OzzieAu's Recent local finds

[OzzieAu]

I found these at a local beach today...... wtf !
10 down in soft sand next to a walkway onto the beach. !!
Craziest find Ive ever had.

Off to the cop shop tomorrow to hand them in.
Very intrigued to know how and why they came to be where I detected them.

 

[Sandta]

:8

 

[Sandta]

Ive just recently returned from a camping trip to the South East (SA) .
I did some very limited detecting as this was a birthday getaway for the wife, so I was being a good boy and paying attention to other stuff.... anyway with my limited swinging time, I did manage this lot...
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...3962_feac5431-c77c-4acf-bfc2-61c61d2d8e9c.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...3963_243c377c-09a8-4826-9c8d-543a5f0a0f32.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...4029_4160d0d9-67d5-4b16-bb56-db10d85dc68f.jpg
This object has me baffled.... any ideas?
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...4129_e20f3328-a4ba-411d-acbd-e699bb61e214.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...4129_a1473af2-ffd4-473c-b0d0-7ac2d92c2150.jpg

My guess is a gun barrel cleaner

 

[RM Outback]

Ive just recently returned from a camping trip to the South East (SA) .
I did some very limited detecting as this was a birthday getaway for the wife, so I was being a good boy and paying attention to other stuff.... anyway with my limited swinging time, I did manage this lot...
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...3962_feac5431-c77c-4acf-bfc2-61c61d2d8e9c.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...3963_243c377c-09a8-4826-9c8d-543a5f0a0f32.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...4029_4160d0d9-67d5-4b16-bb56-db10d85dc68f.jpg
This object has me baffled.... any ideas?
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...4129_e20f3328-a4ba-411d-acbd-e699bb61e214.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...4129_a1473af2-ffd4-473c-b0d0-7ac2d92c2150.jpg

My guess is a gun barrel cleaner

No, definitely not used to clean, the cleaning process is to remove gun powder residue. These are unfired, most likely target rounds imo due to the slug being flat.

Definitely a weird find :argh:

 

[Sandta]

Ooops
The gun barrel guess was for the previous post not the magnum 357 bullets

 

[RockRat]

Ive just recently returned from a camping trip to the South East (SA) .
I did some very limited detecting as this was a birthday getaway for the wife, so I was being a good boy and paying attention to other stuff.... anyway with my limited swinging time, I did manage this lot...
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...3962_feac5431-c77c-4acf-bfc2-61c61d2d8e9c.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...3963_243c377c-09a8-4826-9c8d-543a5f0a0f32.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...4029_4160d0d9-67d5-4b16-bb56-db10d85dc68f.jpg
This object has me baffled.... any ideas?
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...4129_e20f3328-a4ba-411d-acbd-e699bb61e214.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...4129_a1473af2-ffd4-473c-b0d0-7ac2d92c2150.jpg

Goes on the end of a Ram Rod for loading musket balls, (maybe) they come in a few configurations,
never seen one like this.

 

[OzzieAu]

I think Sandta has nailed it..... it measures 10.9 mm. at its widest point, the same as these 44 caliber slugs.

I assume a strip of cleaning cloth would be wound around the jagged part of the shaft.

 

[Dave's Office]

:inlove:

I found these at a local beach today...... wtf !
10 down in soft sand next to a walkway onto the beach. !!
Craziest find Ive ever had.
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...8776_feb0a282-086f-49db-82d7-818194be4e71.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...8814_776bcfa8-2f0a-4562-864c-2f91328a56a5.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...8862_eba7f1cc-e7df-445e-9ddd-b82347c9ba80.jpg
Off to the cop shop tomorrow to hand them in.
Very intrigued to know how and why they came to be where I detected them.

I heard Dirty Harry was down there fishing recently, looks like some punk might have got lucky :lol:

 

[RockRat]

Definitely cleaning :Y:

 

[OzzieAu]

It’s been awhile, but today I got out with my new Nokta Legend and turned up this lot.

This Nash Seaman car bodies badge is the stand out.

 

[Goldpick]

Liking the Legend so far compared to what you have used in the past?

 

[OzzieAu]

Liking the Legend so far compared to what you have used in the past?

Yeah mate, I’m finding the Legend is like comparing a scalpel with a butter knife when using the 6” coil in trashy spots. It can hear a good target and separate it amongst ferrous rubbish much better than my Simplex or Multi Kruzer. It still pulls plenty of non ferrous, like can slaw and pull tabs, but you still have to dig those targets with any machine ..... but yes definitely loving the customisation of the Legend and it’s stable target ID’s, not to mention the fairly reliable Ferro Check feature.

 

[OzzieAu]

Back out today with the Legend..... it’s really giving my old spots renewed interest.

These two were found at around 8 inches with the 6” coil !!

 

[Jaros]

A few great hauls today.

 

[OzzieAu]

Took the Legend out to an old permission which is a lovely late 1800’s cottage which no doubt has seen a few generations living there as evidenced by these two finds.

If only the penny was a couple of years older.....

 

[OzzieAu]

Back to my 1800’s cottage today . About to give the medallion a better clean up..... may post it in the FOM.

 

[Greenhornet_au]

I found these at a local beach today...... wtf !
10 down in soft sand next to a walkway onto the beach. !!
Craziest find Ive ever had.

Off to the cop shop tomorrow to hand them in.
Very intrigued to know how and why they came to be where I detected them.

Looks like someone was shooting at the beach.
Most probably buried so as not to get caught with them, I would not be surprised if the pistol was in the sand too, somewhere....

Semi wadcutter softpoints, 158gr, 357magnum - target or a hunting round, I used to use them 40+ years ago
The box looks like they used 5 rounds, is it four across? That would mean only 36 in a pack which is unusual, so it could be dated just by the packaging quantity. Pistol was a revolver, possibly even 5 chambered, so that could be narrowed down too.

 

[OzzieAu]

Thanks for that feedback GH.... and yes, I have searched for the gun also, but no luck there.
The package is for 36 rounds... 4 rows of 9.
Never heard back from the police.... so a bit of a mystery.

 

[Greenhornet_au]

Yeah that was a strange find. Seems like you have a knack for that 'different' find thing.

SAPOL wont care, they went into a box for destruction. A good thing too.

Mod edit: information regarding disassembly of ammunition removed.

 

[OzzieAu]

Just come out of iso today, so first chance to clean up a few relics found on my way back from my Tibooburra trip.