Check out the youtube video I made with some pretty useful tips on how to make some money on the side.
Basically I strip an old shed of its valuable heavy copper electrical wire, check out the beautiful old jarrah floor boards that could be restored or sold, jarrah is the wooden gold of the Australian timber world…. worth a lot of money.
Today I do some Scrapping of an Abandoned Aussie Farmhouse for its Copper Wire, trying to make a bit of extra cash of the side to pay my bills, and it is working out nicely … hard work though, but very rewarding when the cash comes in.
I made an offer to one of my mates who is a farmer. The offer is that I go through and totally strip one of his old abandoned farmhouses for copper, aluminum, stainless steel and sort it. Basically I do all the hard work for him and sell the scrap I find and then we split the profits 50/50.
Scrapping Old House For 50% Share of Profits – Part 1
I made an offer to one of my mates who is a farmer. The offer is that I go through and totally strip one of his old abandoned farmhouses for copper, aluminum, stainless steel and sort it. Basically I do all the hard work for him and sell the scrap I find and then we split the profits 50/50.
This also includes items in the house I can sell on ebay for him.
If you want to do the same, why not ask one of the local farmers in your area. I have another farm house lined up after this job.
Hoping to make a few grand out this house.
Scrapping Old House For 50% Share of Profits – Part 2
Beautiful Turn of the Century Australian Stone House
A few days ago I got permission off a local farmer and his wife to go metal detecting at an old stonehouse on their property, no doubt one of the most beautiful stone houses in the district.
I took a beautiful photo of this house a few months ago, and knew that I’d have to return one day to do some metal detecting for old coins and relics.
So finally I had a day off and eagerly drove out to the house with my E-Trac Metal Detector, Garrett Pro Pin Pointer, my trusty shovel and my sifter and plenty of water, as it was a bloody hot day!
One of my most favourite things to find while metal detecting is old dog licence tags, usually made out of brass.
I have found around 20 of these Dog Licence tags so far, since I started metal detecting, and I hoped to find one today.
These Dog Licence Tags are issued to dog owners, so that if the Dog is found it can be returned to the owner, even today the same thing happens, except the dog licence tags these days are made out of a crappy plastic, not like the good old days when things were made to last.
Well My luck was running high, and just near a old stone shearing shed, I found one with my detector, one of the best ones I have found so far.
1930 - 1931 Dumbleyung Road Board Dog Licence Tag
If you click on the image to the right, you’ll see a bigger and better photo.
This is the first of these tags I have found with a clover leaf design, usually most of the tags I find are in a triangular shape.
I also found a another dog tag just the other day, this one was also really nice, another unique design, and this tag originating from Wagin, some 40km away from Dumbleyung.
I spent around 4 hours at the old house, it was a really good day, nice and peaceful, just how I like it.
I found some really nice coins, and found my first English Farthing, dated 1926.
I also found some pennys, a couple of six pence coins, some nice buckles and other interesting things.
As well as that, I also found a really nice old bottle dump, basically a big pile of dirt, but plenty of signs of really old Marble Bottles, Codds, and other rare bottles… I just wish I had a bobcat or a dingo, if I had one of those, I could get underneath the soil to get the good bottles.
I am actually thinking about hiring one from a local bloke for the day, $250 a day he charges.
Feel free to watch the YouTube Video I made of the day below.
There are some beautiful old abandoned farm homesteads here in Dumbleyung, my home town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, and I love taking photos of them when ever I come across them on my Metal Detecting journeys around the district.
Some of which I have metal detected at with permission of the land owners.
Alot of the old homes have been abandoned for over 50 years, it makes me wonder, how long will it take the the current farm houses to be abandoned.
In times of drought, and times of change, farm families come and go, most stay from one generation to the other…. struggling on.
One of these houses has since burned down, which is a pity, because it was a beautiful old house, but the farmer had his reasons to do it, I suppose.
Enjoy the video, I hope to make a part 2 to this video in the near future.
Yesterday I spent most of the day taking apart my scrap metal, for scrap metal recycling. I am hoping to have enough scrap copper, aluminum and stainless steel so that I can put it towards a full scuba diving kit so that I can expand my metal detecting for peoples lost rings to underwater totally.
After around 7 hours of taking apart good scrap, I decided to go for a ride on my Polaris Big Boss to do a bit of sunset metal detecting at at old Australian Farmhouse in Dumbleyung – Western Australia.
I got permission from the farmer who owns the land, so off I went!
I found a 1927 Palestine Mil, no doubt this coin would have been bought back to Australia after World War 2 by an Australian Soldier, maybe it could have been his lucky coin!
Beautiful Old Australian Farmhouse - Dumbleyung - Western Australia
Driving around some lonely bush roads around Dumbleyung in Western Australia I came across this beautiful old Australian Stone Farmhouse, one of the best I have seen in the district.
I could not resist trying my luck with the metal detector hoping to find some old coins and relics.
Driving around rural areas, bush tracks, lonely roads is the best way to find good spots to go metal detecting, bottle and relic hunting, just try and make sure that you always get permission from the owners of the property before you start.
In this case I did not, but I am sure it would have been okay, I still do not know who owns the property.
No doubt this would have to be one of the most beautiful old Australian Homesteads I have seen in the district.
It has motivated me to start a project of making a youtube video of all of the abandoned homesteads around the Dumbleyung area.
Click on the below photo to see a larger view of what I found that day.
I love metal detecting!
Metal Detecting Finds at Old Australian Stone Farmhouse
