"DIGGING AT A DRYING UP LAKE" PICS AND FINDS

[tinpan]

"DIGGING AT A DRYING UP LAKE" PICS AND FINDS

Hi all,Southern Australia has had less an inch of rain in the 11 weeks and the local lake has slowly been dropping.I have been watching the water level for a while The lake was hand-dug in 1854 for gold puddling machines that line the back of lake in which is only a few yards from the creek.later on the lake was used for different types of activities.Once had a public bath and a rowing club.Well i have only a small area to work at the moment as the water level needs to drop a few more feet.the area i decided to dig is the part of the lake that has little human activity since 1900"s.Its very smelly and the water birds seem to enjoy it.I found a couple of nice pottery bottles and cake-fork.

Only had about a hour as the days are staring to get shorter and the sun goes down at 9 pm.Heres some pics of the finds.

Tinpan

 

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[Harry_Morant]

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Nice finds Tinpan - very collectable.

 

[Leon]

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Very neat bottles, Congrats!!!
Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[jeff of pa]

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Cool Bottles.

Hopefully you can Get into a Swimming area.

Lake Hunting can be Very Rewarding.

HH
Jeff

 

[tinpan]

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Cool Bottles.

Hopefully you can Get into a Swimming area.

Lake Hunting can be Very Rewarding.

HH
Jeff

Thanks geff but i hope doesn,t rain or it will fill back up and i don,t like the idea of going swimming in there.At times I,m rat may be but no water-rat. lol

tinpan "very smelly"

 

[ModernMiner]

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Tinpan,
Great post & pictures. Glad you had a chance to check it out. Those bottles look to be in great shape. Congrats.
-MM-

 

[EDDE]

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days are getting longer and warmer here ............
way to go banjo

 

[Charlene]

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Great day at the lake Tinpan, very nice bottles, I hope you find many more before the water level rises again.

Best of luck and thanks for sharing those awesome pics.

 

[mchamby]

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Hi tinpan, nice looking pottery bottles, I hope you get to the swimming hole before it rains also.
HH
Mchamby

 

[Eddy1H]

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Nice collector items you have found there, those would make a nice display
Congrats
Eddy

 

[ANGELaLEIGH]

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Nice finds....Great collectables!
HH
~Angela

 

[Monty]

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Great finds. I hunted low lake levels last summer and found some neat stuff without getting my feet wet too. Are there any Crocs around there? Hate to have to start calling you "Lefty". Monty

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

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Too bad it's so STINKY, 'cuz it sure is pretty. Nice finds again Tin!

 

[Hardy]

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Nice Stone ware!! Very nice!!

 

[Trash Digger]

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Nice finds. I hope you get to the swimming hole before it rains.

Mike

 

[Bavaria Mike]

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Nice bottles TP, good luck getting back there! HH, Mike

 

[Mike Silver -gold]

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Tin did you ever try to detect the shallow water? You would not mind the smell when you start digging up old gold rings.

 

[MikeTN]

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Very nice Tinpan! get us some more pics when you clean them up. Do you know anything about the bottles?

Mike

 

[sparkymaster]

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Cool!

 

[SC_hunter]

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Nice finds Tin....or should we say..."Crocodile Dundee"