Metal Detecting Perth’s Swan River
18 CT Ladies Gold and Diamond Ring - Swan River Metal Detecting Find
Recently I have not had much time to do any metal detecting, as my partner and I have just bought a Post Office and News Agency in my rural town in the Great Southern of Western Australia, Dumbleyung. We have been very busy doing some training courses in Perth.
Swan River Metal Detecting Finds
But last week I found the time whilst I was in Perth to head down to the Swan River for a few hours to do a bit of treasure hunting on the sandy banks of the Swan River.
Mens Silver Ring as I found it
I decided to find a new metal detecting spot, so I had a look through my Street Directory and I found a nice little spot where there would be a good chance to find some rings, relics and coins, an area which has been well used by people for the last 100 years or more.
I have uploaded photos of what I found that day and evening, and also before and after photos after I have cleaned my finds, such as the Silver Ring above and below.
Mens Silver Ring - after Electrolsys Cleaning
The place when I went metal detecting, was Clarkson Reserve on the Maylands Foreshore.
When I was there, I met a curious lady who asked me what I was doing. Her name was Jenny Seaton, a media, radio and television personality who currently has her own program on Curtin FM a radio station broadcasting in the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia.
Beautiful Art Deco Broach
So today she is going to interview me on the radio, so thats a bit exciting and a first for me.
I told Jenny I would post photos of the items I found that night for her listeners to look at.
I found some great items, especially the Ladies 18ct Gold and Diamond Ring, which I found in about 3 foot of water. And also the Mens Silver Wave Ring which was in about the same depth.
So here is what I found on the evening I met Jenny on the Swan.
If your interested in seeing what I have recently found, please go to my other website Metal Detecting Photos or just click on the links below.
Favourite Finds
- 18 CT Ladies Gold and Diamond Ring
- Mens Silver Wave Ring
- Gold Chain
- Silver Chain with Silver Love Heart Pendant
- Ladies Hair or Chest Broach
- Beautiful Silver Hair Broach – Found buried under Grass
- Beautiful Brass Art Deco Broach – Found under Paperbark Tree
- WW2 Anti Aircraft Bullet Shell Base Marking – FA 41 – Very Unusual Find on the Swan River
Other Finds
- 1945 Australian Penny
- 1945 Australian Penny
- Corroded Australian Penny (Date Unknown)
- Corroded Australian Penny (Date Unknown)
- 1927 Silver Three Pence
- 1910 Silver Three Pence
- 1953 Silver Three Pence
- 1956 Silver Three Pence
- Silver Six Pence – Date Unknown
- Around $20 in Australian Coins
- Heaps of Fishing Sinkers
- Very Old Toy Car – 1940’s
Have you lost your Ring or any Gold, Silver Item of Value?
If you have lost any Jewellery or Rings recently at any Perth Beaches, Swan River, Parks, Playgrounds or at your home in the garden, please get in quick and book me to hopefully find your Lost Jewellery
If I can’t help you, I’ll find someone who can, I have some good metal detecting contacts who have helped me in the past.
How much do I charge?
I charge nothing at all to search for your lost item, but my services is based on a reward only if found basis that is, if I find your lost ring, jewellery etc, then it is up to you what you’d like to give me as a reward.
A small fuel surcharge may be required depending on the distance I need to travel.
If I don’t find your lost item, then I don’t expect anything.
I do not hire out my metal detectors.
Swan River Metal Detecting Finds
Swan River Metal Detecting Finds
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I was in Perth on the weekend just gone, and decided to do some metal detecting around the Swan River area, so I decided that I would head down to the Garrett Road Bridge where there is a nice picnic area which is popular with families, swimmers and kayakers and canoers.
I thought it would be a perfect spot to find some old coins, rings and other lost treasures.
It proved to be a great metal detecting spot, and I found plenty of coins, too many lead fishing sinkers, a long lost Avon Descent Medallion and a nice silver love hearts charm bracelet and a few other things.
As I have mentioned in my previous metal detecting stories, I really like to find old dog id tags (K9 Dogs that is) and I found one of those as well.
Sheeba's Lost Dog Tag
It had a phone number on the tag, as well as the dogs name which is “Sheeba” so I decided to give the owner a call, and she was very surprised that I had found it. She told me that it fell off Sheeba, around 4 years ago, whilst on a walk along the river bank. I was happy to hear that Sheeba is still alive and well, she is now 11 years old. But starting to slow down due to old age.
1999 Avon Descent Competitors Medallion - Found Near Garrett Road Bridge - Bayswater
So here is exactly what I found near the Swan River Metal Detecting:
- 1999 Avon Descent Competitors Medallion – Found Near Garrett Road Bridge – Bayswater – Front
- 1999 Avon Descent Competitors Medallion – Found Near Garrett Road Bridge – Bayswater – Reverse
- Extremely Corroded 1919 Australian Penny
- 1964 Australian Penny
- Sheeba’s the Dogs’ - Dog ID Tag
- Very Corroded Australian Half Penny (Date Unknown)
- Junk Brass Pendant
- 1946 Australian Shilling
- 1952 Australian Six Pence
- 1946 Australian Six Pence
- Silver Love Hearts Charm Bracelet
- Numerous other coins – $2 – $1 – 50 Cent etc
- Australian Six Pence Coin Date Unknown as I need to clean the coin. But you can see what 50 plus years of salty water immersion does to a silver coin.
Silver Love Hearts Charm Bracelet
Had a great couple of hours detecting there, I got there around 4pm with my girlfriend Natalie and our three little mongrel dogs, she played with them, whilst I detected, and when the mosquitos started to bite too hard, thats when I decided to pack up and head home to check out my lost treasure!
I am heading back there again in the very near future, but this time I will be taking my Minelab Underwater Metal Detector, so I can do some shallow water metal detecting.
I use a Minelab Excalibur Metal Detector when entering deeper water, it is 100% waterproof and a great detector.
The above finds I found using my Minelab E-Trac Metal Detector, it never lets me down and I always come home with something good.
Metal Detecting an old Western Australian Farm House
Old Western Australian Farmhouse
On the weekend I got permission from a local farmer to do some metal detecting around his old family homestead, which is no longer lived in, it is situated around 20 kilometres from my local town.
So I headed out there in my car excited to be on another metal detecting trip, confident of finding some lost momentos of another era.
On arrival it did not take long for me to find my first old coin, around 2 minutes, so that is always a good boost for confidence when metal detecting, finding something more or less straight away.
I spent a couple hours there, and found a few interesting things to add to my metal detecting collection.
This is what I found
The firm of Thomas Bolton & Sons grew out of a business producing metal buckles into one of the world’s leading wire, especially electrical wire, manufacturers. This article traces the development of the company from its early years in the late 18th century to its takeover by the cable companies in 1961. Important stages in the company’s growth were marked by the introduction of cold drawing and continuous wire drawing to meet the demand for long lengths of high-conductivity, high-tensile-strength copper wire for the telegraph and telephone industries
- Australian 1 & 2 Cent Coins
- 1911 Australian Penny
- 1942 Australian Penny
- 1941 Australian Penny
- Highly Decorated Ladies Victorian Era Broach – Reverse Side Photo
- Victorian Era Necklace Pendant – Made from Lead – Would have previously been painted gold
Highly Decorated Ladies Victorian Era Broach
Thats about all I found at that place, apart from the usual junk, such as pulltabs, aluminum cigarette foil and nails and heaps of lead to add to my lead collection.
There would likely be much more around the place, but as usual with alot of these old houses, they have lost bits of their tin roofs and the ground is heavily littered with tin, metal and much more.
It was a great day and it is always great to bring home a few lost treasures!
Have You Lost Your Precious Jewellery in Western Australia?
At work - Metal Detecting - Scarborough Beach - Perth - Western Australia
I specialise in helping people find their Lost Treasures, such as rings, watches, bracelets, necklaces etc , many people lose their precious jewellery whilst swimming in rivers, dams, the beach, lakes and also whilst gardening or working out doors.
I was talking to a friend the other day and he referred to the ocean as the worlds biggest Bank.
Everyday millions of pieces of jewellery and coinage are lost out of the pockets of people, valuable rings and bracelets slip off peoples fingers and wrists, beautiful necklaces are washed off people when they dive through waves or maybe like what happened to me once, got dumped by a big wave and I lost my watch!
On a good day last year, I found myself $250 in coins and 11 nice rings on a beach and that was not even during the summer months!
I know of some Western Australian Metal Detecting Treasure Hunters finding rings worth over $50,000 on Perth beaches, a good rumour even has it that on the day of Heath Ledger’s funeral “Surf Wake” at Cottesloe Beach, all of his friends created a circle of Surfboards in the water at Cottesloe Beach, one apparent “movie star” lost a valuable Diamond Encrusted Gold Ring for many many thousands of dollars, and to my knowledge that ring has never been found, and is most likely in the water or laying under the beach sand, waiting for someone to find it.
It is now a few days into the Year 2009 and already I have been busy answering phone calls from people who have lost rings and bracelets most of which have been Christmas Presents which they have lost whilst swimming or sunbathing at the beach.
So if you are anywhere in Western Australia, including Perth and surrounding suburbs and have lost something whether it be swimming, gardening, working, running .. what ever I can help you find your Lost Treasure, examples such as finding your Lost Gold, Silver or Platinum Wedding Rings, lost Bracelets, Necklaces, or any other piece of which may be of great sentimental value to you.
I can help you find anything really, but obviously it has to be metal! I can even help families who may have elderly parents, grand parents, relatives who sadly have Alzheimers Disease which can cause elderly people to do strange things, such as burying their life savings in their back yard…. yes this really does happen.
You’d be amazed on the amount of elderly people who do this or even normal people do it and they die suddenly without retrieving their buried treasure.
So thats another good word of advice, if you are sellling a deceased estate, or moving from your house to a new location it is very wise to get someone like me to do a good metal detecting search of the back yard for any buried treasure, the deceased or partner, or family member may have buried.
I’m sure alot of us have buried our little pieces of treasure before … I certainly did when I was a kid in my backyard … for me it was not really treasure or valuables, but it was Love Letters from an old childhood sweetheart I had.
I am also available to help Police, Crime and Investigation services to find weapons of crime, such as knives, hand guns, rifles, murder weapons and so forth, which may help in the process to quickly solve crimes and catch wanted offenders.
Recovery of your lost jewellery will depend on the following points listed below…
What I need to know:
1. Weather Conditions – especially wind and stormy weather conditions.
2. Water and Tidal Movements
3. Depth of water you lost your jewellery in. I only shallow detect to around 2m
4. Whether you keep your lost jewellery a secret and not blurt it out to passing or curious people.
5. Do you know the exact or approximate place you lost your Ring or Jewellery piece?
6. The sooner you let me know, the quicker we may be able to find it.
7. There are other things also which I may need to ask you.
Your cost for this service?
My Professional Lost Jewellery Recovery Service is based a “Reward Only Service” what the item is worth to you and what you would offer as a ”Reward” to have it found.
However I must cover my fuel expense to make it out to you, regardless if its found or not. I will provide a Two Fuel Receipts when I meet you, the first will be from when I left my home, and the second will be when I fill my vehicle up at the search destination.
Depending on the destination I leave from, the cost of my travel could vary, but as an example it could be anywhere between $100 and $150 on average for me to come to you and to return to my destination which is located 300km South East of Perth.
But don’t let that turn you off, I am 3 hours away, and that is not that far … but if your lucky I may already be in the Metro area or where ever you live!
I have decided to start this website so I can catalogue all of my finds on the internet for myself, friends, and visitors to see what I find on my adventures through out parts of Western Australia on my Treasure Hunting trips. I also started this Treasure Hunting site, so I can help others find their precious lost jewellery.
I will help find your precious jewellery including rings, watches, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, toerings, house keys and even valuable coins and treasure your grandparents or parents may have buried in the backyard for safe keeping.I have decided to start this website so I can catalogue all of my finds on the internet for myself, friends, and visitors to see what I find on my adventures through out parts of Western Australia on my Treasure Hunting trips. I also started this Treasure Hunting site, so I can help others find their precious lost jewellery.
I will help find your precious jewellery including rings, watches, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, toerings, house keys and even valuable coins and treasure your grandparents or parents may have buried in the backyard for safe keeping.
If you would like me help find your Lost Jewellery, please feel free to contact me anytime.
More info here: Western Australian - Metal Detecting Services – Lost and Found Jewellery Recovery
Photos My Recent Metal Detecting Finds
Bill
Western Australian Metal Detecting Specialists
Lost Jewellery Recovery
www.LostTreasure.com.au
Mob: 0429 641 788 or Ph: 98634 034
E-mail: billy@westnet.com.au
Me & My Metal Detecting Equipment
