Where a few of the greatest nugget finders started

[tinpan]

Hi All, My tranquillity of solitude and holy ground. Once Richard Oates and John Deason had their first claims in this gully . Later the finder of the Hand Faith ,Kevin Hillier started with his detector. Just couple of the more famous , there were more than 150 hard rock mines in this gully . Six mighty saddle quartz reefs cross the gully . Few millions of oz of gold came this single gully. These days not many other goldies come in this gully considered to junkie for the commonly used GPXS . Yep we all use GPX s in this part of Australia not a single VLF machine has been used at this location for over 20 years. So that would make me the last gold hunter of the gully and i like the site to myself. Always hard work in the un-natural geology chaos of mining madness for over a 100 years.1852-1954 . Plenty of relics and coins to be had too. Gold mines need miners which in turn means families . Lets gets started .

tinpan

 

[tinpan]

pics

 

[tinpan]

relic and coins and clay pipes from this gully

 

[tinpan]

few good bottles

 

[dbsmokey]

Wow, that is really great. What a huge load of awesome finds. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Hoser John]

GREAT FINDS AND THANX MUCH FOR POSTN' SOOO MANY PICS-jOHN PS-I'll look up in family history files the story of finding the Welcome Home Stranger monster mass and post

 

[tinpan]

GREAT FINDS AND THANX MUCH FOR POSTN' SOOO MANY PICS-jOHN PS-I'll look up in family history files the story of finding the Welcome Home Stranger monster mass and post

Bit about John Deason's family i can tell you . First wife Margrate nee Davey and his first 3 children can be found buried in the local grave yard . Bendigo Cemetery Trust seach engine. Richard Oates is buried at the Marong Cemetery few miles from this location. Second wife Katherine gave birth to a son 3 months before going to Muliagul . Son perished . Second child girl Grace Oates Deason . Grave remained unmarked for 92 years until his grand daughter Joan Burbridge nee Deason placed a memorial stone . Also cousins to Beer's and Ellis families.

tinpan

 

[goldchaser3]

Wow!!! Great finds! Thank you for sharing!

 

[delnorter]

Great post Tinpan. Amazing what's left behind.

Mike

 

[63bkpkr]

tinpan, making sense out of chaos is not easy but it sure looks like you've been able to put things together as you've some great finds! I would think some of those coins are silver, yes/no? Best of continued success.....................63bkpkr

 

[midnightmoon]

Awesome! What a treat to see. Thank you so much tinpan.