More weird finds from the Goldfields

[Sandta]

Hitching hook for something :/

 

[ColinD]

Defo a hook for something, dunno but I like it, nice and heavy.

 

[Sandta]

How big is it?
Post a pic in the finds identification section...
Someone else might see it and know

 

[aussiefarmer]

Steam engine piece maybe , being brass makes me think its off a boiler , but i am only guessing

 

[ColinD]

In the pic above with all the stuff from my pocket it's at the top of the spoon, quite bigish but nothing huge

 

[Goldpick]

Great loking token Colin, a lot better than my toasted Holloway. Must be a later 50% silver sixpence to be in that sort of condition, it does look quite poorly.

Better get at those 1800's coins whilst you still can, might be able to take the opportunity to have a run over any cleared allotments designated for development.

 

[treasureman]

Exciting finds Colin. I always view your thread with optimism expecting to see something I haven't seen before, and I do. Keep it up

 

[ColinD]

Thanks Treasureman your comments are appreciated.
Up early for the boys first cricket hit of the season, thinking through the game about another Cricket buckle, greedy or what.
Back to the spot after the game to find it, was a day of buckles and one is a funny shape but I'm not optimistic it's a cricket buckle.
Lots of tools today, couple of axes and other bits, half penny.

 

[ColinD]

No cricket buckle, think it is the top of an old oil lamp that's been squished.
However the disappointment was short lived... the half penny I just chucked straight into my finds pocket gave me a bit of a nice surprise when I cleaned it up a bit to get it's date...

 

[Sandta]

Very nice surprise !
What a cracker
Congrats

 

[ColinD]

Look at the mess of this.....
Still got the details using blown-up pics 8)
Edward VII 1907

 

[Sandta]

Sure is a mess
Havent seen them in that condition before
Must be severly harsh soil

 

[ColinD]

Usually silvers here are excellent, hardly even need a clean, don't know what happened to that one, strange.

 

[Heatho]

Electrolysis in the ground maybe?

 

[ColinD]

The little silver brooch is OK and that spoon has hallmarks which presumably have something to do with silver and it hasn't bubbled
Something like a 15 yard radius to all three finds. Maybe someone dipped it in some chemical a hundred years ago. I'll stick it in my Mother-in-Laws slice of Christmas pudding come the time

 

[Goldpick]

Cool token, appears even better condition than the Holloway - must find more half pennies like that.

Maybe the silver went through a fire at some stage, the corrosion looks more like something you would expect at the beach (minus the green oxide)

 

[Heatho]

Maybe it was the pudding that did it, lol.

 

[ColinD]

Yup, should have used the Bakery token to buy a pudding instead of trying to bake their own 8.( :8

 

[ColinD]

Love the patina on this pair, perhaps dropped by the same person.

 

[treasureman]

Wow mouth watering