2017 detector finds

[Ramjet]

I wish I had sites like that to complain about.

 

[Ryan]

So much interesting stuff there,if you keep it up you will be able to open up your own museum

Goldpick's Museum

Admission Prices -

Adults $15.00
Children Under 5 - Free

It is better to sell picks and shovels in a gold rush arty:

 

[golddiggerart]

Mate - Goldpick it has to be said that there is something which is visually appealing about your pictures.....Maybe the way you've used the lighting or the way the finds are set out on the board. Maybe it is the nostalgia of the finds for me....Love your finds and thanks for sharing.

Cheers GDA :Y: :Y: :Y: :Y:

 

[Heatho]

Excellent hunting and finds as usual GP, well done. :Y:

 

[Sandta]

WOW
Another full spread of interesting finds.
Certainly is a treasure hunt ... anything could pop up.

 

[SleepyJ]

I wish I had sites like that to complain about.

Haha I'll second that!

 

[TonyynoT]

Im jealous

 

[rocketaroo]

top hunt, someone has cherry picked the coins....mustave been a few there!

 

[Goldpick]

Back to the grind again today, looking for more sites to detect - wasn't very successful with half the day wasted in travelling down near impassible tracks due to overnight rain.

Instead we headed back to the same site again, ths time with the Deus split into two detectors - one with the 11" coil and WS4/Deteknix headphone combo, and the other with the HF 9"coil and remote. After giving the missus a short tutorial on using the Deus with fulltones, off she headed for a maiden run, first target some copper, second target a shotty shell, third a 1905 English hp - talking about beginners luck!

I found out the hard way not to turn on the second Deus until it was out of range of the first one, otherwise the WS4's connect up with the wrong coil, so all I could hear was the missus detecting. :8 Once she was out of range, started up the WS4 and selected the 11" coil and I was good to go. Really should have started mine up first, as it was previously paired with the HF 9" coil.

Still not a huge amount of targets around, I managed a couple of crusty 1917 pennies before digging up a 1914-15 SA Dog tag, several buttons, a huge lock, and large brass thingamijig???

At the day's end, the missus really warmed to the Deus, loved the lack of weight to swing around, and found the menu system quite easy to navigate. Got a feeling that her G2 is going to gather some dust in the coming weeks.

 

[B5MECH]

Top hunt GP :Y: ...Love those dog tags you get...The brass thingo looks interesting 8)
The 1905's a cracker 8) ..Go the crayons, they do an awesome job hey :Y:

 

[Goldpick]

Top hunt GP :Y: ...Love those dog tags you get...The brass thingo looks interesting 8)
The 1905's a cracker 8) ..Go the crayons, they do an awesome job hey :Y:

The crayons certainly did do a great job at cleaning up both the HP and dog tag, they really bring out the detail. Unfortunately the pennies were a little toasted, I just cleaned some crud off to read the dates.

 

[Ryan]

I am really loving your finds,really really interesting stuff,great Australiana :Y:

Looking at the dog tag I am thinking that the dogs of old must have been mean

Keep it coming arty:

 

[Ramjet]

Outstanding as always GP.

 

[Goldpick]

I am really loving your finds,really really interesting stuff,great Australiana :Y:

Looking at the dog tag I am think that the dogs of old must have been mean

Keep it coming arty:

They probably were mean, the main reason they were brought in around the late 1800's was to try and differentiate between feral and working dogs. They had a lot of trouble with them roaming the dirt streets in great numbers down here back in the day, upsetting and attacking horses and pedestrians alike. They ended culling many of dogs, and unfortunately not all of them were feral - hence the idea of the tags (came across that from book on our local histroy).

 

[ktmman]

Great hunting again,interesting about the dog problem back in the day.

 

[golddiggerart]

Very nice collection of finds....That Britt looks good. :Y:

 

[Goldpick]

I have been going through my finds to collate all of the dog tags from mainly 2016/17, most are as they came out of the ground with dates ranging from the 1880's through to early 1930's.

Prior to moving down to the SE of SA, I had only ever dug one example in the suburbs of Adelaide, through to 40+ to date. They are a great collectable being dated, having an issue number, dog sex (female denoted by hole in in tag), and number of the region from which it originated.

I am always in two minds about cleaning these up, though might give a few the "crayon" treatment to see how they come up.

 

[Ryan]

Great collection :Y: and all shapes and sizes

Do these things actually go through a dogs ear or on the collar 8)

I'll say it again - great historical collection

 

[dam it]

Nice I like them
Not like the plastic one,s today .

 

[rocketaroo]

envious of those dog tags, we didnt have them in NSW, top hunt again!