First of all I would like to thank the committee, our members, sponsors and all the wonderful people who turned out for our first official Australia Day Token Hunt. Without a doubt I think we were pleasantly surprised with the amount of people wanting to have a go at metal detecting. The kids were having a fantastic time out in the field, I seen many a smile on their faces as they swung their detectors looking for the old coins, tokens and relics. However, there was one young fellow in particular who found a 1962 Australian Penny, the smile on his face was priceless, worth the price of gold alone and is one memory I will never forget.
The Relic, Coin, and Bottle Displays were very popular with the many people that visited. The history on some of those item’s is amazing with some dating back to the 1800’s. A big thank you to all those guys and girls who displayed their wonderful collections.
We did notice a vast array of different branded machines , everything from Bounty Hunter, Teknetics, Minelab, Garrett and the new kid on the block, the XP ORX, which is an amazing new machine and can be purchased locally from our major sponsor Justin Cleghorn at “Aussie Detectorist”. Justin also kindly donated 2 Teknetics Metal Detectors to be given away as prizes on the day, thanks Justin.
Last but not least, our good friend, Donnie Pascoe from Pascoelads Prospecting dropped in to say g’day. What a legend and a top bloke he is, a guy who likes to share his knowledge of how and where to find gold. Check out Donnie’s YouTube channel guys.
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