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You will find here a selection of man made objects, coins, relics, artifacts, found mostly with metal detectors. Occasionally some non metallic objects  are found while looking down during metal detecting. Most items have been found around old mining camps and towns in Australia.

Sometimes the object will be unknown and the question is: what is it, what was it used for and how old is it.
 



 

Buckles

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1. Illustration l/h
Assortment of buckles including  snake head

2. Queen Victoria medallion with various inscriptions: Born 1819, Crowned 1835, Married 1840, Jubilee 1887
Made of stamped brass, was once gold gilded?

Probably was once handed out as prizes to school children?

Queen Victoria
2

 

Armistice medallion

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3. Armistice Medallion

 

4. Queensland Federation Medallion

 

Federation medal


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Lunar landing
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5 & 6 Curious brass medallion found on the beach

5. L/H side appears to show astronauts taking soil samples on the lunar surface with words: ARMSTRONG ALDRIN COLLINS

6. R/S inscription reads:  APOLLO XI, MISSION MANNED LUNAR LANDING ROCKET SATURN
JULY 16. 24. 1969
Below SATURN is stamped the number 12
(like some membership number?)


Saturn lunar landing medallion

 

 

 

 


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Chinese locks

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7. Chinese lock, parts and key

8. Chinese items from old camp sites broken opium pipe parts,pipe bowl, glass bottle (essence?)

 

chinese coin

Kang-Hsi 1667 Emperor Sheng Tsu

 

 

chinese relics

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opium tin
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opium tin lid

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9 & 10 Chinese brass container and lid 40mm x 65mm x 84mm

Opium container lid made of brass, showing chinese inscriptions. Any old goldfield of the gold rushes is littered with these lids, very fragile and crumbling.

Original contents? tea?, opium?


11. Match boxes, tubular, top cap showing royal crown, bottom cap has striking surface

12. Match boxes, Bells Waterproof Wax Vestas, Duncans Wax Vestas Melbourne

match boxes
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matches

12

 

badge

13. Unknown badge

 

 

 

Ointment lid
Singletons Golden Eye Ointment

 

ointment lid

14. Pot lid


 

chinese ring with hallmark

Showing hall mark

 


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. Chinese ring

chinese ring top

chinese ring hallmark fine detail

Close up of stamp mark
 


 

chinese ring detail

Detail on ring side

 

 

 

 

 

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