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« on: August 12, 2010, 12:49:37 am »
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Hi all,
Found this old rusted revolver while swinging a Minelab GPX-4500 in the NE goldfields of West Australia.
Have always wanted to find an old firearm from the early days.
I think it is .32 caliber, maybe someone here may have a better idea.

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« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2010, 08:07:11 am »
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That is a tremendous find.   Laola

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« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2010, 09:12:06 am »
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Cool Beans!   Not much left to the poor thing, Eaaaa!

.38 short maybe?

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« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2010, 02:23:13 pm »
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Call Boney straight away, mate!

Nice find! You're looking at a piece of history there!

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« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2010, 11:01:20 am »
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Good find, i also found one at Big Bell near Mt Magnet while gold prospecting,will post a pic when i go through my CD'S and find it...  cheers Tassie..

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« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2010, 11:34:26 am »
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That is a really cool find. Congrats!

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« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2010, 03:00:37 am »
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If you havent already searched the heck out of that sight I'd keep swinging round there.  i'm trying to imagine the situation a guy might have been in to loose his gun...may have left behind some other cool treasures.

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« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2010, 12:01:56 pm »
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The guy might have been drunk.  His luck had run out and not finding any Gold he took out his pocket pistol and cocked back the hammer.  The cold steel felt good on his temple but he didn't notice as a tear ran down his sunburnt cheek.  He had labored long and hard for bread, for honor and for riches but for too long.  Now he was tired, his youth spent chasing the will of the wisp.  Never amounting to anything and proving his 9th grade teacher right, he decided this is it.  The pressure of his trigger finger relaxed as he passed out from drinking too much.  The gun fell in the mud and as the boys carried him away to his tent a fellow stepped on it and it sunk even deeper.  Years went by and the man finally struck it rich and his whole life changed...but he always wondered what happened to his old gun?

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« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2010, 05:28:04 pm »
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Rattlesnake,
These young fellas from days gone by rarely got past year 4 or 5 let alone year 9 schooling before they were out trying to bring a few extra pence home to their struggling families.
We call our early diggers the "oldtimers" however in reality the the marked graves show they were all young men in their teens or early 20's. This life was not for the old and frail, hard work, extreme conditions, unfriendly aborigines, poor diet, disease and mostly lack of water sent many of them to an early grave.
Our early history books tell of our "oldtimers" doing a "perisher" whereby they have literally crawled into an outcamp there tongues so swollen from lack of water they were unable to talk and tell of their hardships. Others who died within sight of help. They did it very tough. Only a few ever found bonanza gold.
Even today anyone travelling into our outback must take caution and be well prepared. Vehicle in top condition, emergency communication equipment and most of all at least 4.5 litres (1X gallon) of water/ person/ day.
Not a summer goes by where headline news reports another person or persons dying in the ouback because they were not prepared for an emergency.
eg: A traveller got bogged in a sandy creek bed, stayed with his vehicle as is advised and perished. Rescurers deflated the tyres and drove the vehicle out of the bog unassisted. Just over the rise there was a windmill and ample water? Tragedy that could have been averted if he had basic outback driving instructions.

There are so many stories along this line.
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« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2010, 12:57:16 pm »
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Thanks for the info Peter.  I might add to your list of deadly things...snakes.  I'll bet a lot of the "oldtimers" were snake bit too.  It is hard for us Yanks to know much about you guys down under.  Our education system is designed to dumb us down, not make us smarter.  As for hard times, we are all in the same boat now as this World Depression closes in on all of us.  Does GPS hand held electronic equipment work down under?  That would be a life saver for you now days.  But perhaps Pine Gap may block transmission?

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