TN new member drives 700 miles to go hunting

[tinpan]

Hi all, On saturday evening i got a phone call from a new tn member [ Black Allan ] Allan has joined TN in the past few weeks.I meet Allan threw another new member back in the New Year. Anyway Allan who lives in Sydney which is about 700 miles from me wanted to come down to the gold feilds for a hunt.It had been raining in Sydney all week and he just wanted get away to country for a few days. i needed a bit more time to plan things but didn,t have time.Pretty keen to just pack his truck and drive at 5 minutes notice.Allan brought his very nice girl friend along. So i met up with Allen and Agee about 8am the next morning and headed out too a place called Diamond Hill. With only 2 mds between us i decided to lend my gpx to Agee for for the day and i would be the target digger. Got too nearly 100 degrees about 11am but still as keen as ever we went on. I was making jokes about city folk not handling the conditions.Allen say back to me "work smart not hard" "See country boy your digging in the heat i,m just finding the targets."Well that shut me up LOL. Dug mainly lead but manged a few keepers for the day. Suspender belt [1857 embossed] a half penny 1851 strange bullet with a copper jacket and a sailors button. the area we worked produced no gold but thats the way it is sometimes.Meet Allen and his girl friend Agee and heres a few pics of the day and the finds.


tinpan

 

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[Nana40]

Looks like a hot hunt! Esp for ole TP! Love the finds and pics, ya'll!!

Welcome to Tnet Allan & Agee.

Nana

 

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[Tnmountains]

Yeah thats cool. What the hobby is all about. Good friends and fun finds. Nice hospitality there.

TnMtns

 

[phantomfinder]

It's all about friends , WTG
To bad you didn't find any color , maybe next time

 

[Alnitak]

Looks like your camera lens needs a cleaning, seems to be a smudge in most of the pictures.

+1

I love your posts, Tinpan, but the pictures are driving me crazy with the big blur right in the middle. Can you clean that lens?

 

[brookfield]

Driving 700 miles sure shows dedication, my favorite hunting spot is only 325 miles away. The warm weather sounds great seeing how its snowing right now. Nice finds WTG HH js

 

[BuckleBoy]

Keep on posting your blurry photos, Tinpan. With the great finds you usually make, I don't care what condition your camera's in as long as I get to view and enjoy your finds.

Sometimes, one just has to get up and go digging. I've driven impulsively before to dig, as much as 300 miles one way.

Otherwise one just sits around making every excuse not to go.


Cheers,


Buckles

 

[tinpan]

Hi all thanks for the replies, I have destroyed 4 cameras in 2 years, Living in a very dry and dusty place doesn,t help. The dust is fine and chokes the lens retraction and damages the lens.

tinpan

 

[Alnitak]

Hi all thanks for the replies, I have destroyed 4 cameras in 2 years, Living in a very dry and dusty place doesn,t help. The dust is fine and chokes the lens retraction and damages the lens.

tinpan

Bummer! At least you find enough gold to buy new cameras!