More Great Finds – Return to the Old Homestead
Antique WW1 Era Toy Lead Tank
A few days ago I got the metal detecting withdrawal symptons, so I decided to return to a place I had been to a couple times before where I had some great success finding coins and old Australian relics.
I have previously wrote about this old homestead before, you can see both my metal detecting stories about the old Australian homestead here:
As per the second link above, as I walked towards the homstead I decided to turn my detector on, walk at a normal walking pace without swinging the coil and I happened to find a spot with many coins in a small area.
So now as I walk towards a old house I always do this, and it is amazing how successful you can be, without even swinging the detector.
Anyhow back to my story, I went back to the house and started detecting where I had last found the coins, around 10 metres from the ruins, in a ploughed sandy field and it did not take me long to start finding a few interesting things.
I was very excited to have found a beautiful toy tank, which I believe must be a late era World War 1 Toy Tank, likely a model of a real tank.
Antique WW1 Era Toy Lead Tank
It’s definitely one of my favourite finds, not valuable, but just looks beautiful, it is very heavy for such a small toy and built to last.
I had a great couple of hours and I found the following.
50 Years Commonwealth of Australia Medallion which was given to school children to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Australian Federation in 1951. The design was chosen after a competition, with the valuable cash prize of two hundred guineas. It was won by John Wolfgang Elischer for his depiction of a man hand-sowing wheat. The wheat has grown to represent the seven States of Australia on the other side of the medal. See a better image here
Jubilee of Australian Federation medal, 1951
I found two more pre-decimal coins as follows:
Also found numerous bullet cartridges a nicely decorated brass button and the usual brass belt buckles
I had a great day, and find items of little value is still a great way to spend the day.
I am definitely returning back there in the near future, as it has given me some great results, and the ground is perfect for metal detecting and still is still a good area that remains to be searched by me.
