Old disused gold mines were used as trash pits for over 100 years

[tinpan]

hi all , Digging old trash pits is just another one of my passions. Mostly find only common bottles and coins but every now and again i find a couple of killer finds. I have numerous sites where trash was thrown down old shafts. These 2 finds are my best 2 for this year so far. The shafts are quite dry and having a raised bank around them . keeps the water out and the sunlight.Often rope and wood and other materals seems to last. Well the first is a huge silver medal from 1879 and the second is WW1 queen Mary trench xmas tin. Shame i couldn,t get cleaned up perfect and a little beat up.Theres thousand of old shafts around here so what will come out next.So i get to find gold in the scatterings and few cool relics in the shafts. Don,t worry most trash pits are shallow shafts. The deep ones are capped.


tinpan

 

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[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Wow,

I'll give you a banner vote, great finds !!

Keep @ It and HH !!

 

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[mickk]

Nice Medallion, could trace that family easy, but I wouldnt Nice tin, it screamed trench art to me so glad to see that confirmed. Amazing condition. Sad not much trench art was kept compared to how much was sent/taken home.