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They weren't very popular. Imagine carrying a few of them in your pocket along with a few cartwheel pennies. Makes my eyes water just thinking about it! wiley.

I know what you mean about no fines with the nuggets. On the mining claims I've had over the years, I often sieved about a 100kgs of the wash and panned it off. There was never any tiny nuggets, or any fines at all. It was a case of good nuggets and nothing else. The reason I did the panning was...

Very similar Ozz. I googled swastika, and it said it was also a Greek cross. Mine's got a loop on it, so it may have hung off a fob watch chain. wiley.

A crucifix from the gold fields. It's got a loop on the top, so It may have been on a set of rosary beads originally. wiley.

The middle mark is a lion, but I can't work out the other two.

A swastika or a religious item?

This is a Young Christian Workers badge. wiley.

Often when you get a broken signal like that it could be a large deep nugget, and the erratic signals you are getting could be that the whole nugget is almost out of range of your detector, and you are only picking up the higher parts of the nugget. As you dig deeper , you'll start to get a more...

Borrow a 2300 off some one. Or, die wondering.

How much does it weigh, and put a photo up with a 10 cent piece to compare it with.

Some cuff links I've found over the years. The bottom, right one has a mother of pearl inlay, and the top right item could be for a neckerchief, as it has a spring loaded loop on the back. It still works! wiley.

Thanks for the information on those two bottles,Dave79, and deepblue. They mean a lot more to me now, knowing what they were used for. wiley.

Some inkwells, bottle stoppers, and small bottles I've specked. Does anyone know what was in the little bottles? wiley.

Don't recycle that Hilux. It's a really old meat cleaver. Probably a collectors item. Does It have any writing on it? wiley.

An old greenstone pendant I found a few years back. Probably dropped by a Maori prospector back in the gold rush. The lead I found it in was rushed in 1910. Unfortunately I hit it with my pick and snapped it. Super glued together. wiley

Hi Mackka. That nugget is a bit bigger than 19 ounces. I found that one years ago. wiley.

The two smallest nuggets I've found with the Z wiley

A 21st brooch I found years ago. Gold and silver? Pity one stone's missing. wiley.

Here's some of the smaller buckles I've found. wiley

Here's an unusual button. H. Foley. 24 College Green. Dublin. I couldn't get much info on it. wiley.