Ace"d GUN & GOLD :cam:

[trueblue]

spent the day hunting a pioneer camp using the Ace 250 along with my wife armed with her Eldorado Umax

Had some unexpected finds , the Ace rang like a phone over the Martini Henry action knowing it was large iron I dug it as I always digg large iron an have a few nice Axe heads and padlocks from doing so , at first I though it was a pick or such but within about 30 seconds I realized what it was heres a pic of the action along with a pic of a Martini Henry rifle

my next find was a gold ring as pictured as it appeared after turning the plug over gave a nice solid tab ID on the 250

wife bagged these coins with her Eldorado two date late 1800's but have'nt cleaned em all as yet to check the dates

found this dress pin ? its a sword running through a half moon with a star in the center

total combined finds for the day

Had a great day didnt run into any snakes or funnell webs touch wood

"HH"

trueblue

 

[Graw]

n/t

 

[awhitster]

Nice finds. I was just in Nevada and my son-in-law showed me those funnel webs. Are thos spiers real bad?

 

[Jims]

Fantastic finds...congrats!

 

[treasurefiend]

Awesome hunt!!!

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Lots of nice old relic finds..
Can you explain funnel webs for being spiders .Are they a dangerous type ?

 

[dahut]

Very nice stuff. Makes it all worth it, dont it?

 

[trueblue]

thanks guys , as for funnel web spiders they are dangerous depending on the species of funnel web bites can be fatal if untreated , the wife had a near miss a few weeks back , not wearing her gloves at the time she had'em with her but had takin them off , she had a digger so she brush'd the canopy of dead leaves aside then turned a small flat rock the size of a palm using her bare hand to uncover a funnel web spider in attack stance at the entrance of its burrow , she was lucky not to be bitten

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Thanking you for the info on that spider..We don't have that problem up here.
Good thing your wife didn't get bitten..You don't need that problem..Be careful out there.

 

[Da Yooper]

Very nice hunt

 

[John-Edmonton]

Wow! Congratulations on some excellent finds....

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

well, perhaps a gold sovereign or 2 might be.
Mick Evans.

 

[Frankd55]

Excellent finds

 

[Yaridnac]

Congrats on the great finds!!!!

 

[lazyaussie]

that's an absolutely awesome hunt Trueblue congrats on the ring & the gun is a cool relic half moon-star the pin may be from Turkey maybe ww1 ???? looks like you"v got a good spot.
how are you finding the ace compered to the u-max ????? i had a eldorado mark 1 in NZ it was good on sports grounds & chasing gold in the rivers but no good at the beach.
happy hunting
lazyaussie

 

[trueblue]

yeah a couple of gold sovereign's would be nice , Lazyaussie , I think ya right about the dresspin being from turkey thanks for the tip ,

yeah its a good spot nice an secluded , its a realitives property been in the family for over 60 years never been hunted to there knowledge , wish I could get up there more often but being on the NSW border and the price of fuel its only a once a month trip .

I find the Ace a pleasure to use and enjoy having the TID at hand and its pretty reliable to a point , the Silvers a good detector but for me personaly I prefer the ACE

 

[awhitster]

thanks guys , as for funnel web spiders they are dangerous depending on the species of funnel web bites can be fatal if untreated , the wife had a near miss a few weeks back , not wearing her gloves at the time she had'em with her but had takin them off , she had a digger so she brush'd the canopy of dead leaves aside then turned a small flat rock the size of a palm using her bare hand to uncover a funnel web spider in attack stance at the entrance of its burrow , she was lucky not to be bitten

I didn't realize you were an Aussie. I saw those spiders on TV before. They are evil.

 

[Goes4ever]

great finds!

 

[Uncle Willy]

Nice collection of goodies bud.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

I think we have a version of that bugger over here, then of course we have the brown recluse or "fiddleback" which is real nasty.

Bill