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Title: all round
Post by: raistlain on November 26, 2015, 09:16:10 PM
only out a few hours but found more coins in that time than all the months ive been trying every time i seen a coin me heart went hoping it was a Roman but not to be im gutted ha ha never found one


Title: Re: all round
Post by: wagis on November 26, 2015, 09:22:58 PM
that's still a good assortment of old coins you found there well done


Title: Re: all round
Post by: raistlain on November 26, 2015, 09:36:56 PM
two of them look like blank disks im just assuming they were once coins the Victoria two shillings I hit with the trowel and its pretty worn anyway but I'm made up with the George 3rd shilling it looks pretty gud...(when I first seen the bust I thought Roman !!! ha ha ha) :'(


Title: Re: all round
Post by: dingdong on November 26, 2015, 09:46:42 PM
Nice selection of finds,get yourself a sturdy plastic trowel,ideal for winkling out those delicate coins without damaging them,well it works for me.
You can get these plastic trowels for a quid!! ASDA,in the spring !!!!👍


Title: Re: all round
Post by: raistlain on November 26, 2015, 09:55:32 PM
good advise..... mind you I think it was more down to my lousy pinpointing it was in the side of the hole not the middle as I thought thinking of getting a pinpointed been reading about the Macro one and the Garrett one  ;)


Title: Re: all round
Post by: Val Beechey on November 26, 2015, 11:54:43 PM
Good session and a couple of very nice finds.  Whats the other side like ?


Title: Re: all round
Post by: Mike on November 27, 2015, 12:48:35 AM
great selection , i would be well pleaed with that , well found mate . :)


Title: Re: all round
Post by: raistlain on November 27, 2015, 01:16:23 AM
Good session and a couple of very nice finds.  Whats the other side like ?
theres the backs of them the george 3 better than the victoria


Title: Re: all round
Post by: Val Beechey on November 27, 2015, 03:18:14 AM
George coin looks like a little beauty. Can't see the Vicky  very well but it might clean up OK.


Title: Re: all round
Post by: wittsy1 on November 27, 2015, 06:29:17 AM
Nice selection of coins and looks like a trade weight as well.


Title: Re: all round
Post by: raistlain on November 27, 2015, 10:19:58 AM
George coin looks like a little beauty. Can't see the Vicky  very well but it might clean up OK.

i thought you werent supposed to clean them ??? shud i clean them and if so what with  ???


Title: Re: all round
Post by: Cymro on November 27, 2015, 10:49:18 AM
That George III shilling is a beaut. Listen - if you need any help digging all this trash up . . .?


Title: Re: all round
Post by: nobby on November 27, 2015, 10:57:10 AM
those blank discs look like hammerds bud ;)


Title: Re: all round
Post by: scots_dave on November 27, 2015, 12:52:28 PM
two of them look like blank disks im just assuming they were once coins the Victoria two shillings I hit with the trowel and its pretty worn anyway but I'm made up with the George 3rd shilling it looks pretty gud...(when I first seen the bust I thought Roman !!! ha ha ha) :'(

Hi, could the two blank silver disks be love tokens of King Billy, not sure if you find the in Wales but you get them a lot up in Scotland?

David


Title: Re: all round
Post by: probono on November 27, 2015, 04:05:12 PM
two of them look like blank disks im just assuming they were once coins the Victoria two shillings I hit with the trowel and its pretty worn anyway but I'm made up with the George 3rd shilling it looks pretty gud...(when I first seen the bust I thought Roman !!! ha ha ha) :'(

Hi, could the two blank silver disks be love tokens of King Billy, not sure if you find the in Wales but you get them a lot up in Scotland?

David

We do get them here - that's almost certainly what they are.


Title: Re: all round
Post by: scots_dave on November 27, 2015, 06:33:58 PM
two of them look like blank disks im just assuming they were once coins the Victoria two shillings I hit with the trowel and its pretty worn anyway but I'm made up with the George 3rd shilling it looks pretty gud...(when I first seen the bust I thought Roman !!! ha ha ha) :'(

Hi, could the two blank silver disks be love tokens of King Billy, not sure if you find the in Wales but you get them a lot up in Scotland?

David

We do get them here - that's almost certainly what they are.


Cheers, that's amazing to this the 300 years ago people all over Scotland hated him  ;D ;D. Thanks again David


Title: Re: all round
Post by: raistlain on November 27, 2015, 07:22:26 PM
those blank discs look like hammerds bud ;)
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Well spotted Noddy i bought one of them jewelers eye pieces today and if .... GVLIMUS III 16??....did hammerds then they are !!!! am propa made up ha ha thanks for makin me take a better look  :)


Title: Re: all round
Post by: Dungbeetle on November 27, 2015, 07:28:00 PM
those blank discs look like hammerds bud ;)
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Well spotted Noddy i bought one of them jewelers eye pieces today and if .... GVLIMUS III 16??....did hammerds then they are !!!! am propa made up ha ha thanks for makin me take a better look  :)
 It won't be hammered then but an early milled of William iii. Well done..


Title: Re: all round
Post by: Val Beechey on November 27, 2015, 07:58:36 PM
Ah, to clean or not to clean ?   It's a loaded question.  If you find a hoard it'd have to be reported and the Archies don't like you to clean anything.
Your Viccy isn't old enough anyway so it's up to you.  Standard way is with spit and  silver foil.  Take a piece of foil, spit in it, place coin in, spit again and seal up foil nice and tight.   Gently rub foil between finger and thumb, leave a couple of mins' then unwrap. Swill under tap.  Repeat if needed.
this should remove the worst of it but staining might remain.


Title: Re: all round
Post by: raistlain on November 27, 2015, 08:03:12 PM
Ah, to clean or not to clean ?   It's a loaded question.  If you find a hoard it'd have to be reported and the Archies don't like you to clean anything.
Your Viccy isn't old enough anyway so it's up to you.  Standard way is with spit and  silver foil.  Take a piece of foil, spit in it, place coin in, spit again and seal up foil nice and tight.   Gently rub foil between finger and thumb, leave a couple of mins' then unwrap. Swill under tap.  Repeat if needed.
this should remove the worst of it but staining might remain.

Really or are you winding me up ha ha ??? i will give it a try if your serious  ??? just sounds an odd thing to do i was thinking more along the lines of brasso or somthing  :)


Title: Re: all round
Post by: Val Beechey on November 27, 2015, 08:18:03 PM
Very serious.  You'll chance a scrapper if you use chemicals.


Title: Re: all round
Post by: raistlain on November 27, 2015, 08:37:31 PM
Very serious.  You'll chance a scrapper if you use chemicals.
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i eat my words ...or swallow my spit as the case may be....it worked !!!! ha ha ha i was seriously doubtful but its done the job diolch Val Beachy  :)


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