wizard of oz at yankee hill and wilsons trading post [1865-1920]

[tinpan]

hi everyone.had a lot of rain on saturday and this morning.cleared about lunch time so i went to a place named YANKEE HILL.there was a mining camps on both sides of the creek.left handside the america miners and the other side cornish and welsh.this area had a 2nd gold rush started in 1865 and there was a third rush in the same area in 1899.there was also a trading post and general goods store on the site from 1865-1920.with all that rain made the ground soft and easy to work.found a few buttons 2 civil and 2 army[australian ww 1], a token 1862 [die sinker ..................... check token] 2 half pennies [english 1861 1911] barbers dime 1905 and 2 pennies 1861 but they seem to be joined together with a small copper rivet [no idea] and a few bottles and part of a lamp.took pics fo finds and a few of the area


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i will post the bottles and relics as i haven,t had time to clean up.tomorrow

tinpan

 

[goldencoin]

Nice finds......what is that gold nugget thingy at the bottom of the first pic

HH
-GC

 

[Mona Lisa]

Nice job on the coins, tincan.

If I squint really hard, I can almost make them out.

 

[Nana40]

GREAT finds TP! And thanks for for the op to see your corner of the world.

Love the pictures!

Nana

 

[RatRacer]

Great finds as always, Tinpan! Keep searching that beautiful country!

 

[PBK]

Well done, Tinpan!

Can't quite tell from the photo, but is there any chance that this is the token you found? If so, here's a link to more info:

http://www.australianstamp.com/Coin-web/aust/earlyaus/tokens/st624ptk.htm

Victoria 1862 / Emu
T. Stokes / Die Sinker
Penny trade token

 

[tabfinder]

Cool finds! Keep detecting until you covered it all. Looks like it may payoff big!