A couple of coins and relics from Oz
The other finds are from yesterday (10th Jan). I found a large strip of land where once 29 old houses stood (that’s a lot of ground to cover!). First coin for the day was a 1910 British penny, followed by a lot of junk (I dug about 10lbs of rubbish that day, most of which copper, brass and lead). Someone else had already been hunting here because I saw their holes and the rubbish beside them, but that wasn’t going to deter me. They missed quite a few things, including a shilling, penny and halfpenny so obviously they didn’t do a good job at hunting the site. After three hours, I decided to go a nearby park along the Swan River to look for some clad coins. Didn’t do too well there, ($7), but I did find a decent coin spill, so I went back to the old homesites for a few more hours. Within five minutes of returning I found $7 in someone’s old driveway, followed by a 1925 sixpence (.925) and a 1916 British sixpence.
Other interesting finds included an Australian shoulder flash from WW1 (worn by a soldier). I didn’t know these things existed until a few days ago, and ever since I’ve been wanting to find one!
I also found an old badge (also from WW1) which reads “Junior Red Cross”, a couple old toy cars and a whole pile of other unknown things. Hunting this site wasn’t particular enjoyable because it’s right next to a major road (I had a very large audience) and I found out that it’s a popular route for trucks and ambulances. The weather for the next few days isn’t looking too good, we’re in for some rain from an ex-tropical cyclone but hopefully the ground will get a little easier to dig in.
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