The Gold Rush Sites of the Derwent Creek Untouched sites

[tinpan]

Hi all.

In 1851 gold was found at about 40 locations and not know as a single gold rush but numerous rushes that took place over a 100 years from 1851 to 1950. Stll today there still gold to found but the best thing about the site i have camp and miner hut sites untouched. Hidden under massive undergrowth for 50 years. Until the big fires that happened last summer.Beening so dry this year it will take many years for the site to become over grown again.

Theres a couple of old drawing of the site which i have used from an old local news paper Bendigo Daly Bee 1852. This will be followed by 40 pics of the site and dig.

Used a Minelab GPX 4500 with a mono 12 inch coil. Set on auto retune and then my thresh hold turned right down and gain set at 9 with the manual over-ride. Hums like a bee and turns into a mighty dirt monster that eats up everything. Digging all targets is the way to go on a site like this.

About 3000 miners worked this gully so there heeps of relics spanding nearly 100 years to be found.There tent camps , wine shanties ,as well as mining structures and huts and cottages.

tinpan first is the finds and old newapaper pics and followed by 40 site pics

 

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[goldguru]

Another Great post & pics TY.Thats a beautifull Coin congrats

 

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[shaun7]

Very nice Tinpan

I like the coin!

 

[haylen]

Nice pics and great finds

 

[CRUSADER]

Gotta like the big silver. What is it... crown/half crown? Never seen one posted before.

hi ironpatch half crown deemed a proclaimation coinage of th gold rush. Shortage of coin met disused silver coin from several countries where used. value was based on silver weight.Reales ,german -dutch india coins where also used.that appllied to silver and gold coins only

tinpan

A Halfcrown is an excellent find anywhere in the world Nice save

 

[rjw4law]

Imagine all the gold rush sites that remain untouched.

 

[acehunter]

Great post, looks like you have one of the best looking places to hunt that I have ever seen. Best of luck and keep the pic's coming.

 

[pepperj]

wow nice finds and spot u have there... nice insulator also.... MR TUFF

there quite a few whole and broken insulators laying around the power poles burnt down during last summers fires


tinpan

When looking at the pictures things looked a little bare for ground cover. Was going to ask about the fires, and the benifits of opening up hunting areas.

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Great post and pictures Tinpan
Good luck there,looks like you'll have a lotta fun

 

[Bavaria Mike]

I always enjoy your awesome posts especially this time of year, LOL! Great finds and pictures, I can imagine how much fun you have using a GPX4500. I have heard of detectors finding pipe banks full of gold, and sometimes empty, LOL, in Alaska. Are pipe banks ever found in Aussie land? Which means you have to dig all the iron in that clay cement, LOL? HH, Mike

 

[tymcmurray]

Great finds.
Looks like a rough area to hunt.

Ty

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[kuger]

Awesome 1850 gold pan!!!I have never dug one of those early ones.Thats a treasure and it was just laying there??I really need to go to Aussie land!!!

 

[TreasurdiggrNY]

Another great post Thanks for sharing, great pics and finds

 

[Deno]

Tinpan, the gold and the coin are sweeeet.

 

[tinpan]

Awesome 1850 gold pan!!!I have never dug one of those early ones.Thats a treasure and it was just laying there??I really need to go to Aussie land!!!

hi kuger , i left the gold pan where it lay , i take a few relics and leave much . The bottom of the pan is rotted out so i will for some else.



tinpan

 

[tinpan]

Thanks for the replies. All forrests , state parks and national parks are closed for the next few days .We have gone to "Code Red" Fire alert and not change until wednesday. it was a 110 degrees today.


tinpan

 

[allen]

make sure to drink plenty of water in those high temps Tinpan !!!

 

[jimbob450]

Very interesting post as usual, Tinpan. Thank you.
I was wondering, Does the wildlife there bother or interfere
with you much? Jimbob

 

[mickk]

Plus the bucket of gold he wont show

Great site, great report as always. Nice coin, Italian? reminds me of Carboni.

 

[tinpan]

Plus the bucket of gold he wont show

Great site, great report as always. Nice coin, Italian? reminds me of Carboni.

hi Mick That depends on which side of Lygon St you come from


tinpan

 

[mickk]

I havent been to Lygon Street since it became trendy. We used to go to twins for souvlaki, I invented souvas with cheese you know . Johnnys green room around the corner was more my style. Pool tables, space invaders and the best meatballs, sauce and crusty bread with 1/2lb of butter to go with it man it was good. So good I never went back to spoil the memory.

More GOLD to ya brother!