Erik Oostra Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Erik Oostra Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 These are some other bits of gold jewellery found at my Silver Mine.. They were found a couple of months apart.. The island's first guest house stood at this spot over a hundred years ago, which makes me think the gold jewellery I'm finding here is quite old (for Australia).. I usually find many silver coins here dating back to the first settlement of the region from the early 1870s onward.. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Oostra Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 Here's some old footage of Magnetic Island in 1926.. I spend a lot of time researching the island's history and rely on old films like these to work out the best places to hunt.. https://d2bx93w6kas18u.cloudfront.net/titles/roundtow/roundtow2_pr.mp4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Great finds once again and keep up the good work. How is the Deus II working out for you now that you have had some time with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Oostra Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 Just now, Valens Legacy said: How is the Deus II working out for you now that you have had some time with it. On the beach I'm sticking with the equinox for now, until XP bring out a larger coil.. but underwater the Deus II is working out just great.. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Sweet little beach .? Old guest house gold !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Beechnut OBN Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Love old gold, and those are beautiful. So much more work went into all back then, details were important. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Oostra Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 This is the location of the Silver Mine.. To be honest it's more of a Copper Mine if I include all the pennies, half-pennies and 1 and 2 cents in the total coin count.. It's only in this spot that I'm finding old silver coins and sometimes gold jewellery.. walk 20 metres left or right from this spot and there's no old coins to be found.. Where the Island's first guest once house stood is now a row of houses.. I've got all silver ware found here soaking in vinegar at the moment.. It's nothing like Phrunt's Cointopia but these coins give a great insight into the history of this place.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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