Triple treys and a zac
I have said on this forum in the past that my fave place seems to have given up all its treasures and the last couple of times I've been there it seemed that was the case. But today I was able to turn the thought well and truly around. I went out to a new spot that I've been researching for a while now and had a poke around hoping to find some evidence of really early habitation but only found the usual wire, saddle tack and iron. Its got to be said that I don't have access yet as I've contacted the owners but they haven't yet responded so all I've been able to do is detect the road fringes.
Becoming a little dejected by the lack of good stuff I packed up and went to the spot I've been visiting since 2014, and from which I have retrieved a large number of pre-decimals, from 1879 through to 1959.
There's a natural centre of focus that draws you to one particular area at this spot that's evident the moment you get out of the car and its the spot from which most of the coins have come. So today I thought it was time to think outside the square so I tried to imagine the path large numbers of people might take to get to the entry area of this place, or if the area was larger than I expected, where the spot would be that people might lounge on the ground to eat a picnic. I selected a spot and it was to this place that I centred my search.
I hadn't been going long when I received a really strong signal under the nel and sure enough the sun shone brightly on a lovely KG5 1917 hunk of silver in the form of a sixpence. From there I skirted a number of prickly wattles and coming back to the car, noticed one spot, a small clearing I hadnt checked, so as I did that area, I unearthed a 1944 Sheaf of wheat Threepence. I duly checked the hole doing the mandatory wider swing as well and again I got a really strong signal, another 1944 sheaf of wheat Threepence. As I kicked the soil back into the hole, I made that mandatory swing again and sure enough there was another signal. Carefully scraping away the topsoil, [this signal seemed scratchier somehow] I thought I would have to dig a much bigger hole but there it was, sitting atop the mullock heap another Threepence, this time a 1949 sheaf of wheat.
Just goes to show, whether its coins at an old site or nuggets in the Goldfields, we might have u-beaut technology, but we can never say we got it all. I have thought I'd disclose this place's location, but after today, maybe I'll keep it quiet just a little longer.