treasures from the forgotten gold mines of Battery Hill

[tinpan]

Hi all,been hunting around a small area which was known as Battery Hill. Theres about 20 gold mines on the hill and a lot of small diggings and tailing piles spread along the creek. total area covers about 2 square miles, in the 3 days i spent there i only covered the areas that looked promising.Beening late autunm the winter rains have started and 2 inches fell over night. The clay turns too thick mud and the roads become rivers so ,i might have to wait to spring to get back to this site.Finally managed a whole buckle and few nuggets and some relics.

There pic taken in the gold miners days to give an idea how things were.


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[mickk]

By geeze Tin, that is some nice gold. Best nuggets youve shown us so far, just dont show us your own.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Waste it on the Greeks, no doubt my tax Euros hard at work! Love the awesome nuggets and that apothecary weight is a real nice find as well. Nice hunt and congrats, Mike

 

[jb58]

some very nice nuggets! looks like gold country to me! congrats!

 

[tinpan]

Waste it on the Greeks, no doubt my tax Euros hard at work! Love the awesome nuggets and that apothecary weight is a real nice find as well. Nice hunt and congrats, Mike

thanks for the reply and the i.d on the weight

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[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

love that gold and the pictures are fantastic

 

[detectahead]

Pics tell the story mate! Fantastic looking gold!

 

[teleman 2525]

nice nuggets also other finds are great stuff that was fun diggin i bet

 

[Des from down under]

BIN AWAY AN JUST SPOTTED YOUR GREAT POST....IT IS ALL SAID IN THE REPLIES..WELL DONE MATE....KEEP IT UP...DO YOU SAVE ALL THE GOLD FOR A RAINY DAY OR MOVE IT ON ? CHEERS BRO DES

 

[pepperj]

Great pictures! But the finds are sweet looking.
Liking the yellow as always, but the weight is a real nice bonus for a hunt.
Seems like the buttons really hold up well in the elements.

 

[Aussie Okie]

Nice finds mate

 

[tinpan]

thanks for all the replies and i finally get to go out this week.happy hunting to all this weekend and my time starts now


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[tuatara]

Hi TP,

Please put some baby oil (they say it's less corrosive on relics than olive oil) on your medal and upload the piccies.