A few good finds today, and one bad one.

[DigginDownUnder]

Hey guys, so I went to the new location I found today, and after about ten minutes of hunting I came face to face with a large brown snake. It was close, nearly at detector length.

It was enough for me to pack up and go.
So I went to a few spots I've already covered, but I know has short grass

It turned out ok, I made a few nice saves, as well as a handful of modern coins.

I pulled a couple of pennies, the best being a 1922. I found a couple more silver coins, a 1942 sixpence, and a 1918 One Shilling, that I scratched

My best find was a silver locket, it's marked k&l 800
It's surprisingly heavy and feels very well made.
It did contain two photos, but were faded completely.



Also found this life saving pendant.







I love this locket, I would rate it as one of my best finds. And it's in perfect condition.
From what I can gather, it's German made (please correct me if I'm wrong)
I'm not sure on the age.




Thanks for looking

 

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[Ahab8]

That locket is a beauty DDU. Be careful out there man

 

[Old Dude]

That is a very nice locket. Congrats.

 

[DigginDownUnder]

That locket is a beauty DDU. Be careful out there man

Thanks Ahab, and Old dude
Yeah it really made me think, I was a long way from anything, and I have a dodgy hart, so it could have been lethal.
And I could have easily stepped on him, as he didn't hear me coming, he was heading straight towards me.

I didn't realise how slow a quiet you walk while detecting until now.

I have decided to leave the old farm sites for a few months.

 

[Ahab8]

Thanks Ahab, and Old dude Yeah it really made me think, I was a long way from anything, and I have a dodgy hart, so it could have been lethal. And I could have easily stepped on him, as he didn't hear me coming, he was heading straight towards me. I didn't realise how slow a quiet you walk while detecting until now. I have decided to leave the old farm sites for a few months.

It's easy to get wrapped up in the hunt. I was out on a 100 acre island by myself awhile back and get stung by a yellow jacket. I'm deathly allergic to stings and put some wet mud on it and sat for a bit. I had paddled out in my canoe and knew the walk back and paddle would get my heart rate up. So I just say and waited. This is one sting to my hand. A couple more and it would have been all over. Your incident was a good reminder

 

[treblehunter]

Isn't the brown snake the worse venomous snake there is? Please be careful, if I ever find something valuable enough to pay for my passage I want to visit and hunt with you.
I love how that beautiful locket shined out the photo, couldn't even see the coins. That three pence is a very cool looking coin, silver no doubt, what is the 1918 made of, silver? In the photo it s not shining as much as the other two silver items, is it tarnish or made of nickel? I love seeing all the different country's finds, the different designs of coins are so interesting.

 

[treblehunter]

It's easy to get wrapped up in the hunt. I was out on a 100 acre island by myself awhile back and get stung by a yellow jacket. I'm deathly allergic to stings and put some wet mud on it and sat for a bit. I had paddled out in my canoe and knew the walk back and paddle would get my heart rate up. So I just say and waited. This is one sting to my hand. A couple more and it would have been all over. Your incident was a good reminder

You should have had me there to watch over you and protect you from those kind of things, plus we would have been in the treasure skiff and I could have gotten you back to the hospital faster than your canoe, lol

 

[DigginDownUnder]

Hi Treblehunter, I'm not sure about the most, but yes it's way up there. I have lived around them my whole life and never been too worried, they usually run before you even see them, but I must have been so quiet because he jumped as the same time as I did lol

Yeah the 1918 shilling, and the sixpence are .925 silver, it has some tarnish going on, I will clean her up more. The locket was shining like that straight out of the ground.

I hope you make a big find soon, it would be great hunting with you.

 

[DigginDownUnder]

Very lucky it wasn't more, or closer to your throat Ahab. Very scary

 

[seychik]

Congrats on the locket! Haven't seen silver marked 800. Always learning something, thanks for posting.
Cindy

 

[g-olden years]

Wonderful array of lovely finds! Glad you didn't get snake bite - yikes! Ahab, please buy the antidote kit for bee stings and carry it with you no matter where you're detecting! When I hiked in VA mountains, our hiking leader always carried bee antidote in her emergency kit and it saved a highly allergic guy when he was bit by a bee. Yellow jackets & hornets seem especially bad. Never been bit by hornet although had bad reaction to a mean yellow jacket stinging me repeatedly -- legs swelled up, fever, nausea, yuuch. Yellow jackets are nasty guys who should live on their own planet somewhere else. That said - Have Fun Guys! Andi

 

[park pirate]

Nice finds..

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Hi D.D.U. =)

Lovely silver saves there, especially that locket !!
Guess you wear some snake proof gear at least, heard theres some nasty biting spiders in some parts down there also .

 

[rayrayvegas]

Hi D.D.U. =)

Lovely silver saves there, especially that locket !!
Guess you wear some snake proof gear at least, heard theres some nasty biting spiders in some parts down there also .

Great finds, kudos on the locket save. Beautiful. problem down here is black widows and have been stung by a few scorpions on hunts. Always lookimg where I stick my hands and place my feet. Lesson learned.

 

[Argentium]

Are there some "antidote kits" that are not so temperature sensitive as the epi pen ? it's my understanding that these go ineffective
above 70 degrees F.