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!


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.