treasures from the forgotten gold mines of Battery Hill

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Hi all,been hunting around a small area which was known as Battery Hill. Theres about 20 gold mines on the hill and a lot of small diggings and tailing piles spread along the creek. total area covers about 2 square miles, in the 3 days i spent there i only covered the areas that looked promising.Beening late autunm the winter rains have started and 2 inches fell over night. The clay turns too thick mud and the roads become rivers so ,i might have to wait to spring to get back to this site.Finally managed a whole buckle and few nuggets and some relics.

There pic taken in the gold miners days to give an idea how things were.


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Super, sweet finds! CONGRATS!

:wink: RR
 

Very nice! I'm assuming you are down under. You finding those in the tailings??
 

OldNBroken said:
Very nice! I'm assuming you are down under. You finding those in the tailings??
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thanks for the reply, Mostly found between the creek and half way up the hill. the high flat ground where the horse drawn gold puddling machines were.The hard rock mines up the hill a bit the ore was graded so there not much to be had in those tailings. The puddler clay has had the best results so far.

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Hello, tinpan Those are some nice nuggets 8) buttons ,coins and relics are all nice finds ,as well . The picture shows what a tough , difficult work those mines were .. dangerous 2 . It's late spring here on the USA Northeast coast and weather is warm . :icon_sunny: The worst winter in years for us . I am still cleaning up the damage . Springs rains created even more problems ! ::) exp. a lot of muddy muck here . . Enjoy seeing finds from the land down under ;D Nice work ,mate ! :icon_pirat: CMDdawg
 

welcome to Battery Hill
 

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Awesome gold Mate :icon_thumleft:
Those pics are excellent - you must have a new camera ;D
Cheers, Mike
 

WOW!! that's great stuff, how much did that gold weight out? thanks for the pictures, they sure do explain the story, don't they? good luck, be looking forward to seeing more once that place drys out. congrats !! :icon_thumleft:
 

Tinpan, I always enjoy your posts. You take us along with you by your words and pics. Thanks you for taking the time to share your adventures! :icon_thumleft:
 

Nice bit of gold Tinpan :icon_thumleft:

Is that a coin weight in with the buttons?
 

Love your adventures and awesome finds as usual.. the photos are fantastic as well. I hope you get alot more gold from there along with more relics.. cool adventure ..
 

shaun7 said:
Nice bit of gold Tinpan :icon_thumleft:

Is that a coin weight in with the buttons?
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Gold weight i think shaun. "Bit" don,t you mean "ancient natural hammered" ;D ;D ;D


tin
 

tinpan said:
shaun7 said:
Nice bit of gold Tinpan :icon_thumleft:

Is that a coin weight in with the buttons?
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Gold weight i think shaun. "Bit" don,t you mean "ancient natural hammered" ;D ;D ;D


tin
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How much "ancient natural hammered" gold is there?


Look like fillings to me :-\ :laughing7: :laughing7: :laughing7:
 

tinpan said:
shaun7 said:
Nice bit of gold Tinpan :icon_thumleft:

Is that a coin weight in with the buttons?
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Gold weight i think shaun. "Bit" don,t you mean "ancient natural hammered" ;D ;D ;D


tin
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:laughing9: :laughing9: :laughing9:. Nice going tinman, I would love to detect around a gold mine. Whats it like for venomous wildlife around there?.

hammered
 

Awesome Tinpan, you never fail to amaze me with the amount of gold you come up with. simply stunning.

Well done :icon_thumright:

Sasnz
 

shaun7 said:
tinpan said:
shaun7 said:
Nice bit of gold Tinpan :icon_thumleft:

Is that a coin weight in with the buttons?
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Gold weight i think shaun. "Bit" don,t you mean "ancient natural hammered" ;D ;D ;D


tin
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How much "ancient natural hammered" gold is there?


Look like fillings to me :-\ :laughing7: :laughing7: :laughing7:
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20 grams shaun largest nugget 12.9 grams Seems i have more gold than the whole of the E U lol

tinpan
 

tinpan said:
shaun7 said:
tinpan said:
shaun7 said:
Nice bit of gold Tinpan :icon_thumleft:

Is that a coin weight in with the buttons?
Click to expand...

Gold weight i think shaun. "Bit" don,t you mean "ancient natural hammered" ;D ;D ;D


tin
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How much "ancient natural hammered" gold is there?


Look like fillings to me :-\ :laughing7: :laughing7: :laughing7:
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20 grams shaun largest nugget 12.9 grams Seems i have more gold than the whole of the E U lol

tinpan
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That must belong to us somewhere along the line :icon_scratch:

Give it back :laughing9:
 

shaun7 said:
tinpan said:
shaun7 said:
tinpan said:
shaun7 said:
Nice bit of gold Tinpan :icon_thumleft:

Is that a coin weight in with the buttons?
Click to expand...

Gold weight i think shaun. "Bit" don,t you mean "ancient natural hammered" ;D ;D ;D


tin
Click to expand...



How much "ancient natural hammered" gold is there?


Look like fillings to me :-\ :laughing7: :laughing7: :laughing7:
Click to expand...


20 grams shaun largest nugget 12.9 grams Seems i have more gold than the whole of the E U lol

tinpan
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That must belong to us somewhere along the line :icon_scratch:

Give it back :laughing9:
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NO you lot will only waste it on the Greeks :laughing7: :laughing7: :laughing7:
 

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