My last quick couple of hunts

Driving through the Lindis Pass we noticed an old stone building a rather rough detour took us the site,turns out to be an old hotel built around 1865 and still in very good condition,the temptation to have a detect was over whelming, so I had a quick go well away from the the main building structure managed the threepence but for sure there would be lots more here as it was a very popular place during the gold mining era,but time forced us to keep on travelling.There is an enormous amount of these old stone buildings in this area just oozing history, the mind boogles with the thought of lost gold and coins etc.Had another hunt at Wanaka this has a very large beach frontage and the results are after just an hour and a half.Anyone coming this way have a go it is a little untouched goldmine.

Where it all began

Well we are at Lawrence,stayed last night at Gabriels gully right in the heart of the gold country,problem is it is raining relentlessly and I cant get out for a look around so spending the day in the van and going to the museum etc,we have been to some great old places full of history with names like Bendigo,Carricktown,Bannockburn,Logantown,Welshtown etc and there are lots more we would like to see but the roads are just a bit to mean on the old camper,I tend to forget we are not in a 4WD.

 We had a good poke around alot of the old brick buildings some dating back to the 1860'S,The old Bendigo school was interestingTony found a nice 1884 sixpence and an old silver thimble,I must of found 300 .22 cartridges as they all have a tid similar to a small nugget,they had to dug up.But alas no hidden caches of gold or sovereigns.This may be my last post for a while as we have sold the camper and are heading to the Gold Coast,the plan is to work there for the next 6-8 months knuckle down and save some $ then come back and start over where we left off .In saying that I am taking the Etrac with me and intend to haunt the local beaches,so I will post any finds etc