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great hunt, the watch looks plated?
Deus & Racer 2 finds for 2016
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Great pics. Love the Rising Sun. Never seen one of those.
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Chris Johnson
rocketaroo said:
Yep, just a cheapy, the pendant is also silver plated over copper.
Some interesting finds there 
The Australia Day medallion is a beauty
The shoehorn/s and perfume bottle are pretty cool too
The Australia Day medallion is a beauty
The shoehorn/s and perfume bottle are pretty cool too
Only one word, "Spectacular"!
Mackka
Mackka
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Forgot to mention that my WS4 backphones have developed an intermittent connection issue with the right hand speaker, no doubt from being folded and unfolded many times over. Lucky they are pretty cheap to replace, meanwhile I'll have to make do with the Chefphones and remote as a backup. Might have to see if Clegy can get some in from France.
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Back to the 1800's button site for a few hours this arvo. Found only my second silver since first starting to detect the area, expected it to be older, but still happy with a 1920 Shilling. The Shilling was found a fair way off from the main site, as I tend to do a bit of recce work to locate the best areas to concentrate on. Really looking forward to the Deus small elliptical coil being released, it should prove ideal for this area.
Other items included a few J.Flett Mount Gambier buttons, and a J.T. Fitch button from Adelaide, a small padlock that might be worth give a bout of electrolysis, buckles and clock winder.
Once I have cleaned up as much as I can with the 11" coil, I'll go back and start trying to pull out some targets from between the iron with the Racer 2 and its two small coils.
Since my WS4 backphones are faulty, I used the Chefphones with the remote today. They give very good isolation to ambient noise, are very comfortable to wear, but really can't match the tone crispness that the WS4 has on offer. Still a cheap backup vs going to the expense of the WS5 headphones.
Chefphones with remote mounted on them
Other items included a few J.Flett Mount Gambier buttons, and a J.T. Fitch button from Adelaide, a small padlock that might be worth give a bout of electrolysis, buckles and clock winder.
Once I have cleaned up as much as I can with the 11" coil, I'll go back and start trying to pull out some targets from between the iron with the Racer 2 and its two small coils.
Since my WS4 backphones are faulty, I used the Chefphones with the remote today. They give very good isolation to ambient noise, are very comfortable to wear, but really can't match the tone crispness that the WS4 has on offer. Still a cheap backup vs going to the expense of the WS5 headphones.
Chefphones with remote mounted on them
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Also gave the silvers from the beach outing a clean, with the oldest coins being a real worn 1916 shilling, 1923 sixpence, and 1935 threepence. A couple of other more modern silvers are still soaking, but I fear they might be a bit too far gone to be anything near presentable. I used the acid/foil method for the .925 silvers, seems to do a pretty good job.
B5MECH
Laurence Male
Is that a small pad lock Nice finds
Nice finds
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
B5MECH said:Is that a small pad lock
Yes it is, looks to have something written on it, though nothing short of electrolysis will clean it up. Bit worried that it might fall apart in the process, still might be worth a try.
Padlock would have been a beaut once. Nice hunting GP.
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Gave the padlock some electrolysis, at least I have managed to find a name on it and identify it (Secure "brand"). Quite a pretty little brass padlock in its day, pity it's so far gone.
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Chris Johnson
After doing a bit of research last night, today we set out to test a few spots to see what turns up. First spot was a bust, just a few 1/2c coins and a few goldies for my efforts, though the goldie program I made up seems to work very well, so quite please with that. Second location was close to a regularly hit spot, though seemed to escape the attention of other detectorists, with a good variety of finds.
Truth be known, I was quite knakkered after only completing quite a small area, still got so much more ground to cover which will have to wait for another day. There were so many iron and non-ferrous targets on this site, that it was quite a chore to sift through all the targets for anything of value. High tone iron falsing of the rusty iron was apparent nearly every foot, so low and slow was the order of the day to come up with any nice sounding non-ferrous targets. Two coins were found within the first hour, a 1914 penny and an English 1905 hp, so there is hope that there is yet more to come in the future. Best finds of the day were the 1910/11 & 1913/14 SA dog tags, both within a few metres of each other.
The flower and shield shaped objects are made of lead, and look to have possibly been from buckles. The item that looks like a fob watch I think is more likely to be from some sort of mechanical gauge.
The ornately patterned broach was one of my first finds on the second site, hence it had my quite excited on what the site had to offer.
Truth be known, I was quite knakkered after only completing quite a small area, still got so much more ground to cover which will have to wait for another day. There were so many iron and non-ferrous targets on this site, that it was quite a chore to sift through all the targets for anything of value. High tone iron falsing of the rusty iron was apparent nearly every foot, so low and slow was the order of the day to come up with any nice sounding non-ferrous targets. Two coins were found within the first hour, a 1914 penny and an English 1905 hp, so there is hope that there is yet more to come in the future. Best finds of the day were the 1910/11 & 1913/14 SA dog tags, both within a few metres of each other.
The flower and shield shaped objects are made of lead, and look to have possibly been from buckles. The item that looks like a fob watch I think is more likely to be from some sort of mechanical gauge.
The ornately patterned broach was one of my first finds on the second site, hence it had my quite excited on what the site had to offer.
Nice assortment
Shows the potential of the site
You must have an impresive collection of those dog tags now
They're a good looking thing thats for sure
Shows the potential of the site
You must have an impresive collection of those dog tags now
They're a good looking thing thats for sure
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we mustnt have had older style dog tags here, well I havent seen any found.
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rocketaroo said:
I think they are unique to SA & NT, and possibly WA, hence why they are so collectable and sought after.
Rockhound
jimbob
Awesome hunt GP
