Youtube Videos

Just spent an hour metal detecting in the forest with my two oldest children.. I took the video camera with me in hopes to create a YouTube video.. Will try and post it tonight..
On a bright side, I took a closer look at the bracelet that I had found a while back, and it says "9 CT" on it.. I thought that it was just some junk brass bracelet, but it is 9 carrot gold.. its a bit dirty and will need a good washing.. what is good for washing gold?

Inventory

It has been a while since my last update..
My wife and I now have a new baby girl.. She is only 3 weeks old, and we are all very tired..
I am, however, trying to find time to get out and shoot some videos of my metal detecting.. I want to post them on YouTube.
I am also making an inventory of all my coins.. so far the oldest coin that I have found in New Zealand is a Victoria Silver Threepence "Jubilee Head" dating 188?. The last number is too faded to read..
It is always good to look over each find carefully.. While doing tonight's inventory I noticed an inscription on a bronze bracelet that I found near the silver threepence coin.. I thought the bracelet was nothing special, but the inscription will require further research..
Anyhow, I plan on getting some YouTube videos up and running within the next week or two..
http://www.youtube.com/user/Kramer3278

30 Minutes in the Back Yard

It has been a long time since I have gone metal detecting, therefore, I have been going a bit stir crazy..
I used to go metal detecting in the evenings after the kids were in bed, but now that we are in winter, it is too dark.. I can't wait for Summer to come back, then I can go metal detecting till 10pm and still have light..
Anyhow, I decided to get the metal detecting urge off my shoulders so I went in the back yard for a quick run.. I was amazed to find so many neat things.. lot of coins.. I kept hitting targets, but with bad weather on its way, have not dug them up yet.. Will hit the yard again soon.. I did some research on the name printed on the pendant...

Sorry Cindy

I found a 14k gold bracelet weighing 25.5 grams and sold it to a refinery last week for 307 dollars. I have always kept the stuff I find, and have always told my self that I would never sell anything.. but with the price of gold being so high.. i could not hold back..
The bracelet had "Cindy" written on it and inscribed inside was "Love Oma and Opa June 199?". I put the question mark in the date because my memory has escaped me.. I should have taken a picture.. I think it was 1994.
I have been watching a lot of really neat metal detecting and bottle hunting videos on youtube.
"thirdphaseofmoon" has a really good assortment of videos in which they have made.. here is one example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHltnGcxgYQ
They are the same guys who made the night marcher movies..
Once the weather clears up here, I will be creating some metal detecting videos of my own.. The problem is, however, that winter just started for us and I am not sure when it will be nice enough for a good metal detecting day.. maybe next week??

It happens.

My first Rolex watch

I found this watch last week in the forest.. It ends up that is a woman's Stirling silver Rolex.

I have posted two pictures, one with the front glass plate on, and the other with it off.

I am off to Hawaii for two weeks so I probably will not be able to post for a while.

I began metal detecting during my early teen years in Hawaii, but took a very long break (about 10 years).

I am now living in New Zealand and am getting back into the hobby.

The first house that we rented here in New Zealand was about 100 years old. I did a bit of detecting in the yard, but found mostly junk.

We are now living near a large park with the ocean on once side and an estuary on the other. The area we live in was very popular during the 1800s for a summer getaway. Earlier, it was also known as a location for trading among the Maori and whalers.

On my first day in the woods I found a broken 1950s coin. On my second day I found a 1920s coin. On my third day I found an1880s coin.

I have Been finding coins dating back 100 years during most of my hunts.. Along with a lot of old shot gun shells. The Forest is scattered with old midden deposits.

Last night I found a neat silver watch sitting next to a 1915 coin. The watch looks really old and seems to have a little door on its back, resembling a locket. The hinge is a bit corroded so I am going to take photos of it prior to opening it.