AT Gold on a ghost town hunt

[ozzie jack]

Took the Garrett AT Gold with 11 inch dd coil on it for a coin hunt today.
Talk about hitting the jackpot, i been looking to visit this town since August last year, finally got out their today. Was a bit of a head spin to start off with. I expected to find a nature reserve with no remains of the original town. That is how it normally is for me here, but this town which existed in some form from 1850s (one pioneer house) to becoming a village of a two dozen homes by 1900 to vanishing in the great depression, other than a wheat bin which closed by 1970.
So first thing i found was a intact horse trough,

and what is a horse watering hole without a horse shoe

Their was a lot of buckles and iron relics the further i ventured, so i knew i had found the blacksmith. Then headed over the rail line, seems out here in my area of wheatbelt at least, that on one side of a rail line is the wheat bin and associated workings and on other side of line is residential, shops and schools.
Well other side of railway is a silver paradise, had only 20 minutes till i had to head home but 3 silvers in 20 minutes is great. So heading back in a few days for a full day search.

1905 threepence from England
1918 threepence from Australia
1910 Sixpence from Australia
Will post a video once i done the return trip their, got todays on video but want to make a complete video of the place

 

[larryk56]

Very nice! How do you get permission to hunt such
a land? Is it open to the public?

You sure did well ... Congrat's!

 

[ozzie jack]

Yes is open to the public, nature reserves are open to the public. All old ghost towns are declared a nature reserve, this stops the local council from having to pay taxes etc to the state government. so a lot of nature reserves are open fields with little or no nature on them.

 

[Salida]

GREAT HUNTING.
What part of the world is this ghost town in?
Salida

 

[William-NM]

Nice Hunt, Jack!
Sounds like you've got a great spot that hasn't been pounded by other detectorists. I love the ghost towns, though I have found mostly relics and just a few old coins. I love the old ephemera, though, so it's all good. Yesterday, I found a broken pair of early miner's safety glasses, 3 Merry Widows condom tin, part of an old pistol, and a bunch of horseshoes, spikes, and other iron stuff. Will post when time permits. Thanks for posting your finds - that much silver on a short hunt is very encouraging!! G'day!!

 

[ozzie jack]

The are is around 300 kilometres inland of Perth Western Australia, wheat field towns or wheatbelt as we call it down here.

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Nice coin finds . Congrats !