Gold Diggings of Virginia Hill [1854] coins and powder flask

[tinpan]

Hi all, Tuesday was a holiday here and so i decided to head out to the gold digging deep in the Whip Stick
Forest. The site is about a 2 hour drive on dirt tracks till i reached a place ,where once a gold trooper and gold permit station once operated.A gold permit in 1854 was 10 shilling a month and had to be renew on the first day of every month.Virginia Hill got its name from american sailors who jumped ship at Port Philip at the start of the gold rush in 1851 and a couple of years later ended up at the site of the second gold rush of Eaglehawk.

Well i stopped the car and opened the door and spotted this 1850's powder flask, washed out of the clay in resent rains.I wish i could find more things as easy as this.Worked the area around the diggings and trooper camp and found a few intersting things,Coins ,bottles,miners shovel.Pics will tell the rest of the story.

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[Big_Digger]

nice pic s keep them coming

 

[SgtSki in MI]

Nice FInds!!!

Cool Fourpence!!!

WTG
SgtSki

 

[huggie]

Nice finds Tinpan,you have some nice spots down there in the triangle.HH.

 

[Joe G]

Wow! Great digs (and great pics too)

 

[EDDE]

grin to the tin

 

[Leon]

Neat finds Tin,,, Congrats!!!
Love that old black bottle,,, very cool...
Continued Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Great finds and pics TP! Looks like a pocket spill of coins you found. HH, Mike

 

[kuger]

Great pics!!!I hunt California Gold Rush sites,those are awesome finds any where!!!!

 

[Mackaydon]

Tinpan:With great finds like that, you may soon find Constable Thomas Ryan somewhere near the old Chinese camp at White Hills. BTW, what is the wording on that aqua-colored bottle?
Don.....

 

[birdman]

Outstanding finds and Pics.Thanks much for sharing !!

 

[tsgman]

Great pics and finds Tin!

 

[g-olden years]

Really like that 1854 coin! Congrats on the good finds & thanks for wonderful site pics! Andi

 

[surf]

Early Christmas greetings, tinpan,

I do admire that black case gin, and the Tricopherous For the Skin and Hair. Is it embossed "Barry's" on the side panel?

"Barry's Tricopherous

This product was originally sold by Alexander C. Barry of New York City starting around 1842. The product was for sale well into the 20th century. An 1850 ad said that the patrons should beware of the counterfeit product selling at $1 a bottle. There were several other proprietors of Tricopherous, and it's not clear that Barry was the first. I think that the first Tricopherous was probably produced in Europe. It's possible, however, that Barry had started out over there…" HAIR RAISING STORIES

Continued success, sir.

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[ModernMiner]

Great post and pix Tin.
That sounds like a very secluded spot.
-MM-