Have been working the burn at Lefroy . First day there was like a mini PMAT day and i met some other people late in the day who after a chat said they would like to join , so hopefully more members .
Was very pleased to pick up an 1807 George 111 large Halfpenny , and the Pope Pius 1869 medallion .
Mate, that is haul!
Lots of goodies there: a nice snapshot into history. 1809 George 111 is a cracker, well done (he said with a green tinge!)
well done love the half penny was up there on monday and got this buckle not sure if its tennis or another form of cricket
Awesome to see the finds trickling out.
With the burn now happening at Mathinna, we’ll be spoiled for choice. I feel torn, between the worry of a bad summer of fire to come and wondering whether more good ground will be uncovered.
That’s a ripper Indi ! I think it’s tennis or lacrosse . From memory one of the members of the AMDRH forum found one like that about 3 years ago on the big island . It would also be worth a look online at the ‘Australian Cricket Buckle Book’ as it has other sorts of buckles as well , yours may be there . Congrats .
Agree Miguel , it’s the silver lining in an otherwise dark cloud . Best these fires happen now though as they will be much worse post Xmas .
Another day and some more finds , including my favorite type of find , a cricket buckle . Also 1848 large penny and some nice silver .
Wow, that 1928 Florin is in great nick!
Detected a nice speci with my SDC right on the surface. It gave a fairly strong inverted signal, but due to a black glaze over the surface, no gold was visible. Ran the magnet over it and not magnetic, so it had to be gold. Stuck it in my pocket & gave it a rub & wash back at the vehicle later. A couple of tiny points of gold appeared - you beauty!!
Back at home, how to get this crap off the surface. Thought a dip in some bleach might do the trick - and after a half hour soak in White King, it came out fairly clean. Will do an SG test to work out the Au content when I have time
Nice one! Looks like edge-of-the-reef material.
Interesting to see what happens to the Mathinna fire today. Hopefully it doesn’t take a run all the way to Fingal.
Nice one Howard ! I bet you looked very hard for more in that spot . Hope there is a big chunk hiding inside that quartz .
Nice finds curt. Looks like another old stamp. I see a musketball by the look of it. Nice beltbuckle. Its very hard to find old copper/bronze pennys in good condition anywhere. I wonder what the long tuning peg thing was?
Thanks Karl , yep there is a .32 cal pistol ball and .70 cal musket ball there . Also a 1 ounce .54 cal bullet . The brass peg is complete and appears to be a drop in type pin , no idea what for though .
Pulled my oldest silver coin out of some old diggings in the charcoal this weekend, hope the old timer who lost it found enough gold to cover his loss!
love that shilling we should go out again soon
That’s ripper coin Dave , there’s not many found that old . Congrats
Another good day’s finds .
Cartwheel penny top right was a surprise . More holed half penny’s ! And the Chinese dropped in .
some silver and another Tasmania police button
Awesome finds!
I haven’t found that many 19th-Century coins myself.