Relic Hunting 1890 ‘Silver Town’: Garrett AT Gold & AT Pro International.
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- Join us in glorious North Queensland winter weather for a visit to a tiny silver mining town which existed for just a few years in the 1890s. Pocket watch relics, harmonica reeds and old buckles are just a few of the finds. The real ‘prize’ of the outing was an incidental find - a pristine Hamilton Patent ‘torpedo’ soda bottle, manufactured by Ross’s, Belfast, in the 1880s. We hope you enjoy our day out and the excessively lengthy ‘drive-in, drive-out’ sequences. Happy Fossicking everyone! Colleen and Warren. www.nqexplorers.com www.garrettaustralia.com.au www.outdoortactical.com.au
Colleen stole the show today narrating the start :) Wow nice bottle! Good relic finds. Larry & Colleen
***** Thanks for commenting Larry and Colleen - hope to have Colleen intro a few more videos! All the best to you both and Happy Fossicking! Warren.
As alway , a pleasure to watch and so interesting to take part in.
Feel like i am at the locations there :)
Thanks again for these wonderful adventures and Greetings from WW2HH
WW2HistoryHunter Thanks for your great comment WW2HH - always appreciate your input mate - GL and HH! Warren.
Good one Warren and Mrs NQ.Like you say ,you've got to admire those early pioneers.You can only imagine how tough it must have been for them.We have a lot to thank them for.Cheers again,Trev.
Trev's Bush and Gold Adventures Thanks for your comment Trev, always appreciated mate - hope you are making some great finds and having plenty of adventures yourself. Happy Fossicking! Warren and Colleen.
Another top notch vid Warren . Great to see Colleens face pop up too . Country side looks awesome !! Cheers
david costanzo Thanks for watching and commenting David, hope to get more of Colleen on upcoming episodes! GL and HH mate. Warren.
I like the bull CAM! It's nice to see the country people are digging in.
+Neil Schostag Thanks for taking the time to watch our video Neil - Happy Fossicking mate! Warren.
clicked the 'post' button too early LOL.
very nice buckle, congrats on the Soda bottle..rippa.
Nice to see Colleen more on the video.
Really nice to see a lot more of the scenery, great video as always
Happy fossicking and good luck
Paul
Great spot and digs as always, Warren. Nice to hear Your Lady's Voice; well Spoken Colleen!
Amazed by your finds and always enjoy the videos you Folks do. Looking forward to the next.
W.
aRustyPatina Thanks for commenting and I hope to get Colleen on a few more videos too - appreciate you watching and best of luck on your next hunt! Warren.
Love your vids Warren. Always informative with some really neat finds too.
Be well,
Al-Fu
Als AllMetalDetecting Thanks for your comment Al - hope you are making some nice finds mate. All the best and Happy Fossicking! Warren and Colleen.
Enjoyed the hunt. Keep the videos coming!
indyme2 Thanks for commenting our our video - all the best and HH! Warren and Colleen.
Absolutely another great adventure, and always interested in the stories behind the sites that you visit. The drive footage was interesting as well, giving us an idea of the topography of the area. Excellent guys.
Warren and Colleen thanks for the history of the settlement - tragic but repeated all over Australia. Loved the torpedo bottle my only intact 1860s wine bottle was found the same way - a lead seal near it betrayed its presence under the ground. All the best from the south! Ian
Willo's Australian coin, relic and gold detecting Thanks for your comment Willo - the torpedo bottle was a real surprise - it definitely 'wanted' to be found LOL. Imagine if I had hit it with the pick? The relief of not scratching it was overwhelming LOL. All the best mate and Happy Fossicking! Warren.
Thanks for sharing Warren and Colleen, and how vast is that landscape up your way. Always great to hear of settlements from days gone bye and seeing relics which can put a picture to the puzzle of how tough life must have been. Been chasing gold over this great country of ours and never came across a full torpedo bottle like that great one you unearthed....very envious. Good luck on the next hunt mate....Cheers Wal.
Wal nLiz Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment Wal - yes we see some amazing places in our travels, as you and Liz have - parts of the country many people never venture into - just being out in the bush is the reward, and occasionally we pick up a little bit of history - such as that torpedo bottle. All the best to you and Liz - keep up the great videos mate. Happy Fossicking! Warren.
Awesome Video Warren and Colleen! Such beautiful country! Congrats on the Torpedo Bottle, not many like that left. Congrats on the relic finds, the ladies buckle and shotgun shell. Gigantic Termite mounds. Best of Luck on your next Hunt!
Chris
awhiskeyandbeer Thanks for your comment Chris - that old Torpedo bottle was a real shock and one of those moments where you know you have just dug something pretty special - you would know what that was like yourself. All the best mate and Happy Hunting! Hope you are having a great hunt season. Warren.
Hello Colleen and Warren :-) nice artefact digging, when you look at the place you were in its hard to imagine that people actually lived there. Thanks for sharing and HH, jérome
marjane1313 Thanks for your comment Jerome, yes there is very little evidence of anyone living in that old town - it was quite difficult to find for that reason. All the best and Happy Hunting mate. Warren.
Love the videos we enjoy watching them.
andrew west Thanks for watching and commenting Andrew - all the best mate and Happy Fossicking! Warren.
torpedo bottle! that's the first one I've ever seen, very nice. I enjoyed your informative and entertaining video...as always...
Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment - and yes the torpedo bottle was a real 'find of the day'. All the best and Happy Fossicking! Warren.
Fantastic to see your wilderness, the roads seem so smooth and quiet...over here in pommy land the roads are cracked, have pot holes and are massively overcrowded!
The boot heel would've given a solid two way signal as any closed in irons be it a ring or off square like that always seems to do it, had some huge iron washers which gave a perfect two way
ArcturanMegadonkey Thanks for your comment Paul - although I may have given an entirely misleading impression of the state of Queensland's roads LOL. That is a nice bit of highway actually, possibly two cars an hour either way - somewhat less than over your way LOL. Yes the boot heel gives that double signal as the DD crosses the 'void' in the middle. They always give a very high signal though and don't usually ID as iron - due to their sheer mass I guess. All the best mate - HH! Warren.
Another great video warren, that torpedo bottle was a ripper, good looking country to detect as well
HEY WARREN, i am glad u gave COLLEEN some filming time she is a super mate!!
let her talk some more love 2 see her in the lime lite!
good fines maybe next time uns will find more love that bottle nice find well done!!
GOD BLESS YOU BOTH MY FRIENDS!!
MrCoin Digger Thanks for your comment Mr Coin, I hope to have Colleen in front of the camera much more in the future LOL. All the best and Happy Hunting! Warren.
HEY WARREN , what is the speed limit on the outback?
GOD BLESS U AND COLLEEN!!
MrCoin Digger Sorry for the delay in replying to your comment on the other video regarding the speed limit. That can vary from state to state - in Queensland those 3-trailer 'Road Trains' can operate at 100km/h, that differs in other states. The general maximum speed limit is 110km/h in most states - except the Northern Territory where it is 130km/h. But now the NT Government has removed the speed limit on some of the highways (due to the vast distances involved), and there is no speed limit (this used to be the case all over the Territory until a few years back) - so now by popular demand they have re-introduced 'limitless' speeds. Actually people have been having organized trips to the Territory in Ferraris and Maseratis, just to travel on the unlimited speed roads! Of course if you hit a bullock or a kangaroo (the roads aren't usually fenced) doing 250km/h in your Aston Martin - something is going to get broke LOL. The general speed limit in the state we live in (Queensland - which is around 2.5 times the size of Texas to give you some idea of the distances) is 110km/h. All the best and Happy Hunting mate. Always appreciate your comments. Warren.
Great Video !!! LOVE the torpedo bottle! I had my FIRST dig at an 1850's farm, here in the U.S. yesterday. Found a LOT of interesting stuff!
Kaninchen Schwartzepfote Thanks for your comment, great to hear you are having luck at your 1850s farmhouse. All the best and HH! Warren.
Excellent video ! Congrats on finding the old bottle and all your finds ! Good luck on your next hunt !
Yulelah Thanks for watching Yulelah, hope you and Indian Head Joe are getting out on some hunts yourself. All the best mate - GL & HH! Warren and Colleen.
This is great guys, really enjoyed watching. That bottle is bloody awesome!
Glad you put in the iron and roofing nails too, makes it seem more familiar. ;)
Geez I hope I can get up into that country sometime.
Good luck in the next adventure, Ash & Danni
Detecting History Thanks for watching Ash and Danni, yes the damn lead roofing nail tops are everywhere - and they ring up in the high 60s so you can't walk past them - hope you two can make it up our way some time - that would be great to do a video together. Best of luck and Happy Fossicking! Warren and Colleen.
W&C
Nice country ~ A big drive up there eh !
Easy digging ~ clear skies in Spring ~ Don't need the greatest of recoveries to make a great day eh ~
I currently grounded with the dreaded Loogie ! (First time in 12 years! ) So watching your vids and "polishing the gear " ~ ( Even making a Wifi head phone set unit for the ATP! LOL)
So Love the bottle and ladies buckle ~ The chisel is a ripper too ! And a full metal jacket 12 gauge ~Well done !
(That bottle pales my recent vintage bottle finds~ including several intact Ingrams shave creme bottles ~ LOL)
Cheers Stuart SS
Stuart SS Thanks for your comment and hope you are feeling better Stuart - the bottle was a real surprise and obviously 'wanted' to be found LOL. Happy Fossicking mate. Warren.
your digs always look like fun!..
BIG61AL Thanks BiGAL - we always enjoy our day out - the finds are just a bonus! GL and HH mate! Warren.
Wow, that torpedo bottle was a real nice find Warren. I've found large bits of them but never a full one, well done!!. I watch a video of someone finding a blue glass torpedo bottle, it took him 30 years to find a full one. I found a nice glass ink well, two weeks ago but it was a bit broken.
Thanks for showing, I found the video interesting!!.
John.
OLDGOLD1100 Thanks for commenting John. The torpedo was a real thrill, as until now all we had found were fragments of them! We are not bottle experts but always pick them up whenever we see them. GL and HH mate! Warren.
Excellent video as always HH...
Tel Kirton Thanks for your comment Tel, hope you are making some great finds. GL and HH! Warren.
Well done with another video quality as usual.
LUDO Thanks for your comment Ludo - much appreciated! All the best and HH! Warren.
Great vid and finds guys. Love the bulbar cam. Looks dry as a nuns out there mate.
Dinkidi Digger Thanks for commenting Dinkidi - yes that area is 'drought declared' and a drop of rain wouldn't go astray. The only advantage is that it is good for detecting as there is minimal grass. Happy Fossicking mate! Warren.
Now what a great change to see a beautiful face instead of your rough looking mug Warren. As usual a great video production & I am envious of your trips & obviously there is a good deal of research on your part. If your ever sick of going to any one site just give me a yell Mate I will gladly go there. Sickness killed a great deal of our pioneers with a large percentage children. If they had just boiled their water & washed their hands tragedy may have been avoided. Anyway Colleen great to see the beautiful looking one of the couple for a change & please do it again. As I said another ripper of a video. Cheers, Pete.
Thanks for that great comment Pete, hopefully one day you will be up our way and we can go bush together. I have convinced Colleen to appear a lot more in the videos so you should be seeing more of her intros and commentary. All the best mate and Happy Fossicking! Warren.
You can still buy full brass sho tshells Warren. The U.S. Military even used them in WW2 since they did not degrade like paper shells. I didn't realize that those termites eat grass. Here they attack any wood in direct contact with the ground. An very enjoyable video.Nice bottle also. GL and HJH Hugh
farenheit1100 Thanks for commenting Hugh - and for the info on the 12 gauge shell. We mostly find just the bases off the paper cartridges. I think the same applies to a lot of the Snider rounds, we find complete unfired bullets - and bases. As I understand it the Colonial Troopers and the Mounted Police had changed to a metal jacket around the 1870s (?), while I assume the prospectors and pioneers were still buying paper cartridges for the Snider well into the 1880s - perhaps only the Government could afford the metal jackets. With regard to termites we definitely have the wood-eaters, hence there isn't much wood or evidence of old buildings as most has been eaten. The big, fatter mounds (such as in the video) are the grass eaters, the wood eaters build a tall, skinny mound, or live in dead trees etc. GL/HH mate. Warren.
I dug up one of those torpedo bottles on a building site in Port Macquarie back in the 1970's.. I gave it to the local museum..
pyrofella Thanks for your comment, great move presenting that bottle to the museum in Port Macquarie - they are pretty hard to find intact these days! All the best mate and Happy Fossicking! Warren.
Great video you Guys!
dwight fry Thanks for taking the time to comment Dwight, GL and HH mate! Warren.
Another excellent video, Warren, and Colleen did a great intro. She seems like a quiet gal, more interested in digging than talking :-) My Patti is just the opposite...she'd rather talk than dig (haha) Very nice torpedo bottle...hard to find an intact one anywhere! A friend found one in Sanford, Florida (it is featured in our channel's 60-second subscribe video) circa 1860 from Belfast New York, in a bit of road construction a few months back, also, unbelievably in one piece. Looked like a bit of livestock wandering about when your Landie arrived on site. Don't know if you noticed, but every once in a while when you put the camera tripod down, it makes a small didgeridoo sound. Nice touch :-) All the best, GL and HH! - Jim
sqengineer Thanks for your great comment Jim. And for the story about the Florida topedo - they really are very rare to find intact these days - considering how old they are now. And yes I don't know why but whenever I deploy the tripod to the ground, it makes that didgeridoo sound LOL. Well noticed! All the very best mate - GL and HH! Warren.
Nice finds, it seems so funny that all your Gold & Silver are in flat lands, here where I'm at they are all in Mountains so it seems very different to Me on such flat ground.
keep the vids coming.
YFZMoto Thanks for commenting YFZ - yes our mineral areas are very different to yours, but yours will look like ours in a few million years LOL. That used to be a mighty mountain range but it is now just a range of low hills. All the best mate and HH! Warren.
I don't think I can wait that long for them to Flatten Out :)
Great video you two :)
MichaelSwan66 Thanks Michael, we always appreciate you taking the time to watch our videos. GL and HH mate! Warren and Colleen.
well done guys!! Warren, I found my only torpedo in the same fashion as yourself!! congrats a historic find!! Hope to see more upcoming videos as I always enjoy the great effort you put in!! HH
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john24gold1 Thanks for commenting John, amazing how we make these 'incidental' finds - Willo had a similar experience with an old bottle. I guess they just 'wanted' to be found. All the best mate and Happy Fossicking! Warren.
I dug a saddle brass. A circle surrounding a cut out 5 pointed star. I was hoping for an old police badge! Still had fun digging there, still my top site, though Waianae is nipping on the heels, replaced my record coin age, 1879 Victoria Penny edged out by 1872 Quarter. Used my screens, as advertised in AB&GC. I had a detector as a kid in the 1980s, maybe need to go back.
What?....Where am I? Oh - here I am...traveling through the great Aussie bush FPS [1st person perspective]..mounted to a bull bar. First having been greeted by the renowned Colleen...nice one Colleen. Finally convinced Warren that viewership will double. LOL. The great Aussie tradition of story telling continues here - the bottle - the township all put together superbly. Was there a cemetery in the area? There's a lot of interesting info on those Termite mounds Warren - perhaps you could include a segment on them in a future video. Cheers GL & HD Ian
***** Thanks for commenting Iroc - there is a lot of interest in the termite mounds - so much so I am considering a complete video on the subject - I know of a few areas where there is nothing but termite mounds as far as the eye can see - and no firewood for miles LOL. We hope to make a return visit to the site. Yes there is a cemetery, but we have never been able to locate it - but the records show it exists. We are determined to discover it one day, no doubt the headstones will tell the story of the town. All the best mate and HD/HF. Warren.
Again another vid that has it all, scenery, history, some finds, and for you Warren...the company of your wife! One off topic question, I just watched Malaytown, and noticed the waterway behind you at the end, do you ever do any fishing while in those areas? Thanks...Jimmy.
Thanks for your great comment Jimmy - that waterway is the Norman river - a virtual mecca for fishermen (and women) for the famous Barramundi - but much to the disgust of my five brothers-in-law, I don't go fishing when out there - just detecting LOL. Next time Colleen and I are out there - we will take the fishing gear and see if we can hook a Barra! GL and HH mate! Warren.
Thanks for the ride along . When you where driving in the high grass .You had me looking for a mound in the track . I heard that the termite mounds are hard as stone. . I like to go exploring in tre country side . when someone else dose the driving.
Donald G Banhart Thanks for the comment Donald, yes the termite mounds are like concrete and can do some damage. You have to keep an eye out - but high clearance, and some good bash plates under the 4WD are essential. All the best mate and HH! Warren.
Get over on you're side of the road:) Kidding not used to that in the U.S. . great video thanks!
Great video as always you two. Awesome to see Mrs. NQ in front of the camera. How many brownie points did you have to burn to get her to do that? I gotta say, I know nothing at all about bottles but I know that one is super cool. Great find and a nice save from the ground. Have fun and happy hunting to you both.
PlugMartian Thanks for your comment Mars, yes took some convincing for Colleen to appear on the camera, the start of a new trend for our videos I hope LOL. Yes that bottle was a real thrill to find, but like yourself, I know very little about bottles - lots of learning going on at the moment. Thanks again and a bit of train footage for your enjoyment in the next video - GL/HH. Warren.
interesting hunt the bottle very nice. gl hh Dave
david hopper Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment Dave, and Happy Hunting mate! Warren.
I enjoyed your video. I notice the ground is not to hard to dig into there. On many of the other Aussie Gold nugget videos I have watched the earth is like concrete.
The trees look small in diameter and not too tall. Do they grow much slower due to the heat and sun? I noticed that there are no stumps so none were cut for firewood. I did notice some on the ground and assume that the termites remove those but assuming that the trees could be a possible 100 years old what were the buildings made of? I did notice a lack of nail signals your targets being very good. Did you find areas where nails were a problem? Congratulations on the torpedo bottle. A very lucky find indeed.
digohio Thanks for your great comment DigOhio. Actually many of the old buildings were timber and corrugated iron, which were disassembled and packed up and moved to the next silver or gold 'rush'. Any old timber stumps were quickly eaten by the voracious white ants. There were very few brick buildings in these old mining towns. The area is semi-arid, with a very high rainfall during the 'wet' season months (November-March). The rest of the time there is little to no rain. The trees are predominately ironbark and bloodwood, hardwood eucalypts which are very tough and slow-growing. No doubt many of those trees were there in the 1890s! The hotel footpath in the town is cobblestoned - I will show that in our next visit there. Thanks again and Happy Hunting! Warren.
Thanks for the information Warren. I assumed that the growth of the trees was slow due to the heat. And from observation of the termite mound you showed they must be very hardy. I've always had an interest in your country. Back in the 1940s my uncle owned a place called the California Coffee Shop in Sidney. Married one of your early movie stars for a short time. As to detecting I've been at it about a year. Surprisingly, the oldest targets I've found so far have been on my own property, earliest an 1847 US large cent. I don't make videos but do watch yours when you upload them. GL&HH Bill
I like that torpedo bottle...btw, please show any venomous snakes you see on your hunts....be nice to use as oz tourism :)
granskare Thanks for commenting - that Torpedo was a real surprise, will keep a look out for a few reptiles to film. GL and HH! Warren.
thanks Warren and Colleen :)
Hi Warren thanks for the video, is it hard to get permission to dig on these farms?
Thanks for watching Garry, most landholders are quite approachable and all you can do is ask politely, the difficult part is actually determining who owns the property! Best of luck mate and Happy Fossicking! Warren.
Its dry out there mate, could do with a few inches
GemQ1 Yeah mate that area is now drought declared, not much of a wet last season so they are really hanging out for some rain this year. GL and Happy Fossicking mate. Warren.
Another great vid. May I ask what the music is at 13:30?
Thanks for watching Matty - sorry for the late reply. The music in the video is 'Shetland' which is part of the Apple iMovie package. Seems to fit with these 19th Century relics! All the best mate and Happy Fossicking! Warren.
good job i like watch you
OK! when you go hunting in the bush do you have to keep up on your shot records for place that have had diseases like typhoid or flu? Because you do work in the soil and all or you would think it possible to catch them again : dug up graves (not on your part) or open sewage places from years ago???
Darwin Kewitsch Thanks for your comment Darwin - and a good point regarding diseases in the soil - I guess thats why we should always wear gloves. Although it is so long since anyone was there - any organic rubbish is long gone. We definitely keep our tetanus shots up, for the rusty rubbish and broken glass we find. All the best mate and HH! Warren.
Found an unmarked Hamilton near the star brass.
I am getting a AT pro next week as much as the Aussie price upsets me, I am planning an adventure with the wife and kids early next year around the mt isa, cloncurry area it should be good..
HUDDYSHOW Great to hear you are going with the AT Pro, and good luck out 'round the Isa, lots of history out that way! All the best to you and your family and Happy Fossicking! Warren.
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I guess those "sand cones" are ant beds?
Jeffrey Perkins Correct Jeffrey, they are white ant (or termite) nests, actually some of the old homes in the area had floors, and even walls made of ant bed. All the best mate and HH! Warren.