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hi all, went out on tuesday with lkyphil and camped out over night.... once again we started the rivalry on who would get the most nuggets.... and yep, lkyphil won the day beating me by three..... thanks phil for the laughs and the freezing time out there, it sure was cold out there ... the four bits came to a whoping 0.52, but its nice to get the four... the button and key gave a large bang to my ears, but as for the other thing........ well what is it... i have no idea except that its made of copper and probably hung something of a jacket , maybe... so if there is any detectives out there that know of its origin please give it a name.... its got me baffled.... cheers

Well done on your finds , maybe the brass thing is a money clip

Geez Gary, now I know why they call you flyspecks , still they all add up, well done on your finds
Don't know what the mystery item is but it looks like a pull ring maybe from an old can of coke circa 1890

hi gary
nice finds throw the gold away, the key will hold the big bits in that chest that,s under the gum tree some where out bush, good luck happy hunting sean

thanks fellas, ibg dreamer, thats a bloody good call, i have allready tried it as a money clip... it works well. but still not sure if it has another purpose.... it will come, there's enough people out there finding this sort of stuff, surely someone has one...... manny, 1890's ring pull ... that cracked me up,. sean, you could be right, just have to find the it.... cheers

Agree with LBG, I'd say a money clip also

Great day out Flyspeck
I like that key and i am with Sean on this one.Its a massive key and the treasure chest must be huge.
Time to find it - go and dig out the whole Victoria.
Nice nuggets.
GoldEN

Nice finds there Garry. My first thoughts were bottle opener...but not really sure now...nice pics hope to see some more keep up the good work. And try to keep warm....

Cheers.

Mike.

G'Day
Don't know maybe a discusion round the fire with a few drinks and we will solve the mystery.
Big Fella.

I think it is a clip that went into the boards around the upper part of the room to hang pictures.

hey mike 54, had to laugh, but no, its not a bottle opener....as for you bigfella, we could sit around your camp fire and solve the worlds problems while drinking that terrible stuff you have, but i dont think you would work this one out .....rwork, i must addmit thats not a bad call at all... the only thing is, how would it fix to the wall or board , the back is far to big for a nail or screw.... i'm still leaning towards it was sewen into some sort of fabric and then hung somthing off of it, maybe evan a saddle or something..... it will be solved one day.... anyhow this is the key after a day in the brickys acid.... its old and i dont want to wreck it any further by leaving it in too long cheers

The picture board that ran around the rooms around two thirds up, have a gap between the back of the rail and the wall. The cip was pushed into the gap and the pictures were tied by piano wire to the clip.

G'Day
Rwork you are spot on as soon as i read that i could recall those things when i was a kid,behind those boards was room for the small section to slot into and as you said use piano wire tied to the loop part,Hey flyspecks i bought half a dozen bottles of red trying to work out why you blokes drink it,can't work it out but goes to show i drink anything.
Big Fella.

Maybe an old suspender belt hook? The loop might have had stretchy material through it and the hook gets pulled down to slip into a loop on the waist of work pants. Easier to imagine if the picture is upside down.

hey fellas. just got back from another trip, and had much discusion about that object, we all agreed that its some sort of clip, weather sewen into material or leather.... and yea, everybody seems to think they have seen something like it before....rwork, i still like your idea, but carn't get my head around how it fixs to the wall , it would have to be upside down... .. bigfella, yes wel will have to catchup for a drink, and a swing, but give me some warm weather first, besides there's a few jobs around the house i have to do first......goldsniff , your idea was the pick of the ladies on the weekend , they seem to think the same.... i know i will find it one day while looking in a museum or some junky shop some where..... cheers

G'day Gary, you have some interesting finds there. I have no idea what that copper thing is but I might of found the long lost cousin of your old key . I found it on the last long weekend we had.

Regards Ren...

Here is the picture.

hey ren, to bad that the heads broken off, if your thinking of cleaning it up, be carefull it looks pretty far gone.... its nice to find them..... cheers