tinpan
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Hi all, have a few forgotten the history of the colonial horses that made your countries what they are today.Every ex- colonial country has breed there own type of horses for needs of the time.Theres no best breed just a great 4 legged friend and work mate. here in Australia the first horses came in 1788 .All started from Cape horse crossed with numerous other horses over 60 years.Finally in 1840 the horse became a breed of it own "Waler" short from New South Wales.Four main types used for the numerous jobs in the 19 century. Many were used in the local mining industry even when Industrial revolution was taking place. The motor car was not to come to latter on and not many people around here could afford one. Horses were still used right up too the mid 1960's . Milk cart, bread cart and even a Privy wagon.
here a link to the walers history http://www.walerhorse.com/whsa/
Todays hunt. I went back too the hard mine site i have been working laterly and have come across quite a few pieces of horse shoe.Ok common find anywhere but no in numbers i have found them.
From historical records there was as many as 134 blacksmith shop on this section of the gold feilds and over the years i have posted many pics and drawings of mining scenes with horses always present.
I decided to work along the edge of a small pile of ore tailing and got 2 nice species .Hot today so i didn,t figure on staying out too long. Conditions where perfect for the GPX so i was able push both my gain up to 13 and threshold just abit more. Gives me just a little more punch into the ore tailing base.
Only took me 30 minutes to get 2 but as soon the wind picked up the gpx got too noisy for the settings i was using.I spend a few minutes and tune the noise out but i have a set pattern for the coil which i use for the tailings heaps. better to come back when the conditions are right.
Anyway on the way home i stopped to see a mate who just brought a new Gpx 5000 and he wanted to get a bit of gold off me to use as a tester. 2 types of testers one is put a small nugget in small plastic vile or get a small quartz specie with touch of gold on it. By running the tester over the coil before you start youe hunt for gold you learn the destinct sound. Good to place it in differents types of ground and depth and that makes use your manual over ride .Good way to learn to set your Gpx for different ground conditions. Well after a coffee and chat i had to head off. Yep teenage son wanted a ride somewhere and my wife had gone out for the afternoon. Busy like most families and they always come first. Mate gave me these 2 Uk cap bagdes for the tester. I declined but he insisted. So called it trade. I was happy with that idea.
Not a bad day at all got 2 species[found] and 2 cap badges [swap] that will be just enough varity for my January Display. I only keep species and the best small nuggets but 75% of the gold i find is junky and ugly so i sell that when i have an oz.Still cannot find any thing of more than a gram size lately.My hunt % stike right is 137% but its only a few pieces of gold at a time.
First pic is of the 2 species and the third is "my tester"
Second pic is of the cap badges a "TRADE"
Other pics are of my January Display all finds and the trade
tinpan
here a link to the walers history http://www.walerhorse.com/whsa/
Todays hunt. I went back too the hard mine site i have been working laterly and have come across quite a few pieces of horse shoe.Ok common find anywhere but no in numbers i have found them.
From historical records there was as many as 134 blacksmith shop on this section of the gold feilds and over the years i have posted many pics and drawings of mining scenes with horses always present.
I decided to work along the edge of a small pile of ore tailing and got 2 nice species .Hot today so i didn,t figure on staying out too long. Conditions where perfect for the GPX so i was able push both my gain up to 13 and threshold just abit more. Gives me just a little more punch into the ore tailing base.
Only took me 30 minutes to get 2 but as soon the wind picked up the gpx got too noisy for the settings i was using.I spend a few minutes and tune the noise out but i have a set pattern for the coil which i use for the tailings heaps. better to come back when the conditions are right.
Anyway on the way home i stopped to see a mate who just brought a new Gpx 5000 and he wanted to get a bit of gold off me to use as a tester. 2 types of testers one is put a small nugget in small plastic vile or get a small quartz specie with touch of gold on it. By running the tester over the coil before you start youe hunt for gold you learn the destinct sound. Good to place it in differents types of ground and depth and that makes use your manual over ride .Good way to learn to set your Gpx for different ground conditions. Well after a coffee and chat i had to head off. Yep teenage son wanted a ride somewhere and my wife had gone out for the afternoon. Busy like most families and they always come first. Mate gave me these 2 Uk cap bagdes for the tester. I declined but he insisted. So called it trade. I was happy with that idea.
Not a bad day at all got 2 species[found] and 2 cap badges [swap] that will be just enough varity for my January Display. I only keep species and the best small nuggets but 75% of the gold i find is junky and ugly so i sell that when i have an oz.Still cannot find any thing of more than a gram size lately.My hunt % stike right is 137% but its only a few pieces of gold at a time.
First pic is of the 2 species and the third is "my tester"
Second pic is of the cap badges a "TRADE"
Other pics are of my January Display all finds and the trade
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