British Colonial Buckle,2 Piece button and 4 ozs of gold

[tinpan]

Hi all been working 2 jobs lately so i have not had to post.Well last wekend i lent a GpX 4500 minelab and headed out to place in the Local Whipstick Forrest. In recent months theres been some good gold finds in the old diggings at the North end.The place has Mallee Scrub regrowth and its quite had work to get into these old digging and theres also March Flies bite like hell.

Well i been to the spot before and had little luck but the gpx makes a big difference.With heep of extra depth and a borrowed coil from a friend i did quite well.The under-growth is so thick that in 1852 when gold first found at this spot , it took the gold-miners 12 years to cut their way threw the forrest.
Most of the gold diggings are clear of vegitation but hard to locate.

4 trips to the site has been a good start. first i have 2 nuggets to about 4 ozs but full of ironstone and quartz and i also have my first Colonial British Gold Trooper buckle and a nice Welsh type 2 piece button.

I copped a few March fly bites too, dam sting like a wasp.Blood suckers Heres a pics of finds and will post site pics later in the week. .

tinpan

 

[lairmo]

Re: British Colonial Buckle,2 Piece button and 4 ozers of gold

Nice gold!!! Love that buckle!!!

 

[tinpan]

Re: British Colonial Buckle,2 Piece button and 4 ozers of gold

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[liftloop]

excellent job on the gold & buckel

 

[slak jak]

great stuff tp , but we all know that you have to earn it & it dont
come easy , congrats & h h slak jak.

 

[Trond]

Mmm Goooold... :P Great finds!

 

[seger98]

Once again tinpan you've found some good stuff, those nuggets are pretty nice size, how much are they worth? Really nice buckle as well.

 

[Mr. Slate]

Incredible gold in matrix. I've been stung, bitten scratched and bruised and have never found anything as nice. Congrats.

 

[The Beep Goes On]

Awesome

HH!
TBGO

 

[Bavaria Mike]

These kind of posts are much more like the Australia I have dreamed about! I know from a few others that gold is not easy especially around the tailing piles. The ML GP 4500 is top of the line, must have been fun to use! Did any of those brush fires clear up mine areas? Congrats on the finds and HH, Mike

 

[ringfinder]

Really Great Finds, The Gold is Awesome and really like the Buckle!

HH, Ringfinder

 

[east tx digger]

BEAUTIFUL ........Very Nice.

 

[thrillathahunt]

GOLD!

 

[camb1]

Sweet Finds

 

[kdismuke1]

GREAT GOLD FINDS.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Great find on the gold nuggets Looks like your summer is starting to wind down. March 20 means spring here and fall for you

 

[sasnz]

Wicked Tinpan, man you sure know where to look for that gold, You have some lovely specimans there that would fetch a pretty dollar. Gold as of posting is $966.70 Oz. Nice old buckle too.

Great Stuff

Sasnz

 

[kuger]

I knew you had to be finding Tongue and Wreath buckles!That is a type I havent seen.I think I asked ya before but have you found any others?Awesome gold!!

 

[tinpan]

These kind of posts are much more like the Australia I have dreamed about! I know from a few others that gold is not easy especially around the tailing piles. The ML GP 4500 is top of the line, must have been fun to use! Did any of those brush fires clear up mine areas? Congrats on the finds and HH, Mike

Sure did Mike in my area about 5000 hectors in the Derwent Gully and surrounding area but not the area where i have been this time.Will wait to get into burnt area after every thing settles as some may think i,m looting as a lot of the burn and damaged houses are real close to the old diggings.Still got a huge fire burning 20 miles down the road.Under control but still spotting.


tinpan

 

[Harry_Morant]

Well done Tinpad - glad to hear that all is well with the Tinpan clan