Australian Florin a long way from home

[RainorShine]

Still recovering from 3 marathon days hunting in Missoula with Lovestheshiny and Buellride (summary to follow from David in good measure), thought I'd get out for a couple hours to hunt a 1920's vintage house that is to be demolished to make way for a 50 or 60 house development. In it's past the property was actually a farm. I turned up a couple of wheat pennies in the front yard with several clad quarters as well, and then unearthed the Merc for a nice mark on the day. Wandered into the back yard and recovered several more clad quarters along with a number of dimes as well. Then I came across a perfect 35 signal on my Nox 600. A great sharp two way signal. I was thinking likely some kind of bottle cap or other random piece of round metal like a washer or large piece of pipe fitting, and so dug the plug anticipating something disappointing. The target was in the plug, and I carefully removed some of the dirt to find a portion of a silver disk revealed. I didn't recognize the coin and so only learned what it was after I got it home and gently cleaned it. Imagine my surprise to discover that it was an Australian Florin. 92.5 fine and just about a third of an ounce. This baby was a long way from home. After recovering the Florin, I also found a silver button about 3 feet away. In all, a great 2 hour hunt.
Thanks for looking and happy hunting.

 

[Jodo_Kast501]

Very nice find. Nothing wrong with big, shiny, and foreign.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

I like the in-situ reveal. And I never argue with silver

 

[Soil Surgeon]

Great finds , play by play and outstanding quality photos . Looking forwards to seeing
David's post also .

 

[RainorShine]

I like the in-situ reveal. And I never argue with silver

Thanks Tom. No arguments here either!

Very nice find. Nothing wrong with big, shiny, and foreign.

Thank you.

 

[RainorShine]

Great finds , play by play and outstanding quality photos . Looking forwards to seeing
David's post also .

Thanks. I'm looking forwards to seeing how David puts it together too.

 

[Wolf-Dog]

Congrats on the neat finds! Great job!

 

[Buellride]

I don't get it Gale, you do awesome in Montana but still have to pillage the WA ground the day after you get back!!!

Seriously though, this must be the house you were talking about on Sunday.

Congrats!!

 

[RainorShine]

Congrats on the neat finds! Great job!

Thanks for looking.

I don't get it Gale, you do awesome in Montana but still have to pillage the WA ground the day after you get back!!!

Seriously though, this must be the house you were talking about on Sunday.

Congrats!!

Montana was a blast, but this was a shock. Just really didn't expect to pull much more from this site than wheaties. It is the one we talked about Sunday.

 

[RainorShine]

An update. I forgot about this item that I had thrown into my pouch from yesterday. Originally it was tarnished and didn't look like silver, but with some cleaning it became evident that it was. The picture shows the item next to a dime for scale. There are two studs on the back that must have been used for attachment to something else. It's not hallmarked, but the spit test is unquestionably positive and the back side shows the hammer marks where the silversmith worked it. This makes 4 silver items from one hunt.

 

[kaufenanger]

Nice silver.

 

[RainorShine]

Nice silver.

Thanks. 4 silvers of any kind is a pretty epic day for me (unless I'm hunting with Lovestheshiny (David) in Missoula).