Harry_Morant
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Hi Guys, I haven't posted my finds up for a while as I've been keeping a low profile on a site I'm working on at the moment. I'm assisting a local historian and trying to get as much done before she goes to print next year. Unfortunately the last time she got in the news another detectorist came in to a section of the area, dug it all to hell leaving holes everywhere and rubbish strewn around - a real mess. I went in afterwards and filled in all the holes and just shook my head.
At this site which I've spent a lot of time on this year every finds location is recorded on a GPS, cleaned, photographed, tagged, bagged and details recorded in a journal. At the end everything goes to the local historical society. As much as there's been some nice finds I'd much rather they go somewhere where they will have some meaning and research value. On the plus side its opening a lot of doors and I've now got a few years worth of historical sites which they have directed me to which I can detect.
Last weekend I was doing a new area and the first item for the afternoon was a metal small cylinder on which i could make out 'Evans Patented Concinnum Machine London' - I had no idea what a Concinnum Machine was and it bugged me for the next three hours thinking about it
It was only when I got home and carefully opened it up did I get an idea. Its for making roll-your-own cigarettes. A few other items I found on the day were a nice little thimble, a cast iron bath leg (still cleaning it up), kerosene lamp base, part of an old vintage bike pump a big lizard, a Bullants nest and a Funnelweb Spider. Nothing like the Aussie bush for things that can bite, sting and kill you Bullants are extremely aggressive and grow to about 4cm long and the Funnelweb is one of the worlds deadliest spiders (didn't stop me from waving the wand over his burrow - I mean you gotta check right?) .
At this site which I've spent a lot of time on this year every finds location is recorded on a GPS, cleaned, photographed, tagged, bagged and details recorded in a journal. At the end everything goes to the local historical society. As much as there's been some nice finds I'd much rather they go somewhere where they will have some meaning and research value. On the plus side its opening a lot of doors and I've now got a few years worth of historical sites which they have directed me to which I can detect.
Last weekend I was doing a new area and the first item for the afternoon was a metal small cylinder on which i could make out 'Evans Patented Concinnum Machine London' - I had no idea what a Concinnum Machine was and it bugged me for the next three hours thinking about it
It was only when I got home and carefully opened it up did I get an idea. Its for making roll-your-own cigarettes. A few other items I found on the day were a nice little thimble, a cast iron bath leg (still cleaning it up), kerosene lamp base, part of an old vintage bike pump a big lizard, a Bullants nest and a Funnelweb Spider. Nothing like the Aussie bush for things that can bite, sting and kill you Bullants are extremely aggressive and grow to about 4cm long and the Funnelweb is one of the worlds deadliest spiders (didn't stop me from waving the wand over his burrow - I mean you gotta check right?) .Amazon Forum Fav 👍
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