First time detecting a park

[Tommi]

Hey guys,

I took my metal detector to the park for the 1st time, found a bunch of cans, nail, wire, bolt/nut, tent peg, bottle cap, bit of metal, lead sheet (sinker), Seiko watch and an old broken plate.

All finds were about 1 to 3inch's down, nothing deep; detector did well in the hard mineralized red soil.
The watch is my first official jewelry find.... however its rubbish as it’s broken beyond repair and I'm more of an analog kind of guy

The area is kind of small local hang out, not much activity lots of rubbish as you can see!

EDIT: W.H. Grindley & Co., Turnstall, Staffordshire, England. Earthenware, Ironstone. c:1891 - present. Different back stamps indicate different dates the piece was produced, see Kovel's for specific back stamps and date of manufacture. (Think the plate parts I found is from around 1930, still trying to find some ship wrecks in the area, lots of ships have been lost in bay)

 

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[davest]

nice finds. I like the research you did on the plate shard. Have you tried to find the owner of the watch?

 

[TheTreasureAddict]

YAAAAAAAAAA, GOOD job brother, tear that park up! Glad to see ur having fun. Dont worry bout the shiny stuff its there, just keep looking. I really like the back of the watch good find there. Now go hunt and stop reading this!

Crackbadger

 

[Tommi]

I tried to find the owner of the watch, he is a local snooker / pool champ apparently, and donated some trophy for a club. I doubt he would want it back haha.

Crackbadger - thanks mate, if I ever get in trouble for tearing parks up I'll tell them its ok the Crackbadger told me to do it hehe

If that plate came from a shipwreck it could possibly be one of these:
Launches 1930 - Moreton Island -
Caloundra 1937 Jan Moreton Bay -
Typhoon 1938 - Moreton Bay -
Rufus King 1942 Jul Stradbroke Island South Passage
Torrenia 1947 Apr Moreton Bay Scarborough
Fleetwood 1948 Dec Moreton Island off Cape Moreton
Grazier 1948 Jan Moreton Bay Mud Island
Planet 1949 - Moreton Island -
Weeroona 1949 Mar Moreton Bay -
Marietta Dal 1950 May Moreton Island Smith's Rock
Why Worry 1953 Sep Moreton Bay -
Florant 1954 Sep Moreton Bay -
Telstar 1964 Jul Moreton Island off Cape Moreton
Captain Neilson 1964 Sep Moreton Bay -
Dorshae 1966 May Moreton Island off Cape Moreton
Loa Loa 1975 Jan Moreton Island -
Wiluna 1975 Sep Moreton Island off Moreton Island
Tanderra 1980 Feb Moreton Bay -
Valkyrie 1980 Mar Stradbroke Island South Passage bar
Magic Dragon 1985 - Moreton Island Flinders Reef
Kos 1 1986 Jul Moreton Island Cape Moreton
Misty 1 1986 Jul Stradbroke Island Jumpinpin
Siren 1987 Jul Stradbroke Island -
Ocean Diver 1988 Aug Moreton Island Flinders Reef
Dabayari 1988 Jun Stradbroke Island -
Karalou 1988 Mar Moreton Bay -
Tropical Tramp 1989 Jan Stradbroke Island Flat Rock
Edward Thomas 1990 Apr Moreton Bay -
Sigeurner Barron 1990 Jun Moreton Bay -
Yak 1990 Jun Stradbroke Island Flat Rock
Lazy River 1990 May Moreton Bay St Helena Island
Trawler (no name) 1992 Mar Stradbroke Island -
Kestral 1992 May Stradbroke Island -
Jennifer Kay 1992 Nov Moreton Island Flinders Reef (north)

 

[Cynangyl]

Good to see you got out and found something! I like the watch too....so it is broke, it still is interesting to us junkaholics! The broken plate piece is fascinating too especially given the idea that it might have come from a wreck in the area. Even if it did not, you get to research a bit and find out more about wrecks in the area! yeah yeah....guess not EVERYONE gets excited about researching but I do and it is a big part of this hobby of ours!

 

[weasel606]

nice finds ! congrats

 

[stryker-one]

Nice!!

Thank you for sharing.


Stryker

 

[Tommi]

hmmm junkaholics ... you would get your fix detecting the place I was at.
It has an alarming number of broken bottles, I couldn't find one whole bottle.
No problems for sharing, I'll see what else I can dig up from that area.

I love researching, it opens up a whole new world, you see what overs miss and idiots that come up to me and ask me in a pirate tone "have ya found ya buried treasure yet??" look like complete #&*@
(Mind you I'm 200pound and not so fat they do it from a safe distance away.)

 

[tinpan]

I tried to find the owner of the watch, he is a local snooker / pool champ apparently, and donated some trophy for a club. I doubt he would want it back haha.

Crackbadger - thanks mate, if I ever get in trouble for tearing parks up I'll tell them its ok the Crackbadger told me to do it hehe

If that plate came from a shipwreck it could possibly be one of these:
Launches 1930 - Moreton Island -
Caloundra 1937 Jan Moreton Bay -
Typhoon 1938 - Moreton Bay -
Rufus King 1942 Jul Stradbroke Island South Passage
Torrenia 1947 Apr Moreton Bay Scarborough
Fleetwood 1948 Dec Moreton Island off Cape Moreton
Grazier 1948 Jan Moreton Bay Mud Island
Planet 1949 - Moreton Island -
Weeroona 1949 Mar Moreton Bay -
Marietta Dal 1950 May Moreton Island Smith's Rock
Why Worry 1953 Sep Moreton Bay -
Florant 1954 Sep Moreton Bay -
Telstar 1964 Jul Moreton Island off Cape Moreton
Captain Neilson 1964 Sep Moreton Bay -
Dorshae 1966 May Moreton Island off Cape Moreton
Loa Loa 1975 Jan Moreton Island -
Wiluna 1975 Sep Moreton Island off Moreton Island
Tanderra 1980 Feb Moreton Bay -
Valkyrie 1980 Mar Stradbroke Island South Passage bar
Magic Dragon 1985 - Moreton Island Flinders Reef
Kos 1 1986 Jul Moreton Island Cape Moreton
Misty 1 1986 Jul Stradbroke Island Jumpinpin
Siren 1987 Jul Stradbroke Island -
Ocean Diver 1988 Aug Moreton Island Flinders Reef
Dabayari 1988 Jun Stradbroke Island -
Karalou 1988 Mar Moreton Bay -
Tropical Tramp 1989 Jan Stradbroke Island Flat Rock
Edward Thomas 1990 Apr Moreton Bay -
Sigeurner Barron 1990 Jun Moreton Bay -
Yak 1990 Jun Stradbroke Island Flat Rock
Lazy River 1990 May Moreton Bay St Helena Island
Trawler (no name) 1992 Mar Stradbroke Island -
Kestral 1992 May Stradbroke Island -
Jennifer Kay 1992 Nov Moreton Island Flinders Reef (north)

Hi tommi Where are you going to get premission to take relics from any shipwrecks in any Australian waters.

tinpan

 

[Tommi]

If that plate came from a shipwreck it could possibly be one of these: ......

besides, if it was found above the water line then theres no issue
And my short term memory isn't that good.... 

P.S: AND!!! if it came off one of the listed ships it may not be older then 75yrs old.

Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976

Australia's historic shipwrecks form an invaluable, limited and irreplaceable resource. The Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 , which is administered by this Department, protects historic wrecks and relics in Commonwealth waters, extending from below the low water mark to the edge of the continental shelf.

Under a declaration made under the Historic Shipwrecks Act, all wrecks which are more than 75 years old are protected, together with their associated relics.

 

[EDDE]

I tried to find the owner of the watch, he is a local snooker / pool champ apparently, and donated some trophy for a club. I doubt he would want it back haha.

Crackbadger - thanks mate, if I ever get in trouble for tearing parks up I'll tell them its ok the Crackbadger told me to do it hehe

If that plate came from a shipwreck it could possibly be one of these:
Launches 1930 - Moreton Island -
Caloundra 1937 Jan Moreton Bay -
Typhoon 1938 - Moreton Bay -
Rufus King 1942 Jul Stradbroke Island South Passage
Torrenia 1947 Apr Moreton Bay Scarborough
Fleetwood 1948 Dec Moreton Island off Cape Moreton
Grazier 1948 Jan Moreton Bay Mud Island
Planet 1949 - Moreton Island -
Weeroona 1949 Mar Moreton Bay -
Marietta Dal 1950 May Moreton Island Smith's Rock
Why Worry 1953 Sep Moreton Bay -
Florant 1954 Sep Moreton Bay -
Telstar 1964 Jul Moreton Island off Cape Moreton
Captain Neilson 1964 Sep Moreton Bay -
Dorshae 1966 May Moreton Island off Cape Moreton
Loa Loa 1975 Jan Moreton Island -
Wiluna 1975 Sep Moreton Island off Moreton Island
Tanderra 1980 Feb Moreton Bay -
Valkyrie 1980 Mar Stradbroke Island South Passage bar
Magic Dragon 1985 - Moreton Island Flinders Reef
Kos 1 1986 Jul Moreton Island Cape Moreton
Misty 1 1986 Jul Stradbroke Island Jumpinpin
Siren 1987 Jul Stradbroke Island -
Ocean Diver 1988 Aug Moreton Island Flinders Reef
Dabayari 1988 Jun Stradbroke Island -
Karalou 1988 Mar Moreton Bay -
Tropical Tramp 1989 Jan Stradbroke Island Flat Rock
Edward Thomas 1990 Apr Moreton Bay -
Sigeurner Barron 1990 Jun Moreton Bay -
Yak 1990 Jun Stradbroke Island Flat Rock
Lazy River 1990 May Moreton Bay St Helena Island
Trawler (no name) 1992 Mar Stradbroke Island -
Kestral 1992 May Stradbroke Island -
Jennifer Kay 1992 Nov Moreton Island Flinders Reef (north)

Hi tommi Where are you going to get premission to take relics from any shipwrecks in any Australian waters.

tinpan

in a park ? how was the cricket match?