Australian WWII - Far North Queensland Metal detecting and recovery

[AT P Sweep]

Doing a local Military Muster this weekend ~ and have been working on a Display board ~ and as long as I can drag along my partner Ms M ~ to play guardian assist ~ I wil lbe expanding my display on and above ~

This includes a wide compilation ~ Aust Forces regalia and relics ~ trench art + Great Britain and Scottish relics and badges ~ + US armed forces ~ + Wehrmacht buckle/ badge + even several WWI relics.

[AT P Sweep]

The Muster Saturday ~

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[MAP]

great photos!!!!

[AT P Sweep]

Thanks Mate ~ missed the young bloke done up as SS Storm trooper ~ a Desert Korp trooper ~

We identified the ammo Box case from a P38 Lightning ~ these were were baaed at Mareeba in 1942 !

Also missed seeing the Wlley's with a Two Pdr. gun hitched up ~

[AT P Sweep]

A couple of "borrowed " snaps tht missed ~

One of the Re--enactor Contributors ~



The laasaat one to the right ~ is a bull nosed 25 PDr. Never seen one ~



The second on the right isa 4 1/2" Smoke ~ no where near the quality of mine !

[BlackCat1982]

Great display. Hope you had a great weekend, always good to talk relics with the interested members of the public!

[AT P Sweep]

Did a Permission farm allotment for a few hours last week ~

Spring is coming and all looking better by the day ~ Not a huge day but found a few odds and sods Usual Suspects really ~

But merely getting out there is half the fun ~ Sun ~ fresh air and friendly cow company ~

Always do the right-thing and FILL YOUR HOLES ~







LIEUTENANT COLONEL SIR LESLIE J. MORSHEAD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 1 CORPS. On inspection ~



Stationary engine supplying the camp site Oct 1944.

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[AT P Sweep]

Fossick #455 (+ #453 + #452)

Midday Friday I decided to head over to the (Permission~ ) Cow pasture, despite mediocre results off late ~ Not to give in I returned yet again ~

Perfect day ~ cold breeze but the temps soon convinced me to to remove the under shirt ~ as i know the breeze will be a non-entity once i go over the rise at the Western end ~

( BTW ~ When I go out I like to make it a Golden rule to pay homage to the MD Gods and the Bush Spirits and dig a minimum of 5 Lantana bushes out each time I go Bush! )

Lots of trash ~ and misleading signals as the ground dries severely ~ so it was dig or not to dig ~ More about ~ follow a gut feeling plus signal quality etc. ~ But soon the quality targets over rode the trash ~

Digging deep holes as reset the machine and it is paying off ~

Mystery items?

Silver relic is a Salt shaker ~ Another AMF tunic button (of three this week ) ~ (second one this week !) SMLE barrel cleaning drop weight~
Five Aust Coper coins ~ 1919 -1923 - 1943 *3 The soil was nto kind to these coins ~

But as I have found of late after what now 5 * three pence in the last ten days ~demonstrating very scratchy but higher numbers ~

The 1942 Three Pence I dug earlier this week ~ same site ~ originally valued at $90 ~ I find is priced on Auction at $300 ! There were three makers.... Detroit ~ San Francisco and Melbourne ~ The latter is the valuable one ! )

The wing I dug same site Tuesday ~ nut is a retaining nut for a US 50 Cal ammo box (6) ~ and unique to that box ~ ( i see they list these wing nuts for up to $5 USD each ~

The Rising Sun #001 is in it's original state ~ Black enamel 97% intact ~ a rare event in the rough ~

But it gets Better ~ amazing condition and the Maker's name is totally bold and intact ~

The GREAT PART ~ is that is it a RARE one ~

General Plastics

Does not get much better ~

And the Thrip as always came up a trick too ~

4164488. Atherton Tablelands QUEENSLAND. 1945 01 04. MEMBERS OF 12 PLATOON, B COMPANY, 2 17 INFANTRY BATTALION

[lithgow]

As a kid, I was always finding thrupences in the garden-so small and light they were very, very easily lost and the one value of coin not continued after decimalisation! Condition of any coin will greatly vary the value with collectors as well as rarity...

[AT P Sweep]

Mte when I was a Kid ~ My Mum's mother ~ Grandmother would do Plum pudding with Thrips ~ fr Chrissy ~ and to this day, t can't believe that she never managed to kill off some of the grand kids ~ LOL ~