My Final Metal Detecting Hunt of the Old Homestead in the Paddock
1935 Siver Australian Florin
There comes a time, when you are metal detecting a good place, that you realise that you may have found most of it’s hidden treasures, and so, for one of my favourite places which has remains of an Old Homestead, yesterday I decided that I would give it one final go, before giving the place a rest for a long time, if not forever.
In past Metal Detecting searches of this place I have had some great metal detecting finds at this place.
See my previous storys about it
- More Great Finds – Return to the Old Homestead
- Metal Detecting Old Homestead Ruins
- Heap of Coins found Metal Detecting
So yesterday I said to myself, one last go of the homestead remains, and I’ll leave the place alone for good.
It has been one of my best places to find old coins and little relics and other interesting things, and this is what I found.
- 1935 Silver Australian Florin
- .303 Bullet and .43 Bullet Cartridge
- Australian Half Penny – Unknown Date
- 1942 Australian Half Penny
- WW2 Australian Military Forces Brass Button
- Old Button
- Old Button “Our Own Make”
- Old Brass Military Style Compass
- Nice Old Toy Car
Old Toy Car - 1940's Era
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.
Metal Detecting Beautiful Old Homestead
Wheatfields Homestead - Dumbleyung - Western Australia
A couple days ago I asked permission from a local farmer if I could go out to the towns oldest Homstead called “Wheatfields” it is ??? year old and was built in ???
It is situated in a beautiful location over looking Lake Dumbleyung, Western Australia (My Hometown).
The first recorded sighting of the lake was in 1843 by explorers, Landor and Lefroy. It is the largest open lake in Western Australia’s southwest at 13km in length and 6.5km wide, covering an area of 5200 hectares.
Despite the extreme salinity recorded, the lake continues to provide a habitat for many varieties of water birds.
Lake Dumbleyung received world recognition when Donald Campbell broke the world water speed record on 31 December 1964 travelling at 276.3 miles per hour (442.08km) in his boat ‘Bluebird’. A unique granite memorial to Donald Campbell can be seen at Pussy Cat Hill, a prominent feature and vantage point to view the entire lake area.
I did not find much, I was expecting alot more coins than what I found, but the place was littered with bits and pieces of trash just under the surface of the ground, but I am definetely planning on heading back out the in the near future, and extending my metal detecting area around the outskirts of the house, where the land has been ploughed.
1902 Silver English Three Pence
Anyhow I found my oldest coin to date so far, it is an English three pence coin dated 1902, not valuable, but a good find and obviously buried under the ground for well over a hundred years.
I also found a couple of Australian Six Pence coins and Australian Pennys as follows:
- 1927 Australian One Penny
- 1946 Australian Half Penny
- 1942 Australian Three Pence
- 1951 Australian Three Pence
I also found the remains on an old toy car, looks like it would date back to around the 1950’s – 1960’s by the style of the car… and as per usual found the usual old australian buttons and a few old bullet shells.
Old 1950's Toy Car?
Old 1950's Toy Car?
I spent around an hour detecting, it was great fun, apart from being a bit cold and rainy, but I came prepared, raincoat and a nice thermal flask of sweet hot coffee.
Really looking forward to heading back there again in the near future.
No Bull! I found a Bull!
Metal Detecting Find - Old Lead Cow or Bull - Made by Timpo Toys England
Another beautiful day here today, but I forced myself to do some household chores today, washing clothes, watering plants, gardening, and preparing a wooden Jarrah Walkway I am building in my garden this weekend … can’t wait!
After I did all my jobs around the house today, I thought stuff it! I might as well go and do some more metal detecting, seeing as though I had been every day for the last 3 weeks, I might as well do it one more time… and then I am having a break for a few days.
I rang up a local farmer today to see if I could go and do some metal detecting around one of my favourite old abanoned houses in the district, and his wife answered and she said no problems, so I was pretty happy about that.
Old Brick House
The old brick house above is 300 metres from the house I went detecting at today, owned by the same family.
I only had around an hour to detect before the sun went down, so off I went.
My Favourite House in Dumbleyung - Nippering Hill
It overlooks Lake Dumbleyung
As usual … alot of these old house I go to have corrogated sheets of roofing tin laying around the house, due to being blown off the roof by strong wind and storms, and I find this really frustrating, because alot of it is buried, and you have to be careful moving the tin, due to the risk of being bitten by a deadly snake, which may be hiding or living under the tin, and obviously besides being bitten, you are disturbing it’s home, or another animals home, and that’s not the best thing to do.
In an hour of detecting I only found a couple of things worth keeping… enjoy the pics!
I found a 1943 Three Pence and another find to add to my favourites, a kids toy, an old lead Cow or Bull – Made by Timpo Toys England
1943 Australian Three Pence
Metal Detecting Find - Old Lead Cow or Bull - Made by Timpo Toys England
Old Toys, Badges, Coins and Bullet Holes
A Penny with a bullet hole through it!
Over the last couple of days I have been doing some treasure hunting at yet another old house, just outside of town, but all that remained of this house was just the concrete slab. I believe that this house probably had something to do with the Railway, possibly a Station Masters house, no sure, but it is directly opposite the Railway Line in Dumbleyung.
Man in a Old Toy Tractor
I found a few things of interest to myself as follows:
- A Old Toy Man in a Tractor
- Toy Ranger Pistol
- AMF button with KC & “no borders” map – WW2
- Brass Coat Hook
- Silver Fork
- Stainless Steel Fork
- Dumbleyung Football Club Badge dated 1969
- Australian Railway Badge?
- 1943 Australian Penny
- 1916 Australian Half Penny
- 1922 Australian Penny
- A Penny with a bullet hole through it!
Dumbleyung Football Club Badge dated 1969
Interesting and Unknown Metal Detecting Finds
I have uploaded a heap of photos from that days finds at my Metal Detecting Finds Gallery
I found around seven old Australian Pennys more old Brass Belt Buckles and much more.
Here is a few of the Metal Detecting finds I am having trouble trying to find out what they are.
Unknown Copper Item
Old Suspender Belt Buckles?
Unknown Art Deco Style Badge (1920Unknown Copper Plate
Old Ned Kelly Toy Gun RemainsOld Toy Gun Remains
