More weird finds from the Goldfields

[ColinD]

Bucket List item for me.. speaks for itself.

 

[ColinD]

This site has given me so many belt buckles... maybe the fattest guy in Empire lived there, found heaps of popped buttons as well

 

[BigWave]

Colin, Post 69 on the RHS is a smashed lead slug.

 

[ColinD]

Thanks for that Bigwave

 

[dam it]

Colin, Post 69 on the RHS is a smashed lead slug.

Post 60 BigWave " should of gone to spec savers "

 

[Wally69]

Love snake buckles too, and that one is an oldie

 

[Goldpick]

A couple of interesting high tones... don't know, will have to clean them to see what they are.
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4965/1467610817_img_0340.jpg

Lead nail heads, get a lot of them around here too. Congratulations on the cool snake buckle, even better that you found a complete one - another tick off the bucket list.

 

[SinHof]

G'Day Colin D,
As Big Wave indicated the two high tone targets are in all probability, mushroomed large calibre lead projectiles, we pick up significant numbers of them when out on the goldfields.
Cheers, SinHof.

 

[ColinD]

Thanks boys, the bullet is obvious once you know, can see it right away now, the other thing is thin and really neat, I've cleaned it and I'll post a pic. The buckle I pulled out the snake and it's attachment, saw what it was then stuck my pinpointer back in the hole and was so pleased to hear it still going off, praying it was the other half and it was. Really chuffed.
C

 

[ColinD]

The above pic I now know was the back of the buckle, which looks like it is maker marked, but I can't work it out yet, here's the front, quite intricate.

 

[ColinD]

Post #51 cleaned up PARKER token and little buckle thing, wondering if it's a lid from a snuff box or similar.

 

[Heatho]

Very nice finds.

 

[ColinD]

Top section of a medal or watch? Rain forced me off the field of play, but I'll go back and have a good sniff for the rest of it. Silver. Reverse has remnants of hinge and catch.

 

[Goldpick]

Loving these finds Colin, such variety. That Snake buckle came up a treat, would be a great centre piece for any relic collection.

 

[ColinD]

Thanks GP, back again today, if that is a Chinese coin that is another bucket list item for me, I think it is. Interesting Lion head on what was probably a buckle.
Lots of cleaning for me to do over the weekend.

 

[Jaros]

Been a busy boy-well done.

 

[Goldpick]

Great buckle, and congrats on the Chinese coin. Took me a while to find one too, ended up finding two in the one sitting, and in the most unlikely locations.

I wonder whether the gold gilded item at the bottom of the photo was the top part of a purse??

 

[rocketaroo]

yet to find a boot heel plate, or a chinky coin..welldone

 

[ColinD]

Purse idea could be a good one.

 

[TTKooAu]

You would have to feel like a kid in a lolly shop. Loads of variety there, facinating. Thanks for posting.