Goldtarget
(AKA OldGT)
Went out to an old school site today long since a cleared site with the tell tale pines and peppercorns.
I half expected the site to be
a. Trashy beyond detecting or
b. Hunted out.
We'll you could have knocked me over with a feather, the steel junk was not nearly as bad as I had imagined, and the targets although a bit of work involved was easy digs and just a little more interesting than I might have guessed. The downside was I was a little short on time, today was my Mum's birthday and I was in transit. She has had a bit of a rough go of it of late with a recent breast cancer diagnosis and treatment and although I have taken her a couple of times for her treatment today was a good day to give her a hug and acknowledge her as a person rather than a patient. Any how....
The first couple of treasures out of the holes were shell casings and spent rounds, after the hunt all I can say is the site must have seen the typical rural shoot up that a lot of places used to before the guns were handed back. Interesting but not what I was after.
The first real treasure was a 1923 penny date side up, and then later a 1901 half penny. First seated half penny for me so a win despite both coins being toasted on the underside. The big plus is if there's 2 then I'm sure there is more. They were relatively shallow less than 6 inches so the site holds further promise. Picked up an harmonica inner which was a bit past it's best.
I hit a couple of strange lead pieces that have inscriptions stamped in. I'll have to get a pic up to see if anyone recognizes what they are....I simply do not have the slightest idea of what they are. There is a couple of numbers stamped in, and one has VIC imprinted in it, they are roughly the diameter of a 1c piece and rather thick. I'm excited as to what they may be, definitely a different era.
Rounded out the hunt with some relics of no great importance and a few buttons in poor condition. It's funny none of these things are particularly exciting but I felt like a treasure hunter out there today....and wonder what else might be waiting to be collected. The site is quite large and I think there's more than a few days of further fun ahead of me to go.
I half expected the site to be
a. Trashy beyond detecting or
b. Hunted out.
We'll you could have knocked me over with a feather, the steel junk was not nearly as bad as I had imagined, and the targets although a bit of work involved was easy digs and just a little more interesting than I might have guessed. The downside was I was a little short on time, today was my Mum's birthday and I was in transit. She has had a bit of a rough go of it of late with a recent breast cancer diagnosis and treatment and although I have taken her a couple of times for her treatment today was a good day to give her a hug and acknowledge her as a person rather than a patient. Any how....
The first couple of treasures out of the holes were shell casings and spent rounds, after the hunt all I can say is the site must have seen the typical rural shoot up that a lot of places used to before the guns were handed back. Interesting but not what I was after.
The first real treasure was a 1923 penny date side up, and then later a 1901 half penny. First seated half penny for me so a win despite both coins being toasted on the underside. The big plus is if there's 2 then I'm sure there is more. They were relatively shallow less than 6 inches so the site holds further promise. Picked up an harmonica inner which was a bit past it's best.
I hit a couple of strange lead pieces that have inscriptions stamped in. I'll have to get a pic up to see if anyone recognizes what they are....I simply do not have the slightest idea of what they are. There is a couple of numbers stamped in, and one has VIC imprinted in it, they are roughly the diameter of a 1c piece and rather thick. I'm excited as to what they may be, definitely a different era.
Rounded out the hunt with some relics of no great importance and a few buttons in poor condition. It's funny none of these things are particularly exciting but I felt like a treasure hunter out there today....and wonder what else might be waiting to be collected. The site is quite large and I think there's more than a few days of further fun ahead of me to go.
