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Digging up relics - Some advice needed
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<blockquote data-quote="user 794" data-source="post: 622376" data-attributes="member: 794"><p>You are a lucky lucky person Cranky.</p><p></p><p>Detect all of the paddocks. </p><p></p><p>Detect all the area where the pub was, close and far. There would have also been stables, other housing etc.</p><p></p><p>Ploughing will be good and bad. Some targets will get buried and some over time will come up again. Where it is unploughed targets could still be close to the surface.</p><p></p><p>If 1850s onwards then you could find all sorts of coinage including earlier. Cartwheels and cut cartwheels were used as weights and so yes, any gold could have been weighed in exchange for goods etc. Also there would be relics like buckles and buttons and all sorts of other things.</p><p></p><p>If you have more than one detector use them all. If you have more than one coil use them all.</p><p></p><p>Be prepared to dig a lot of rubbish. Don't throw anything out without at least a quick clean and a second look. A piece of scrap metal could be a remnant of a powder flask.</p><p></p><p>I detect cow paddocks which, in the gold rush days, had scattered huts and tents on the verge of an old township. I wish you all the luck in the world. You will have lots of fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 794, post: 622376, member: 794"] You are a lucky lucky person Cranky. Detect all of the paddocks. Detect all the area where the pub was, close and far. There would have also been stables, other housing etc. Ploughing will be good and bad. Some targets will get buried and some over time will come up again. Where it is unploughed targets could still be close to the surface. If 1850s onwards then you could find all sorts of coinage including earlier. Cartwheels and cut cartwheels were used as weights and so yes, any gold could have been weighed in exchange for goods etc. Also there would be relics like buckles and buttons and all sorts of other things. If you have more than one detector use them all. If you have more than one coil use them all. Be prepared to dig a lot of rubbish. Don't throw anything out without at least a quick clean and a second look. A piece of scrap metal could be a remnant of a powder flask. I detect cow paddocks which, in the gold rush days, had scattered huts and tents on the verge of an old township. I wish you all the luck in the world. You will have lots of fun. [/QUOTE]
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