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Help Required On Piles Of Pipe Clay
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<blockquote data-quote="Reg Wilson" data-source="post: 452551" data-attributes="member: 10941"><p>Sorry Crushed, but it is a long time since I have been to Percydale, and can't recall the piles to which you refer. Did they have any quartz associated with them or were they purely clay?</p><p>The last time I was in that area there was a silver mine still operational back in the hills nearby, and the gold in that area can contain quite high percentages of silver. I recall a number of small colors that gave a clinking sound when rattled in the hand. I put this down to the silver content, and the color was much lighter that most gold.</p><p>There is an interesting story about the ruins there. A chap was detecting around the remains of an old bluestone building when he got a big signal. He dug out a length of lead pipe and noticed it was quite heavy, and crimped at both ends. Upon opening the pipe he discovered it was full of sovereigns. Just the other side of a blackberry bush he found a fairly large detector hole left open, and lying next to it another heavy lead pipe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reg Wilson, post: 452551, member: 10941"] Sorry Crushed, but it is a long time since I have been to Percydale, and can't recall the piles to which you refer. Did they have any quartz associated with them or were they purely clay? The last time I was in that area there was a silver mine still operational back in the hills nearby, and the gold in that area can contain quite high percentages of silver. I recall a number of small colors that gave a clinking sound when rattled in the hand. I put this down to the silver content, and the color was much lighter that most gold. There is an interesting story about the ruins there. A chap was detecting around the remains of an old bluestone building when he got a big signal. He dug out a length of lead pipe and noticed it was quite heavy, and crimped at both ends. Upon opening the pipe he discovered it was full of sovereigns. Just the other side of a blackberry bush he found a fairly large detector hole left open, and lying next to it another heavy lead pipe. [/QUOTE]
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