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New Nov gold site relic finds!

Golden

Golden

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Hello all. I've been doing a little bush exploring lately and stumbled upon an old site with gold mine shaft, three chimney ruins of a cottage, an old bottle dump that was once discovered ages ago, bottles retrieved, and a fresh new detecting ground. The reason I say this is because the amount of relics that come out of the ground after only a few hours detecting, well, a little treasure trove in my opinion! Posting photos of my finds so far. Hoping to hit the same area in the next week or so. A lot of you Aussies out there will recognise some of the familiar relics! Hoping to build up an interesting story to who lived there once, and the history of the mine, with a little more research!
HH Golden:):detecting::minelab:
 
Looks like the beginning of a good story!:detecting:
HH,Bottlebum
 
You know, Golden, I know we've talked about this, a lot of us on the forum, numerous times, but after looking at your "stash" on this job site, I couldn't help but think to my self, how much, what your doing is almost exactly what a "whole lot" of regular archaeologists have been doing with picks and shovels for years, and yet, I've never seen in an archaeological documentary on television, anyone ever using a metal detector, and I honestly don't know why. For Pete's sake. This is just as valid a tool, and a lot more perceptive when it comes to metal, than any pick or shovel is, and besides that, we use a pick and a shovel to dig stuff up too. What got me especially going on this, is your statement, "hoping to build an interesting story as to who lived here". Hey, isn't that what archaeologists, mainly do??? What's the deal here, that we hardly ever see metal detectors on archaeological programs. Ok, I probably just missed all the programs that did use metal detectors, but I'm just talking "food for thought" here, and it's so interesting to me, that your not just looking for "cool old stuff", but trying to "paint a picture" of these peoples lifestyle, way back then. Marc Trainor.
 
Hi Golden. Going by the finds there should be some coins there somewhere. Every man and his dog must have been able to play the harmonica in years gone by, I find bits of them everywhere. Lotsa luck with the new site.............Ken.
 
That's part of the fun of detecting old sites is trying to build up a story, or work out the history of an area Marc! I'm going back to the same site this week, got a few days off work. Then Saturday going fishing through the day and some night fishing as well for flounder. Ever heard of flounder? Interestingly weird looking fish and not bad eating either! Catch ya later aligator! Golden::) PS. hubby alomost has the electric hookah up and running, so can't wait to get back into the water with it this holidays!:twodetecting::)
 
Hello Ken. I've got a box full of cutlery and harmonica bits and pieces from the goldfields! And yes, I reckon there ought to be a few coins lying around too, once I get through all the trash in the ground! It's going to take me some time to properly detecting this site, there's so much mining junk lying around, and from the building sites also. All the more interesting to see what I come up with I reckon! Golden:)
 
Yea, I've heard of Flounders, but I honestly can't remember if I ever caught or ate one. Shame on me, I think I should of remembered that, but I'm thinking they're kind of flat fish, but I'm not sure. Marc.
 
Hello all. Well, I finally went back to the same site I found the prior relics here, and finally found a very worn 1863 penny on the new undetected site. I had a friend with me who enjoys fossiking and warned her about the possibility of getting lost in the thick dense bush country, once getting so engrossed in looking around and losing all sense of bearing. And that's precisely what she did. She got lost. I'm happily detecting away with my headphones on, and after a while, wondering to myself, "yep, haven't seen her in a while". So off came the headphones and I began coooing. I soon got a response about 200 metres away from me, from the scrub. She's lost all sense of direction. I never have seen anyone run so fast towards me from out of the scrub with a very worried look on her face! It was quite funny actually. But she vowed to not let me out of her sight from then on, for the rest of the day!
Anyway, I must take some photos of the site, all very interesting. But here's a few of my finds. For you Aussie people there, anyone going to the detecting comp in Wedderburn in March? It'd be nice to win the GP4000 Minelab gold machine!!! See ya. golden:detecting::minelab::)
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