The Gold Rush Sites of the Derwent Creek Untouched sites

[tinpan]

Hi all.

In 1851 gold was found at about 40 locations and not know as a single gold rush but numerous rushes that took place over a 100 years from 1851 to 1950. Stll today there still gold to found but the best thing about the site i have camp and miner hut sites untouched. Hidden under massive undergrowth for 50 years. Until the big fires that happened last summer.Beening so dry this year it will take many years for the site to become over grown again.

Theres a couple of old drawing of the site which i have used from an old local news paper Bendigo Daly Bee 1852. This will be followed by 40 pics of the site and dig.

Used a Minelab GPX 4500 with a mono 12 inch coil. Set on auto retune and then my thresh hold turned right down and gain set at 9 with the manual over-ride. Hums like a bee and turns into a mighty dirt monster that eats up everything. Digging all targets is the way to go on a site like this.

About 3000 miners worked this gully so there heeps of relics spanding nearly 100 years to be found.There tent camps , wine shanties ,as well as mining structures and huts and cottages.

tinpan first is the finds and old newapaper pics and followed by 40 site pics

 

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[kg6yll]

Great site Tinpan. I always look forward to seeing your posts.

KG6YLL

 

[tinpan]

thanks for the reply rando i also dug about 100 pieces of lead mainly musket balls and bullets Spent most of the past week there. Been over 100 degrees so early and late for a couple of hours at a time

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[pepperj]

Awesome looking site to go play around for a week, great looking silver, and the yellow looking rock.

 

[tinpan]

Awesome looking site to go play around for a week, great looking silver, and the yellow looking rock.

the total area of this site is about 800 acres and that will keep me busy for the whole of summer.Got more to post later.

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[Knightwalker]

Very interesting finds.
HH in 2010

 

[Iron Patch]

Gotta like the big silver. What is it... crown/half crown? Never seen one posted before.

 

[tinpan]

Gotta like the big silver. What is it... crown/half crown? Never seen one posted before.

hi ironpatch half crown deemed a proclaimation coinage of th gold rush. Shortage of coin met disused silver coin from several countries where used. value was based on silver weight.Reales ,german -dutch india coins where also used.that appllied to silver and gold coins only

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[Mr Tuff]

wow nice finds and spot u have there... nice insulator also.... MR TUFF

 

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wow nice finds and spot u have there... nice insulator also.... MR TUFF

there quite a few whole and broken insulators laying around the power poles burnt down during last summers fires


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[Dman]

Great finds. Good luck finding more great relics.
Dman

 

[The Seeker]

There's gold in them there hills............. Nice post and good luck in your adventures!

 

[Des from down under]

damn neat post tinpan..loved it to bits!! thats what the gang id..d the thing I found here in n/z, a token made for the gold rush as there was a shortage of coins just like you say...neat post me ole aussie mate...I think you replied to it when I found it ..but just in case...

 

[SkyPirate]

wow! great stuff.

 

[tinpan]

damn neat post tinpan..loved it to bits!! thats what the gang id..d the thing I found here in n/z, a token made for the gold rush as there was a shortage of coins just like you say...neat post me ole aussie mate...I think you replied to it when I found it ..but just in case...

hi des yes nice peace and plenty token The site i,m working should produce a token .i,m hoping for a Eaglehawk Grieves or a Sandhurst tokens. These are the rare ones. Might be dreaming too lol

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