"The Miners Ten Commandments"

slippery79 Thu May 02, 2013 11:13 am

This morning I found and printed out the "Miners ten commandments" by James M hutchings 1853.
And was wondering if there was an Early Australian version. I can't seem to find it if there was.
I would love to see a copy if any one has one.
I have not come across this item before & it's a classic.
But would love to read an Australian version. Thanks if you can help with my inquiry, Regards slippery79 Smile

Guest Thu May 02, 2013 12:41 pm

Gday slippery,
Sounds interesting mate.
I reckon we could start our own,and maybe double it to 20 commandments.

#1 'Thou shalt not disclose the true location of your gold finds'

someday Thu May 02, 2013 12:47 pm

# 2: Thou shalt not harm our fellow prospector.

slippery79 Thu May 02, 2013 1:47 pm

# 3 Thou shall not ever tell the other half the true amount of gold we find..

Guest Thu May 02, 2013 2:31 pm

# 4 Thou shall bathe and wash thou nuggets every fourth month on Sunday, whether thou should need it or not.

kon61 Thu May 02, 2013 3:14 pm

4) Not only though shall bathe thy nuggets every fourth month on Sunday,but bathe thy self at least thrice a week.
5) Though shall not raid thy brothers patch whilst brother is near by.

Kon61. What a Face

mullockgrubber Thu May 02, 2013 3:55 pm

Gus wrote:Gday slippery,
Sounds interesting mate.
I reckon we could start our own,and maybe double it to 20 commandments.

#1 'Thou shalt not disclose the true location of your gold finds'

Most good advice. Rolling Eyes

mullockgrubber Thu May 02, 2013 3:57 pm

kon61 wrote: 4) Not only though shall bathe thy nuggets every fourth month on Sunday,but bathe thy self at least thrice a week.
5) Though shall not raid thy brothers patch whilst brother is near by.

Kon61.

Can you raid your brothers patch when he is away and not looking ? Razz

Guest Thu May 02, 2013 4:09 pm

# 6 Thou shall only swing with thy brothers wife or thy fathers mother if thou be a swinger club member and thy brothers wife is cool with thee.

Digginerup Thu May 02, 2013 4:20 pm

This-Way-Up wrote:# 6 Thou shall only swing with thy brothers wife or thy fathers mother if thou be a swinger club member and thy brothers wife is cool with thee.

Thou shall seek urgent phsyciatric help immediately. Rolling Eyes

Wayne.

slippery79 Thu May 02, 2013 4:32 pm

#7 Thou shall never give up hope of finding the big one. Once thyself almost reaches insanity, thou shalt turn away from insanity and drag thy chain in the derection from wence thou came, until thou can swing no more!!

barkly48 Thu May 02, 2013 5:02 pm

#8. Thou shalt always fill in yer flippin' holes...

Guest Thu May 02, 2013 5:30 pm

Digginerup wrote:
This-Way-Up wrote:# 6 Thou shall only swing with thy brothers wife or thy fathers mother if thou be a swinger club member and thy brothers wife is cool with thee.

Thou shall seek urgent phsyciatric help immediately.

Wayne.

Thanks a LOT...Things just got real ugly cos I took your advice!...

The only shrink I know that could give "urgent phsyciatric help immediately" is Fred. He lives on the corner and is the local butcher. So, anyway, I gave Fred a call and said mate, a mate just said I need "urgent phsyciatric help immediately". Fred said what for? I said well, Fred, I would like to swing with ya daughter...30 minutes later he stopped waving that meat cleaver at me...So I said what is wrong Fred? I am already swinging with your wife one more wont hurt...and then things just got ugly.

lol!

Guest Thu May 02, 2013 8:12 pm

#9 thou shall not let greed over;ride previous agreements.a handshake is your word. Smile

rossco Thu May 02, 2013 9:26 pm

thou shall not confide in your buthcher

Guest Thu May 02, 2013 9:27 pm

#10 Thou shalt not lend thy detector to friends or family under any circumstances

Digginerup Fri May 03, 2013 9:11 am

Thou shalt not shat in the open ground and decorate it with thine toilet paper and leave it for all to see.
Thou shalt excavate with thine pick and bury it thou foul beast!.

Wayne. cheers

Tributer Fri May 03, 2013 9:22 am

A commandment for newbies.
Thou shall take a small unclean nugget with thy when heading off detecting so if you return home goldless you can present it to the partner and stop her/him moaning about your hobby being a waste of time and money.

(Taken from the gospel of Hargraves) Smile

Tributer

AUoptimist Fri May 03, 2013 10:55 pm

Tributer,
Thou shalt test run thy boat before thy and followers embark upon the waters as thou and followers cannot walk upon on the waters.
AUoptimist.

Guest Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:08 pm

Thou shalt not forget to wear boots that arent steel caps whilst opearting your detector

piston broke Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:57 pm

Thou shalt always use MACRO on thy camera to make nuggets look bigger Embarassed

Detrackozi Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:10 pm

Thou shall not through your bag of litter at the location you were detecting with the secret gold mud maps to were the gold is ,,,Thank You,,,, Smile

Just can't believe that someone could be so stupid T02

deutran Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:41 pm

Thou shall never believe they have removed all the gold from a patch because they didn't.

Fisho Wed Jun 08, 2016 3:10 pm

HAHAHA, this is fantastic, I'm new to this, so this thread has been most amusing and incredibly informative

Digginerup Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:14 pm

thou shalt excavate gold and laugh with ones prospecting crew as often as ones handler will permit, cometh the hour men Q01

...I can smell the renovator Q10

Wayne

slimpickens Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:57 pm

Thou shalt not doubt Sir Bruce ever again! Q10

Thou shalt not covet Christina Aguilera............before me. After me, I don't care, she won't have a bar of ya! Q24

https://youtu.be/-ScjucUV8v0

Reg Wilson Mon Nov 07, 2016 12:23 am

Do unto others,then split. (oops, sorry, think that was from the'bikers bible')

mungass Mon Nov 07, 2016 6:48 pm

Its not what I can do for the company but what can the company do for me Very Happy

surge66 Sat Apr 01, 2023 2:17 am

slippery79 wrote:#7 Thou shall never give up hope of finding the big one. Once thyself almost reaches insanity, thou shalt turn away from insanity and drag thy chain in the derection from wence thou came, until thou can swing no more!!

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