Australian WWII - Far North Queensland Metal detecting and recovery

[inka]

It is a German C22 percussion primer you have found there

[AT P Sweep]

It is a German C22 percussion primer you have found there

Cheers mate ~ Thanks for the thumbs up ~

And what are the odds of EVER finding such a 'gem' in far away Australia ~ Very Cool ~

[lithgow]

Ordinance may have been souvenirs of previous service or been used in enemy weapons training-always a good idea to have a basic working knowledge of them and their capacities if needed in battle!

[AT P Sweep]

Another ( very Short) Weds ~ never left home till 11.45 !!

Plus extended travel time due to delays ~ but on site around 13.00 ~ moved several times but a good productive day ~

Home again by 17.00 !

Not seen a safety clamp in this form before ~ suggested it may be a US military style (?)



A four hour soak and clean up ~

93,913

[lithgow]

1910 King Edward VII-first Australian Shilling (along with the Florin, Sixpence and Thruppence!).

[AT P Sweep]

A Full House / hand eh ! ?

That shilling would have been a nice round up a couple of weeks back ~ 'A full house ' in one day ~ I was 'that close " ~ LOL

The Shilling will match the 1904 penny of last week too ~ First King Edward copper I have dug BTW ~

Certainly on a run now with the Minelab ~ Taken me long enough to get on top of the device !

[Ubique]

"Australian Instructional Corps" is a fairly rare form of rising sun badge to find! Well done.

Oz.

[AT P Sweep]

Cheers Oz

You are not going to beleive this ~ ~ As my Mrs says ~ "SS ~YOU are always in a Hurry ! Slow Down!! "~

Opps I never even noticed ~ Thanks Mate !!! LOL

[AT P Sweep]

An intriguing hut today ~ seems the MD hunt Gods were not smiling on us ~ or was it the fact that my partner Merete pu t hex on us so I would not bring home "more junk" ! ?

And we were having a shocker of a day ~

But she rang me in the field to make sure I was fine and I told her she had put the hex on us So she promised to send us good luck for a the last hour if we decided to switch to one more site~

But she did say I had to express what I wanted ~ LOL ~ I was not sure ~ But it worked as we went from virtually noting to ~ well ~ some thing ~

I have a few of the badge backing plates but never found one in Stainless steel ~ Cool !

Maybe a less than great day ~ but being "out there" is also a greater part of the Hunt !

[Ubique]

I think I may have seen that old walkie-talkie unit in some of the old war movies?

Oz.