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

[Wally69]

Exciting times Wally ! Maybe they cashe'd some loot for safe keeping while away from the tents too ,... keep that ear pricked mate !
:Y: :Y:

Well, look and you shall find........evidence of what was once there :lol:

Found the handle and a nameplate from a stash box this evening under a rock ledge. Unfortunately it looks like the gold sovereigns were retrieved over a century ago. 8.(

Did manage to pull a few more relics and a couple of penny's. Think the cone is off a powder horn, possibly a leather one as I couldn't find the flask. Penny's are 1891 and 1901.

 

[silver]

Looking like pirate treasure must be there (ha).
If the sovereign retrieval was rushed with fretting rearward glances, there may have been a tumble downhill and a really good coinspill spread to find ,.... maybe put yourself in their position those 100 years ago and follow discreetly those ghostly fateful steps to the prize. ] :rainbow: O (if it be there)

 

[Wally69]

Looks like the camp lads had some colonial cultural pedigree about them.

Think I scored a gold gilded lump of lead

Edit... Better photo with a bit of a clean

 

[silver]

Looks gold to me Wally ! 8)

 

[golddiggerart]

Hmmmmm looks Gold to me too....

 

[Sandta]

A bit of funny business maybe
The pennys are in good looking nik :Y:

 

[Heatho]

Nice coins Wally, hmmm golden lead, hammer time..... Just to make sure. I've dreamed of gold in our general area, just pulling my own leg with dreams like that.....

 

[Wally69]

Another cave ...... Another coin spill

Elephant had his trunk up too, don't think the 100yo shilling would have seen daylight without it :lol:

Will need to give it a clean to see if it shines

 

[Heatho]

Oooh nice mate, well done. :Y:

 

[Ramjet]

Nice finds.

 

[Smoky bandit]

Another cave ...... Another coin spill

Elephant had his trunk up too, don't think the 100yo shilling would have seen daylight without it :lol:

Will need to give it a clean to see if it shines

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1916/1492937988_image.jpg

Beat me by 1 yr on the shilling today wally...Nice find :Y:

 

[silver]

Caver extraordinaire Wally !
:rainbow: O

 

[Wally69]

Another cave ...... Another coin spill

Elephant had his trunk up too, don't think the 100yo shilling would have seen daylight without it :lol:

Will need to give it a clean to see if it shines

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1916/1492937988_image.jpg

Beat me by 1 yr on the shilling today wally...Nice find :Y:

I think mine might have another year of pocket rubbing as well SB, not too confident it has a great deal of detail left on it. It is surprising the amount of buildup on the silver coins I find in these iron indurated sandstone caves.

Your 1918 is in great condition for a beach find

 

[Wally69]

Also found a beware of pretty things with love to give tree ..... Ouch :brokenh:

 

[Heatho]

They contain such sweet nectar though.

 

[Wally69]

Managed to partially clean this great coin that was minted in a not so great year.

During the battles of 1917 on the Western Front eighteen Australians won the Victoria Cross; many, many, many more didn't.

Lest we forget.

 

[Wally69]

It is not every day that I find 2mil buried in the ground

1927 - Parliament House in Canberra is officially opened, Charles Kingsford Smith and his copilot Charles Ulm complete a round-Australia flight in ten days, five-and-a-half hours, Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor is killed in a shootout with Sydney gangsters

 

[Sandta]

Thats pretty cool
Amazing what we find sometimes

 

[silver]

Palestine 1927.
earthquakes and new money.

 

[golddiggerart]

Managed to partially clean this great coin that was minted in a not so great year.

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1916/1493094393_image.jpg

During the battles of 1917 on the Western Front eighteen Australians won the Victoria Cross; many, many, many more didn't.

Lest we forget.

I am going to put one of these on my Bucket List....

Lest we forget.