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Metal Detector Hire Perth

Billy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:50:08 +0000

Just to let any visitors know that I will be in Perth from Wedsneday 4th November to approximately late November. But I will be returning home down south on the Fridays, returning to Perth on Sundays. During the week, I’ll be doing a few courses, but if you contact me, I should be able to do a search for [...]

Pumping the Ghost Town Water Well – Part 2

Billy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:22:38 +0000

Today my mate Rob and I went out to the old ghost town water well today and finally started pumping out the water of the disused water well. It is so deep, it’s amazing how the settlers must have dug it out by hand over a hundred years ago. The water in the well is now not [...]

Northern Territory Metal Detectorist Wanted For Lost Ring Search

Billy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:53:48 +0000

I received this email from Bren in Darwin today, he lost a wedding ring in a Lke swimming. as follows: I am looking for someone that has a waterproof metal detector, I lost my wedding ring in about 5 foot of water. I know the locations within a few meters but visibility is poor. There would definitely [...]

Aboriginal Stone Tool Identified

Billy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:59:07 +0000

The other day I wrote about finding an unusual Aboriginal Stone Tool. I wrote an email to the Western Australian Museum in Perth, seeking information about it and here is the reply I got. Dear Bill Thanks for the email enquiry about the stone tool you found around Dumbleyung on the weekend. The cylindrical stone is a dimpled grindstone [...]

Metal Detectorist Wanted for Hobart Tasmania Lost Ring Search

Billy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:12:08 +0000

I am desperately in need of a Metal Detector Guy based in or near Hobart Tasmania to do a metal detecting search for a Lost Ring which was lost in a garden bed in a suburb of Hobart in 1975! The person who lost this ring is named Mark, and he told me he hid the ring [...]

Operation Haystack – Metal Detecting Mission Accomplished!

Billy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:52:07 +0000

About four weeks ago, I got a phonecall from Eddie, to do a metal detecting search for a missing Fork Lift Prong which snapped off inside one of his bales of hay. See that Metal Detecting Story That search was a successful search, and a few days ago I received another phonecall from Eddie, informing me [...]

Very Unusual Aboriginal Fire Making Stone Found

Billy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:00:37 +0000

Aboriginal Fire Lighting Stone, I found yesterday, very unusal shape, colour, never seen anything like this one before. I was out at a friends farm yesterday, looking for old bottles, and I decided to go for a walk in a paddock to where an old unused water tank was, hoping there may have been a few [...]

Old Water Well Update

Billy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Just a quick note to say that I went out to the Old Ghost Town Well with the water pump a couple days ago. Since I am new using my friends water pump, I did not use it properly, as I was supposed to add water to the top of the pump to help with the suction. I did [...]

The Ghost Town Water Well

Billy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:04:27 +0000

In December last year I wrote a story on finding an old ghost town water well which has not been used for close to 100 years. The well is full of murky undrinkable water, so I am excited to say that I have a friend who I asked if I could use his water pump, to pump [...]

Cleaning Old Bottles and Jars

Billy — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:08:33 +0000

I have not been doing any metal detecting for a few days, as I have had the bottle dump fever! I have been out bush looking for old bottles and jars, and I have found some beautiful bottles and jars to add to my growing collection. I have not found anything too valuable in recent days, [...]