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Metal Detecting for Gold
Have You Found Coins Or Relics While Looking For Gold?
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<blockquote data-quote="naildigger" data-source="post: 544035" data-attributes="member: 3667"><p>we were out having a swing a few weeks ago, at an old gold miners camp, and stumbled across an old 1850s era percussion pistol hammer and action/lock. just lying there on the ground. not many people have been over this ground i suspect, as the missus also found a sterling silver case frame of a gentlemans pocket watch, also lying on the ground un-buried. the base of the old ore crusher is about 200m from the old camp, and there appears to be a stone grave up the gully from the crusher, its a pile of non-ore bearing rocks, just bush rocks, about 7feet long, by 2-3 feet wide, very carefully laid and stacked in a mound about 18 inches high. they abandoned this mine around 1890, and there has not been much disturbance by man or cattle since as it is very dense bush and not very good country for live stock. we have never found detectable gold here, just flour gold in the creek beds, panning. awsome place though, and lots of history which i find fascinating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="naildigger, post: 544035, member: 3667"] we were out having a swing a few weeks ago, at an old gold miners camp, and stumbled across an old 1850s era percussion pistol hammer and action/lock. just lying there on the ground. not many people have been over this ground i suspect, as the missus also found a sterling silver case frame of a gentlemans pocket watch, also lying on the ground un-buried. the base of the old ore crusher is about 200m from the old camp, and there appears to be a stone grave up the gully from the crusher, its a pile of non-ore bearing rocks, just bush rocks, about 7feet long, by 2-3 feet wide, very carefully laid and stacked in a mound about 18 inches high. they abandoned this mine around 1890, and there has not been much disturbance by man or cattle since as it is very dense bush and not very good country for live stock. we have never found detectable gold here, just flour gold in the creek beds, panning. awsome place though, and lots of history which i find fascinating. [/QUOTE]
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