Ramjet's Garrett At Pro finds

[Ramjet]

Out with Rocket again. Another new spot. We have got a couple of top spots on the go now

Highlights of the hunt: A florin and shilling, a 1929 Britannia Penny and a "Princess of Tasmania" medallion.
A little about the Princess of Tasmania.

M/S Princess of Tasmania was an Australian-built roll-on/roll-off RO/RO passenger ship. She was built by the NSW State Dockyard in Newcastle, New South Wales (identified by the shipyard as No. 61) for the Australian National Line. The vessel was laid down on 15 November 1957, and launched on 15 December 1958. As built, the ship had a tonnage value of 3,964 gross register tons (GRT), was 113.32 metres (371.8 ft) long, had a beam of 17.73 metres (58.2 ft), and a draught of 4.74 metres (15.6 ft). Two 9-cylinder Nohab Polar M69TS diesels supplied 8,600 horsepower (6,400 kW) to the propellers, allowing a maximum speed of 17.75 knots (32.87 km/h; 20.43 mph). Up to 334 passengers and 142 vehicles could be carried. Princess of Tasmania was given the IMO number: 5284986. The ship was the first RO/RO passenger ship in the southern hemisphere, and at the time of launch, the largest vessel built in Australia.

Rocket had a great day with 4 silvers and an 11 coin spill. Check his finds here... https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=187268#p187268

 

[rocketaroo]

You smashed the pennies! I dug alot more junk than that. Thats a pretty sweet hunt RJ Close to a HH declaration!

 

[Ramjet]

You smashed the pennies! I dug alot more junk than that. Thats a pretty sweet hunt RJ

I'm over digging junk, leave it for you A good hunt for of of us.

 

[Heatho]

Nice hall mate, that medallion is a great find, well done.

 

[Ramjet]

Thanks Heath. We could have really cleaned up but got weary so we left early.

 

[husky]

Nice bunch of finds RJ! Thats also some interisting history i wasnt aware of.. thank you

Husky

 

[Ramjet]

Nice bunch of finds RJ! Thats also some interisting history i wasnt aware of.. thank you

Husky

That's the great thing about finds that aren't coins. Doing the research into the history of the relic.

 

[husky]

Totally agree, we never stop learning

 

[Goldpick]

There are going to be a lot of bare parks by the time you two have finished. Yet another excellent hunt and interesting bit of history to go with the medallion.

 

[LonelySilver]

Great finds guys!

 

[silver]

Well we know it's all real when there is a 1953 florin instead of the same old 1947 ,....great seeing it all RJ,.. loved the lot of it.

 

[Heatho]

How the hell did I spell hall like that....... :lol: I think my brain has malware.......

 

[treasureman]

i like the discoloured silvers. ive got a few of them myself and like the unique colour they have

 

[Ramjet]

I haven't been out much. Busy with work n life. I had a couple of half hour stops on the way home from work scoring a few $$ one night and a penny and hapenny another arvo. Yesterday I took #2 grandson to the park and "HE" got $6 and BBs. A couple of interesting finds we got are in the first 3 pics. I thought the first item was the outer ring of a pocket watch but it has no holes at all. In the 3rd pic is a NESTLE Space Club Badge from the 60s. Cool find.

Today Rocket and I started at a spot we thought would be great but turned out a bust.. We were moving to a 2nd spot, actually I had left and Rocket called me to come back. He got talking to the guy who owns the building in pic 4. He said we could detect the yard of this 1840s building. We didn't do much good in the yard but we got invited inside to have a detect as he has the floor out. We also got a look at his printing press collection, (pic5) and he showed us one of 2 wells in the building. The size of the printers made detecting difficult but Rocket had a go. He used the mark 1 eyeball to find 1 cent. The Gent said he could contact us when he lifts more of the floor.

Onto the next spot and a few coins started to come out for us. My 1911 penny is nice apart from a couple of nicks in the rim. The cube with the matchbox car is solid lead.

Rocket and I had a good day comparing my At Pro with his new Nokta. Got some good footage I think.

Check Rocket's finds here... https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=193082#p193082

 

[rocketaroo]

the day had some interesting moments, but yeah just really slow.

 

[Sandta]

Its a shame there werent more finds for your efforts . . but ,what a day, hey
Great lead with even greater possiblities.
Could have turned out very fruitful ... Pitty it didnt
Those printing presses are really cool ... Just being priviledged to see them would have made my day, thats for sure
Saving / preserving history very cool .
Pretty ironic that Cheese found printing plate on the same day

 

[Goldpick]

Great to have such opportunities arise when scoping out an area, still worthwhile checking out the place for some goodies. I wonder what might be hiding at the bottom of that well.

 

[rocketaroo]

dead rats probably

 

[Sandta]

Old bottles guaranteed

 

[Goldpick]

....and old employees.