I'm Back And Have Some Great Finds!

Smoky bandit said:

A holy dollar :Y:

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Thats exactly what i thought when i first found it. It was night and very dirty but i could see markings but i know the hole was too small

Smoky bandit said:

A holy dollar :Y:

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The wholey grale of Aussie Coinage
I d o n ' t believe it

Well out again Saturday and Sunday. Saturday i finally found where an original town site ive been looking for was. Drove 2 hours out to the middle of the bush and found it. It was overgrown and looks like a lot of dirt has been put on top so i was quite disappointed but as i walked around the current new bridge cars and trucks drive over i found this about 50 meters from the bridge haha . The most unexpected thing i expected to find especially out bush that remote!!
The things you find while metal detecting ? by Marc Russo, on Flickr

Sorry, Images are not acceptable for this family forum
Though it does make you laugh.

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After finding that " deadly weapon" we headed to the main current town site which ive pretty much done over for many many months. Im now going over areas ive already done picking up the scraps. I found this German WW2 era DRGM stamped lighter.
German WW2 Lighter stamped DRGM by Marc Russo, on Flickr

German WW2 Lighter stamped DRGM by Marc Russo, on Flickr

German WW2 Lighter stamped DRGM by Marc Russo, on Flickr

While walking throughh some snake infested bush i came across alot of broken glass so i knew there must be a bottle dump close by. I dug around with no luck then spotted a mount with a little yellow bottle on the surface. Cleaned up really nice too...
1920's
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I dug the mound and then found this old Perth glass works embossed bottle!
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Quick flick in the local towns playground sand pit..
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and a total of $18.50 in spendables

Wow!
I would of left that first find where it laid

Crikey, you'll have to change that heading of your thread to "dubious finds", lol.

Great photos tailormarc, interesting finds.
SinHof.

Great finds Marc, Hey did you put some new batteries in that thing see if it would start,haha :lol:

haha thanks guys!
I recon the big thing might of fired up but nah didnt try

Wow wondered where I lost that..cheers mate
Oh and interesting finds :Y: Awesome photos.

Ha... I thought you'd found a detector and a pinpointer when I seen the first photo there, and was thinking someone musta died to lose that lot. Maybe it fell from a plane or a choppa. 8)

Well a weeks worth of research on 2 locations payed off. The first is a WW1/WW2 training area untouched and relativity unknown of. After trekking 5 klm into bushland up steap hils,l i stood at the point where the soldier should of been firing from but nothing, no bullets, no rubbish, no clearing etc so i followed the "Danger Red area" on the maps (firing range) then i seen some unnatural structure then some later date humpys made from corrugated iron. One of the tree over the humpy still had 2 insulators from the WW2 days. I gladly took them haha
Here are some pics of the spot cleared and where soldiers shot from...
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Some later date humpys
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As soon as i started detecting we were finding 303 after 303 shells. I would only keep the good conditon 1914-1946 ones , lots of WW1 and WW2 shells. Lots of stripper clips, a few live ones and a couple duds and also a item that might of been used in a cleaning kit for the gun
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Parker hale
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The next location was a further inland location about 200klm from Perth was a location i researched where there was a camp settlement 1910-1950's. Unknown to most people except locals. On the way there i spotted an abandoned hall, i pulled up, did a u turn and went back. Detected out the back and found this great example of 1930-1950's consume jewelry . This was buried about a foot deep under a tree root
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After a careful clean with warm soapy water and toothbrush...
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The next find was the really great condition 1943 Threepence! 92.5% silver too
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After a careful bicarb clean...
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We did most of that area but there were some parts that looked to dangerous for snakes so that will be for another day.
We finally arrived at the main spot a good 30klm away from the hall and it didnt take long to find the goodies...
1941-1942 Goomelling dog registration tag
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After a light clean and oil
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Couple old lighters.
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1951 penny
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old pram wheel
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Left this great location for next time as there is alot more area to cover. Stopped at a park on the way home..


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Big variety of finds, never know what will come out next.

Good finds Marc, I like the 303 shells there on my list. :Y:

Cheers
Kev