An Aussie who needs help

[JimG]

Hey everyone. Thank you for allowing into this forum. I have only recently started metal detecting and have an item I am trying to identify. I think it is some kind of badge but I cannot find the symbol on it anyone online. It is brass, found in a mining area. I'd guess it is from the late 1800s, early 1900s. I hope someone in here can help me at least identify the symbol on it, what country it might be from. I also found a CH Cuyot bucket with the rollers still attached near the brass badge/button. Is it worth anything? Cheers Jim

 

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[kcm]

Hello Jim, and welcome to Tnet!

That's a pretty cool find, but I think you'd have better luck with answers if you posted in the What Is It? section.

 

[vpnavy]

Since you posted this in the New Member Introductions SubForm Jim - let me be the frist to say Welcome Aboard! Take a look at Sub-Forums: Australia for information directly related to your country.

 

[bootybandit]

Welcome to TNET!

 

[JimG]

Hello Jim, and welcome to Tnet!

That's a pretty cool find, but I think you'd have better luck with answers if you posted in the What Is It? section.

OK fair comment thanks. I am new to the treasure net so have no idea where to go. Cheers. And thank you for the welcome. My partner and I have just started metal detecting as a hobby and in Far North Queensland we have a lot of old mining areas to investigate. I'd love to find some gold of course but we only have a cheep detector at this stage so fairly limited to artifacts. Thanks for the welcome. I have found some interesting things already including a stainless steel knife that dates back to the first stainless steel cutlery in the early 1900s. Awesome fun.