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Merry Chistmas
Over the last year, I've been metal detected in the main street of a forgotten mining town.
Most of the buildings in the main street were freestanding wooden structures that were removed in the 1930s. The town is located on the shale bank between to gold anticlines. There was a hotel, a church, several general stores and a chemist shop. At the end of the main street was an orchid. Mostly built of the side of a hill with good drainage.
Over the last six months I've been there numinous times and dug every target and inched my way through heavy mineralized ground. Often only covering 100 square meters in a whole weekend.
Interesting collection of relics which include a half gold sov. 1904 with surrounding chain, Caledonia society fob from 1890, WWI British peace medal civil, some gold and aprocrathy weights including a rare crowned British weight and two American and a few pins and badges. Best of all I found an Australian coat of arms wreath buckle tongue. Detector used GPX - 4500 with a 12 by 7 monocoil.
Thanks for viewing
TP
Merry Chistmas
Over the last year, I've been metal detected in the main street of a forgotten mining town.
Most of the buildings in the main street were freestanding wooden structures that were removed in the 1930s. The town is located on the shale bank between to gold anticlines. There was a hotel, a church, several general stores and a chemist shop. At the end of the main street was an orchid. Mostly built of the side of a hill with good drainage.
Over the last six months I've been there numinous times and dug every target and inched my way through heavy mineralized ground. Often only covering 100 square meters in a whole weekend.
Interesting collection of relics which include a half gold sov. 1904 with surrounding chain, Caledonia society fob from 1890, WWI British peace medal civil, some gold and aprocrathy weights including a rare crowned British weight and two American and a few pins and badges. Best of all I found an Australian coat of arms wreath buckle tongue. Detector used GPX - 4500 with a 12 by 7 monocoil.
Thanks for viewing
TP
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