wow what a awesome 2 days i have had, been doin some research about an old swimming hole that i have located, been talking to the locals in the area and they said they have been swimming there for years, with the drought on here and the water being low i decided to give it a shot, i tryed this plce about 2 weeks earlier and only found 45 cents but i found a nice silver braclet, i only got in 40 minutes that day and thought that cant be it, well i went and got 2 hours in befor work and found 56 coins and 2 rings, one huge brass ring which i thought was gold at first, i got 22 predecimal coins, i turned up the next day raring to go again and this time i took my old man along to help me clean it up, we got in just over 4 hours, by the end of it we were that worn out from digging holes we decided to call it quits, i once again got another 22 predecimals with another 3 rings, 2 being silver and one junk, my dad got 11 predecimals and we both got around $5 in modern coins.
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here are the pennys and half pennys that i found over the 2 days, earlyiest was a 1911 full penny which was the first year they were made in australia.
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here is a pic of all the silver coins that i found, 2 florins earliest 1921 which is the earliest i have found to date, 2 shillings, 10 sixpences and 4, 3 pences.
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this is a picture of my dads finds, including the modern coins 2 early belt buckles, 4 penny, 6 halfpennys 1 sixpence and 2, 3 pences
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heres a pic of the relics i found, 2 buckles top left one is brass with a picture of a bird on it, one button with a big anchor on it, the little medal plate thingo says presented to the children by the government of victoria, a lead army figurine and some sort of home made medallion with initials of someones name on it.
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this was the find of the 2 days my earliest coin yet, its an 1883 english half penny in pretty good condition as our penny usually corrode pretty badly in the ground
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reverse side shows queen victoria, thanks for looking HH Nick
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here are the pennys and half pennys that i found over the 2 days, earlyiest was a 1911 full penny which was the first year they were made in australia.
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here is a pic of all the silver coins that i found, 2 florins earliest 1921 which is the earliest i have found to date, 2 shillings, 10 sixpences and 4, 3 pences.
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this is a picture of my dads finds, including the modern coins 2 early belt buckles, 4 penny, 6 halfpennys 1 sixpence and 2, 3 pences
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heres a pic of the relics i found, 2 buckles top left one is brass with a picture of a bird on it, one button with a big anchor on it, the little medal plate thingo says presented to the children by the government of victoria, a lead army figurine and some sort of home made medallion with initials of someones name on it.
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this was the find of the 2 days my earliest coin yet, its an 1883 english half penny in pretty good condition as our penny usually corrode pretty badly in the ground
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reverse side shows queen victoria, thanks for looking HH Nick