Today I Found ....... a Treasure Cave

[Wally69]

Over the years I have found a few caves that have yielded a few nice coins, buttons and relics.

Today I found one that kept beeping, and beeping, and beeping ...........

:inlove: :money: :inlove:

 

[goody2shoes]

Well done Wally erfect:

Goody

 

[AussieChris]

You are The Count of Monte Cristo Wally, nice haul!

What dates do the coins span?

 

[silver]

Ya did it Wally......... the wholey dollar

congratulations mate !

 

[savage bitter]

very nice top marks :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

 

[Dave79]

Wowzers Wally, is that a pirates cave by the beach or a bushrangers hideout in the.....bush. What are the medallions/ badges? Looks like someone has spent a fair bit of time living in there. Gotta be a good story behind that find.

 

[Wally69]

Hi-Ho Silver......my thought exactly, although, perhaps it is a rams head. I keep rubbing it to see if it will reveal a Spanish past, but it hasnt as yet :lol:

The brass bow-plate appears to be off the pirates longboat Dave and the cave overlooked the beach wreckage it was extracted from.

Hard to read the dates on the coins Chris, I find the cave soil gives them a solid crust that can take some time to remove, and the cave fires can wreck a good coin. The lead sheep was from a time when kids used to suck on them to turn them into smart market gardeners.

From the dates I can read, it looks like the majority of careless occupation was just following both wars with a lot in the 10/20s, then 40/50s. The returned from active service badge is WW2 era, the star shaped one looks like a silver plated religious medallion but too crusty to read ATM.

A number of the spoons look to be hallmarked Stirling silver, so it would be great to be able to lift a date off them, but I am not too confident as the soil tends to attack the top layer giving them scales and eroding detail.

I only cherry picked high tomes on the equinox beach setting, so will need to go back and see what emerges from greater depth :money: :money:

 

[Danny13]

Looks like a wholey dollar Wally , spectacular hunt and what a location

 

[silver]

Picture quality is gettin better Wally

looks like a reeded edge

Ya teasin Wally....
does look like reeding mate

C'mon cobber.... just a bit closer n clearer

 

[Danny13]

Picture quality is gettin better Wally
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...1550220979_screenshot_2019-02-15-18-53-56.jpg
looks like a reeded edge
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...1550221059_screenshot_2019-02-15-18-54-54.jpg
Ya teasin Wally....
does look like reeding mate
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...1550221131_screenshot_2019-02-15-18-55-02.jpg
C'mon cobber.... just a bit closer n clearer

Looks promising Wally

 

[Wally69]

Close but no cigar oop:

One day it will happen........this is about the third brass washer I have found on this stretch of foreshore, darn things give me a heart flutter every time. :inlove:

The medallion was owned by a young girl who was endocrinated into the Congregation of the Children of Mary, her initials will be carved into the rectangular section of the medallion. Why did she loose it in a cave, the same cave in which inverted pockets resulted in the bouncing out of 29 coins ???? I thought chastity was part of their vows.

All coins are post 1910, hallmarks on the spoons are too far gone to date.

 

[silver]

Oooooohh........
:cloudy: :cloudy: :cloudy: :cloudy: :cloudy:
oop:
Nnnooooo........

 

[StoneTheCrows]

One holy wally lol

Thats worth more than the other holy dolloar

 

[BigWave]

I also found two beach caves (1980s - Perth Northern beaches) which would be flooded during storms at high tides.
I'm guessing that many would take refuge in there from the heat and weather.
Interestingly, ALL the coins were washed to where the sand floor met the cave walls.
Found 50+ in there with around 25% pre-decimal - pretty destroyed though.

 

[Wally69]

After a tumble....I was surprised to see an 1896 sixpence revealed itself :Y:

 

[Jaros]

I presume that is bottom rhs coin. Very nice.

 

[Wally69]

Top LHS Jaros, you should be able to make out the veil head Victoria bust.

The bottom RHs is actually a three pence that has been oversized due to a fire being built on top of it at some stage in its cave dwelling days. I thought it was an odd size when I dug it and got hopeful it was something special, but a rub in the daylight showed it for what it was.

 

[Jaros]

Sorry bout that 86. Missed by that much!! Great coin.

 

[user 4386]

I presume that is bottom rhs coin. Very nice.

Top left with good old Queen Vic.

 

[Goldpick]

Never though of cave detecting, then again most down here are full of water (ie. sinkholes). Did real well on the silvers, and nice pick up on the Military badge - the holy dollar is looking a bit dodgy.