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Old money to decimal currency was  a BIG com..

As a kid we used to get our pocket money and wander off to the sweet shop - one of my favs were the chocolate mice for 1/2d each.

so old money 20 bob x 12d =240 then x 2 (1/2d) so 480 mice to £1

wasn't long once decimal the mice were 1/2p each and losing 280 mice per £

Since then the mice just got smaller like Quality street tins and Toblerone/wagon wheels etc

The so called 'big purple one' is now more like the medium size purple one.

Four Blackjacks or fruit salad for a penny. Those were the days. 

Do you mind? Jacks of colour.

Four Blackjacks or fruit salad for a penny. Those were the days. 

yes i usually carry on until i find the problem .just didnt expect this to take a few years !. i couldnt have done it thou without mr lco112g whom ive probably srcewed up his head over this !
however ive learned a lot from him and im now going to have another go at thd original thread issue .(not turing on some of the time !)
i bought two units this month and added the pull up resistor to both of them as they didnt sound perfect in the cold bug now do .one of them however only turns on 9 times out of ten so im ready to bore you all on this issue  now !!!!!!!

Old money to decimal currency was  a BIG com..

As a kid we used to get our pocket money and wander off to the sweet shop - one of my favs were the chocolate mice for 1/2d each.

so old money 20 bob x 12d =240 then x 2 (1/2d) so 480 mice to £1

wasn't long once decimal the mice were 1/2p each and losing 280 mice per £

Since then the mice just got smaller like Quality street tins and Toblerone/wagon wheels etc

5 bob was a crown

we have a crown like this that my Mum was given as a kid .... my Grand dad mythered her to bank it but she refused.

https://ebay.us/m/iXvjUL

Queen Vicky looking as miserable as ever....

My only claim to fane is an 1899 'big old penny' with Vicky on it. I think she only lasted a couple more years.

Threepenny bit.

also a sixpence, and a brand new at the time 5 bob on a Barclays bank sleeve.

Yep...6d was the old tanner, and 2/6d was half a crown. There was also a 10/-(50p) note that was pink-ish in colour.

All long before my time, of course.

Always fancied a metal detector, even more after watching tv programs like gold rush and Austrailian gold.

Very interesting how the set the units for sensitivity.

Would love to go to the states or Aussie land and detect or pan for gold, even go see and have a bash at opal mining.

Shouldnt realistically be possible..............but its The Donald. 

It does seem to tire me out these days.