six-pence city

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Ian.B
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six-pence city

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Hit the beach today with me detecting bud and came across a pre-decimal hotspot.
Managed about seventy coins between us of which over forty were sixpences, the rest made
up of pennys , h'pennys and thru'penny bits , with one florin. I also found a worn
G111 bull head shilling and a nice gold signet ring to cap it off.
All items were found at the top of the beach in a relatively small stretch,
which seemed to have been eroded away by the recent high tides and storms.
Why so many six-pences , who knows, answers on a postcard .
Cheers for looking
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Post by lord lovell »

nice coins finds allways good when you find a hot spot a mate once found a glory hole on beach hundreds of coins and rings all in one hole its how the tide moves objects of same weight ::g
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Love it!
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Post by Ace »

Excellent day Ian ::g

I do a dance if I find one coin :D


Thanks for sharing ::g


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Post by Ian.B »

Ace wrote:I do a dance if I find one coin
Makes a nice change for me too Ace, the bad days
far outway the bad on the beach , but those are not mentioned.
Gotta put the hours in to be lucky to catch the beach on its giving day
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Post by oldartefact »

the surfit of sixpences may stem from the fact that this was the price of a donkey ride/ ice cream?? hence given to kids ... hence dropped !!! Thats why they call me sherlock!
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Well done ::g Being new to detecting a sixpence is high on my wish list
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great result
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Proper beach sesh, well done ::g
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Post by silverwood »

well dug mate.
cant beat a bit of silver with a sprinkle of gold:)
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Would have made my day ::g
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WOW... what a session ::g
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Nice finds, looks like you had some fun at the beach ::g
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Post by Expat Aussie »

Looks like you had a great time there,nice finds ::g It looks as though the sixpences are relatively modern in which case the surfeit of them maybe due to the fact that (as I remember in the late 50`s - early 60`s) shillings were not often seen in change due to the fact that most were used in the gas and electric meters ;))
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Post by stts »

Nice finds well done ::g
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