Wally69's Nugget Hunting Practice. The By-Catch.

[Wally69]

I do like my Lake Macquarie hunting ground Silver, it has produced some nice 1910's silver, just need to clean out the ring pulls and bullets first to expose a century of discarded goodies.

It was a nice result for a couple of hours but those Newcastle lads must have cleaned out all those '47 florins before I got there.

 

[Heatho]

Got out for a swing and bagged a handful of spendables and some nice silver

the ring got me excited for a moment but looks to be 24ct plated

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1916/1462614899_image.jpg

Nice haul mate, spewing the ring is'nt solid gold though, especially after the convo we had this morning, absolute bummer, I've just packed a frownie too.

Saw it and thought you got a nice one and then errrr .... I've found a few plated ones now and it's always dissapointing.

Onward and upward.

 

[Wally69]

LoL Heath - I was about to do a Reeks inspired happy dance too. :lol:

Not sure I will be able to ditch the mothers tomorrow to go get the real deal - there has to one there somewhere.

although, I am really searching for that pre 1900s honey hole. Dug plenty of square brass boat building nails again, so can't be to far off the mark.

 

[Heatho]

If you're getting those old nails mate you can be pretty certain there will be some nice old finds. Yeah gotta be an 18k ring there somewhere for you, hopefully one pops up soon.

Ha, if Reeko does a happy dance when I see him later in the week I'll try to get it on camera.

I dunno mate ditching the mothers shouldn't be too hard, you need to use reverse psychology so they tell you to go detecting for a while so they can relax.

 

[Wally69]

You stirred me up ducked out for a quicky

 

[Ramjet]

nice hunting Wally

 

[silver]

Nothing like a quicky eh Wally !
Impressive 1911 shilling find.

 

[Heatho]

Sweet, knew you could escape for a bit.

 

[Wally69]

Nothing like a quicky eh Wally !
Impressive 1911 shilling find.

More impressive was the straight run of 1910's for the day

 

[Heatho]

Sweet.

 

[silver]

Nice date run goin on there Wally ! 8)

 

[Goldpick]

Very pretty, bit of a gold theme going on with those silvers there.

 

[Wally69]

Very pretty, bit of a gold theme going on with those silvers there.

I think tHey want to grow up and become sovereigns

torch light bouncing off the green copper makes for an interesting effect

 

[numpty]

good hunt wally, i found a 1912 penny a week or two ago too but no silver

 

[AtomRat]

Some awesome hunting work been going on here Wally!

 

[Wally69]

Now I am not sure what this is, what age it is

It looks like it is styled like an ancient Egyptian sling shot projectile, lead in construction and purposely shaped.

Does anyone know if slingshots where used for in our colonial history for hunting ?

 

[silver]

That might be really really old Wally !

 

[Heatho]

Interesting find mate. I've got no idea.

 

[Jaros]

Maybe a spearhead?

 

[Wally69]

Definitely shaped like a spear head Jaros but the double point, weight and the fact that lead will not sustain a sharp edge has me a bit confused. It doesn't appear to have any lashing or gum marks on it either.