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Metal Detecting Finds in New Zealand

1 published discovery in the Coins category from New Zealand — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.

Coins from New Zealand

1 find

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Famous findStruck at the Sydney Mint in 1855 · found 2020

The Tauranga Half Sovereign: a detectorist nearly threw away a 'bottle top' that was one of the rarest Australian gold coins

New Zealand · Coins

In 2020 Joe McGregor, detecting a beach at Tauranga in New Zealand after a day of bottle tops and rubbish, nearly threw away another one. It was an 1855 gold half sovereign from the Sydney Mint, struck in the Australian gold rush, of which only about 40 are known on the market.