Looks like you got a few hours of amusement in a container to go through indeed mate hehehehe
I don't remember any metal stars in scouts
I don't remember any metal stars in scouts
Wally69's Nugget Hunting Practice. The By-Catch.
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Wally69 said:Is that what they areI have made a frame with several shelves to display all my little jingle bells, so many different shapes and varieties - wondered why they were all missing the dangly bit.
PMSL mate. Bet that display raises a few eyebrows?
Happy New Year to all, I hope 2016 fills your finds bags to the point of overflowing.
I arrived home last night and dragged out some finds from my trip to Glen Innes and surrounding areas. The area from Uralla up to Inverell was the stomping grounds for Captain Thunderbolt and when wandering the bush I often think of those early pioneers and stories handed down through my family of his mis-adventures.
.......thoughts of where he may have stashed his loot ar generally not far away. this trip offered me the chance to swing the 705 in some remote locations and around one of Thunderbolts known lookout mountains. Time was short, so a scouting detect was the focus of my attention with 20mins in each spot afforded to my pursuit of history and riches.
Since the Captains' demise in the 1870s plenty of activity was evident with bullets and junk from all eras coming to the surface but there were a few plesant surprises including a hallmarked silver container top and a 1903 penny and what could have been the Holey Grail of detecting, the shape matching the pistol held by Thunderbolt in a painting of his last stand.
The heavy cast iron of a child's pride and joy is a very welcome addition to my collection and had us all going for a while. but the Stirling silver relic that was found below rocks known to have held a fleeing Thunderbolt gave the imagination overdrive, thinking of the the fair damsel in distress that may have parted with her silver booty under orders of stand and deliver.
The 1903 penny looks as though it was dropped in near mint state and has a great colour after spending up to 113 years in the ground :lol:
Having cleaned up the silver, the hallmarks indicate it was probably dropped by picnickers in the years following the penny drop rather than part of discarded bushranger booty, but it was a very enjoyable hunt and has wet the appetite for a follow up hunt later in the year.
I arrived home last night and dragged out some finds from my trip to Glen Innes and surrounding areas. The area from Uralla up to Inverell was the stomping grounds for Captain Thunderbolt and when wandering the bush I often think of those early pioneers and stories handed down through my family of his mis-adventures.
.......thoughts of where he may have stashed his loot ar generally not far away.
this trip offered me the chance to swing the 705 in some remote locations and around one of Thunderbolts known lookout mountains. Time was short, so a scouting detect was the focus of my attention with 20mins in each spot afforded to my pursuit of history and riches.
Since the Captains' demise in the 1870s plenty of activity was evident with bullets and junk from all eras coming to the surface but there were a few plesant surprises including a hallmarked silver container top and a 1903 penny and what could have been the Holey Grail of detecting, the shape matching the pistol held by Thunderbolt in a painting of his last stand.
The heavy cast iron of a child's pride and joy is a very welcome addition to my collection and had us all going for a while.
but the Stirling silver relic that was found below rocks known to have held a fleeing Thunderbolt gave the imagination overdrive, thinking of the the fair damsel in distress that may have parted with her silver booty under orders of stand and deliver.
The 1903 penny looks as though it was dropped in near mint state and has a great colour after spending up to 113 years in the ground :lol:
Having cleaned up the silver, the hallmarks indicate it was probably dropped by picnickers in the years following the penny drop rather than part of discarded bushranger booty, but it was a very enjoyable hunt and has wet the appetite for a follow up hunt later in the year.
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Gee, that silver lid cleaned up real nice, what a great find.
Nice finds and a great write up mate, I love that part of the country between Uralla and Inverell, the NSW Northern Tablelands with all of it's Granite boulders, flora and fauna.... . Such a rugged and harsh area yet so beautiful as well, the pioneers up there would have to have been tough and very resourceful in the early days just to survive. The whole of Thunderbolts way from Gloucester to Inverell is a top drive.
Those finds must have you hanging to get back up there for a better look around.
I've been meaning to do some detecting in the area but.... the lure of sapphires always seems to win. Will probably head back up there after the school holidays are over, might be sooner though.
Those finds must have you hanging to get back up there for a better look around.
I've been meaning to do some detecting in the area but.... the lure of sapphires always seems to win. Will probably head back up there after the school holidays are over, might be sooner though.
Geez mate, you killed it with the silvers. Well done.
Sure did Heath, it is great to go dirt-fishing in a spot that has as many pre-decimals as moderns. :lol:
Also found a lost Polar Bear to add to my lead toy collection. along with a bucket of other interesting stuff and about 100 pistol bullets.
No military badges or buttons this time, which I thought was vey unusual, think they must have morphed into possums and lizards after all that rain. .
Also found a lost Polar Bear to add to my lead toy collection.
along with a bucket of other interesting stuff and about 100 pistol bullets. No military badges or buttons this time, which I thought was vey unusual, think they must have morphed into possums and lizards after all that rain.
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Great hunting Wally.
Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Wow, doesn't look like that location has been hit hard by detectors before, great haul Wally.
Bloody tourists raidng our sacred sites
There ought to be a law
:lol: :lol:
There ought to be a law
:lol: :lol:
Sandta said:Bloody tourists raidng our sacred sites
There ought to be a law
:lol: :lol:
And there was not a single '47 amongst them, so you Newcastle lads have already plundered the spot and just left me the scraps.
thanks for leaving the 1919 florin, I have been after an early one for some time.Another way of looking at it..........
........... you are lucky I only return back to my home turf once a year :lol: :lol:
I managed a 47 this arvo with the aldi.
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that razor you found must have been military issue because i have found the exact same one!
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Interesting finds Wally! Mabey the ol bear got lost on a trip from Bundaberg! :lol:
SCORE! very nice Wally
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