A Few Recent Finds

karl · 27 September 2020 23:03

Looks like you remember him. You had found 1 sovereign when you met him so it more than a year ago.

Yes why tempt fate? I got into the big alluvial tin workings around the foothills of Mt Cameron. Very thick bush and rugged. I drank water from one of the creeks and I recon I got disoriented. Next day we saw Blue Lake and the don’t drink the water signs.
I like getting out into it but who wants to end up on the 6 o’clock news? Luckily I found a track that took me back to where I started.

For anyone thinking about this area I recommend a personal distress beacon, compass (I think mobile phone compasses need a connection) and carry your own water. Then watch out for tiger snakes who are waking-up about now.

howard.55.ha · 28 September 2020 06:29

Spent a few hours today going over ground I had already worked several times, with the following results: 1c and 2c coins, a 1956 1d, 1928 3d, 1947 3d, 1948 1/- and a very corroded Q Vic veiled head 1895 - 1901 penny ( no date ).

lyn8curt · 28 September 2020 21:58

Was the ground wetter than the previous times you hunted it Howard ? Makes a big difference with vlf . The Nox with it’s multi freq also has a habit of finding stuff left behind by earlier machines .

howard.55.ha · 29 September 2020 09:54

Hi Curt, the ground has been a fair bit wetter since the last time I detected that area. A few days ago we had 38mm of rain here. I ended the day with a pocket full of aluminium pull tabs and ring pulls plus screw caps and copper wire but I was pretty happy with my coin haul for the day.

lyn8curt · 29 September 2020 11:01

Good stuff Howard . If your digging those targets gold jewelry and gold coins are a possibility . I keep all brass , copper and lead to sell to Sims . It’s amazing how the $ pile up ! See you Saturday , with a raincoat it seems .

dhawley · 30 September 2020 02:04

I managed to find this silver broach in a local park that I’ve been over plenty of times before. This time I tried the 4kHz mode and it seems to cut out a lot of the chatter from mowed up cans that this spot is full of.

lyn8curt · 30 September 2020 10:29

Rippa find Dave ! Congrats .

dhawley · 14 October 2020 03:38

Was pretty happy to find a complete powder flask last week.
And a dog tag that’s a hundred years older than the ones I’ve found on the beach.

lyn8curt · 14 October 2020 21:59

Well done getting a powder flask Dave , they don’t turn up to often . No sign of the top for it ? Nice old dog tag too .

karl · 15 October 2020 03:09

I found another half flask the other day. I previously found a top piece. It opens the flask for loading powder into a gun. A little trigger slides a small cover to open it. There are spring loaded designs as well.

dhawley · 15 October 2020 03:18

Nah, looks like Karl got it! Mine was squashed flat. I guess that’s why it got thrown away.

lyn8curt · 15 October 2020 04:36

You blokes are getting into some good stuff . Karl looks to have the sides from two different flasks there . Being thin brass they are nearly always squashed flat . The upper side of that powder gate is actually the part hidden in the powder flask . The trigger like piece underneath was spring loaded and there was also a spout as well . Most i have found have had the spout missing . My guess is that the spout sometimes became loose and unscrewed to become lost . Then the flask was pretty useless so was tossed . Also many flasks must have been thrown away as smokeless powder and cartridge ammunition overtook the muzzle loaders .