AtomRats Detector Findings

[Dave law]

Nice bling. One of your ladies will love it. Cheers.

 

[AtomRat]

Pin pointer has had some good use by the way mate, some targets I've really needed it and it helps a heap! Ive learnt fast to turn the detector off when its close by.. Havnt touched the water with it yet. Can it go in salt water as I'm heading to the beach on saturday with the fam and coming home monday. Oh that reminds me.. I better get a beach digger happening

 

[Dave law]

Yeah mate sure can 200 ft from memory. Good luck. Cheers.

 

[AtomRat]

My treasure boxes of last years small finds and recent. Ill sort it all soon and lay them out flat to see what I really have

 

[numpty]

*******!

 

[numpty]

are they old cigar boxes?

 

[AtomRat]

Yes they are mate, old antiques Tabacallera. I have a few from when I cleaned deceased estates

 

[Heatho]

Bugger me, your correct Heatho! Thanks for the heads up! Under closer inspection I can just make out a worn 925! Woohoo, first real gemstone ring

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3111/1452733541_14527334887890.jpg

Hey good stuff mate, glad it was silver. What's the gemstone? Is it an opal? Sometimes the hallmarks can be pretty hard to see, you really need to have a good look when you find any rings.

 

[silver]

Lucky hey, it coulda just been tossed aside as a junker.

 

[AtomRat]

I don't toss nothin silver

Hallmarks for gemstones as well Heatho? That's new to this learner. What would I be looking for? Its either aquamarine or sapphire

 

[Heatho]

I don't toss nothin silver

Hallmarks for gemstones as well Heatho? That's new to this learner. What would I be looking for? Its either aquamarine or sapphire

Not really sure mate, I know sometimes they'll put say a CZ on a ring for Cubic Zirconia but not sure with other stones. Good question though I hope someone will answer.

Can you do a close up of the stone? Would be great to see it in better detail.

 

[AtomRat]

I failed at beach detecting but learn a lot and certainly ready for the next time. Thanks to silver I know where to swing and dig..I had bad luck of tides as well which didn't. Not really worth showing the beach finds so ill post what I panned today in a creek.

Did I possibly find an unfired 1887 .44 W.R.A Co, W.C.F ( winchest centre fire ) bullet? All these details are written on it
Sorry for late or too early morn photo with bad focus and light

 

[numpty]

maybe?. some clubs still use 44-40 lever actions so could be recent.

better than a kick in the jewel's.

 

[silver]

Nice bullet AR, just don't light up the wrong one mate(ha). :lol:
Be great if it's an original unfired one from days of old (museum quality piece ).

 

[AtomRat]

It is unfired but the projectile is wedged down into it. Firing pin nice n smooth ( no W for smokeless either )

Ill try to get a better snap. This has been stuck for many many years and grabbed out a place where sinkers n lead shot were everywhere.

 

[numpty]

i think all 44-40's are black powder? even today, for use in western action shooting.

 

[AtomRat]

Testing out cheap sports cam and a gear find from an old machine or the previous bridge mechanism. The vid saves as .mov, then I had to convert to .mp4 just to upload to youtube, sobi did loose quality. Sorry about that and will update the vid when I get around to using a pc

No detecting finds this week, hopefully a few to show in a couple of days after a swing with numpty

[video=480,360]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5-EW949bD0[/video]

 

[numpty]

that scope is a rippa idea man.

yep im keen to get out this week mate, lets do it!.

 

[AtomRat]

Its a bit small on the ol' view hole, so I've been thinking about a glass bottom boat instead

Cheers mate, ill bring the scope along

 

[cecc]

Good one AR is the voice muffled a bit because of camera in a water proof cover?