A few years ago, when I was a lad.....:cam:

[aushunter]

Back in 87' when I first up to Brisbane I rented a house by myself.
It was a small house with a carport/garage to one side that I used as a workshop and storage.
And in those 3 yrs I worked in that shed I noticed 3 blocks of wood up on the top plate of his shed.
After 3 yrs I finally had to move out as the rent was a getting a bit to much, so a share situation was decided.
Moving my stuff off the property meant we had to clean and leave it in an acceptable condition.
When I came to cleaning out the shed I decided to hose down the walls and wash out all the accumalated
dust etc. And the blocks of wood had to go to.Well the first 2 blocks came down with a woody sound, but
when the 3rd block of wood was washed it broke opened and out spilled these little darlings.
All the coins where in almost in mint condition. I had a few more but I gave a couple to my parents.
There was also a larger type coin which I can't locate, but it is here somewhere at home.
I thought I would share this story with everyone.
Cheers and Happy Hunting
Aushunter

 

[gear box]

They look like they came right off the press. Are they silver? Nice!
Gary

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

A coin cache without having to hunt for it..Right on..

 

[doindadiggin]

Hi aushunter good score eh! those 50c pieces are worth a bit last i saw they were bringing $17.00aud each could be more now the engraved date are nice also i saw some for sale at the local markets .terry

 

[lazyaussie]

sweet silver Aushunter i"d love to find some of those commemorative florins & a silver 50c is on my wanta find list.
lazyaussie

 

[aushunter]

Iv'e found a few silver coins in the past, but this lot blew me away as they are in pristine condition.
They where in a little carboard box the size of an off-cut of a 3X2 about 5" long and encrusted with a
very thick coat of dust. So I easily mistaken them for a piece of timber that someone just put up out of the way.
Doindadiggin, thats a healthy hoard of gold ya got there, you must get out a fair bit, I myself would love to get
out more but the kids sort of slow me down a bit.
Hopefully I will get out a bit more in the New Year and boost my tally up.
Cheers
Aushunter

 

[jeff & Maria]

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