthless coin. Richie with his one Baht was ahead, it being worth 4.103 New Zealand cents. But we now have a new leader. Gareth's one cent Spanish Euro is worth 1.584 NZ cents.

The most worthless coin yet.

See you out there.