The Craziest Metal Detecting Day of my Life 

wow Rob. I’m humbled to be the winner of the crevice tool😮😃and it was so exciting to see you go back and to get all those period relics ! I remember when I got my first British penny in very similar circumstances and I was like … Who’s the dude in a wheelchair 🦽😅 . Excited see you return . You are just getting warmed up . there will be some Victorian silver there I think but it’s gonna be after you sift some of the top layers off

Go easy with the pick when relic hunting. That's the second quicksilver bottle I've heard of being found with a lid intact, dug with a pick too. Fluke they both weren't broken👍👌🇦🇺

Rob, I can express how cool it is to plop down and see a new video from AU / Tasmania- this is why I don’t do cable television. I was paralyzed in 2020 after living a life of complete adventure commercial / charter sport fishing I was told I’d have to accept limitations- we’ll lump that, I’m learning to walk again mate- good as! Please keep the videos coming! Ohio, USA 🇺🇸

Well done, Rob. The 1874 Queen Victoria half penny is awesome. That's Britannia on the reverse btw. Buy a pin pointer mate.

What a fantastic find Rob! A pinpointer is good to have also..A crevacing hook would be good 👍

As always thanks for taking us along on the adventure. Awesome job mate. As a fellow father, PLEASE WEAR A HELMET!! The weirdest things can happen out in the bush and riding around on a quad you never know what can happen. Please be safe.

You are a one man geologist and anthropologist for the unspoken. Well done son.

Mate south side of the rivers got extensive workings as well considering how long it was worked and from the Chinese through to modern survey programs done by mining companies there’s at least 150 years of historical timeline to unravel you’ve only just begun bro luv it cheers

Good on you for mapping out the site and documenting your finds for future reference Rob. That coin 😊

That was a great idea Ollie. It's great to see you do something that makes you happy and I enjoy watching you on your adventures. From History to your finds, you never disappoint. Can't wait till the next video.

Rob I'm just impressed by your ability to work in cold water, I have an old Garrett detector which is nearly 50 years old but still working. Lately it gets more work checking for metal in the recycled timbers before machining, in my 60s now and still love being in the bush prospecting love your work and enthusiasm. The square nail is made of copper and used for wooden boat building and the angled piece is off a buggy saddle for a horse and cart rig

Congrats Ollie……hopefully I might be lucky as you next time…..Loved being taken on the adventure with you Rob and looking forward to your return trip.

Well done Rob! You truly inspire people to watch and look forward. I enjoy it! 🇨🇦

First let me say I don't want the hook, if by chance give it to the person that comments next. Just wanted to tell you how happy it makes me that you and Tazzy Boys got your gov issues fixed! You guys do a very good job of taking us with you. It's like reading a good mystery book. Waiting for next chapters and never want this saga to end.

Great idea to map the area and your finds. A bit of Tasmanian mining history right here and you're documenting it as you go. Well done.

No matter what you are searching for , gold or relics, l simply love the adventures you take us on, into the beautiful untamed wilds of Tassie. Would love a crevicing tool thanks, as im trying to build a prospecting kit for some adventures of my own. And thank you to you and all prospector youtubers, for teaching us all, the art of treasure hunting !!!

Lovvvveee watching your adventures. Always great videos and explanations on the way. Keep it up!!

Nice job on prospecting. Truly a nice find

Congrats Ollie and wouldn’t say no to a crevacing hook 😂and I agree a pinpointer would be a great asset

Great finds! And to think the government gives people like you a hard time for respecting the land and preserving history…such a shame. Keep up the great work! Those crevicing tools look pretty solid.

Rob I ENJOY your videos so much. I love your adventures so much

I am a little late but a crevicing tool would be very handy for myself and my wife. Love your history and nature videos.

Massive thanks Rob and Family, since discovering your channel I've been inspired to get out and give this kind of thing a crack myself. I'm in the South Island of NZ and have ample public gold prospecting spots and even have a family friend who has a claim, going to be setting out for a week with some good people in hopes to find some nuggets and scenery, cant wait for this experience and all thanks to your awesome videos and inspiring content. Never stop being you Rob

G'day Rob. I'm loving these videos mate. That large conical item looks like a nozzle for a blacksmiths forge. It directed the air from the blower into the fire. Where ever there were mines, there was always a blacksmith nearby to repair chisels and picks etc. Would love a Tiger tool 😊

A crevicing tool would be great... but a crevicing tool with your autograph on it would be AMAZING!

Great archaeological adventure, Rob! The broken white glass jar has the lettering AGM, Australian Glass Manufacturers, large letter A, with the G in the top of the A, the M in the base of the A. I read Marmite Comp.., 1920s I'd say, it's Vegemite but the British name, they even briefly called themselves "Parwill" - ..."if ma might, pa will"... The dolly pot for crushing the quartz, the large metal spike looks a rock pick, but the dolly pot needs a heavy stick for crushing the rock, I suppose it's dual-use, sharp tip, twisted iron for strengthening for blows by a hammer, or crushing ore. The glass bottle, if it has mercury in it, the mercury may still have gold in it, they may have captured the gold powder in the mercury after crushing the quartz to a powder, but retorting process to purify the gold needed for the mercury vapours to be cooled, through a pipe in a water barrel, to recover the mercury to be used again. You might try adopting a digger trowel from Tyger Stainless, not for a crevicing hook, tho I'd love one if those, but for digging CLEAN PLUGS, sorry to shout, Rob, but for the safety of the artefacts, and when visibly digging in public spaces, and as mentor, returning the hole to near as best to original is the right practice, if not everyone does so, it'll be taken from all by the bad practices of a small number. You'll want a pinpointer, and from our past encouragement, to have a detector with the numbering discrimination display for different metal target types, borrow one off someone for a little while to give it a try. It was a good viewer suggestion to target the non-ferrous targets first, I think that prompted you to then grid, map and record the finds and site, and you'll now want to map and mark out the mineshafts, adits, road and river. Onward, with more happy adventures in more unrecorded outdoor museums! 👍✌️🤙 Cheers from Gabi of Narre Warren, Victoria.

Great video Rob. I would love the crevicing hook please.... Documenting the site and all the suggestions people have made in what to include in your documentation is all great advice. So sad how archeologists seem more interested in overseas history than our own historical sites. But thanks to people like yourself our early pioneers will never be forgotten and where they mined for gold in Tassie. Bravo Rob!!!!! One day I hope you write your own book on the history you have uncovered and how to researched to find these locations and what you found at these sites. Something that is seriously lacking in Australia is thorough investigative research and location finding with artifacts found in remote locations. The old timers were tough unique individuals with guts, tenacity, knowledge that has been lost over the years, my goodness in today's standards they lived rough and survived.

Hi Rob, I am loving your shows, Good to see you living your best life. Would love a crevising hook.

Looks like a great adventure.Thanks for making the video

Please Rob, don't ever smell on an unknown substance that you've found. You wouldn't be the first to end up in hospital after smelling an old find. Looking forward to your next video!

Very nice find Rob. Those crevice tools are nice and yours looks heavy duty. My boyfriend and I love watching your videos they are so amazing.

Looks like great fun digging up these relics - many more to come and I am sure the old timers left some gold behind too!!! I would love a crevicing hook too 😊

Rob Parsons-Archeologist. Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it. Yes please to the hook. You sir, are a legend.

i love your video.s especially since im a very unfit 62 year old watching you blokes scamble through overgrown vegatation down and up extremely steep country, the thickest scrub sets off my clostophobia just watching you,lol.when i start detecting and sluicing again (hopefully next year ) i will put a good crevicing hook and other tools set on top of the list to save for ,as ive got most of the other stuff already in my camper trailer

That historical perspective and record is priceless....

It is amazing just how much work the old timers did in pursuing gold. Definitely looked like a pick axe. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Id love a crevassing hook

Congrats @oriley81! Put that crevice tool to good use! Looks like an amazing place to go digging around. Love the videos and thank you for taking us along for the ride.

Trop cool ce genre de vidéo, la découvert de la petite bouteil et de la pièce sont incroyable tu devrait les garder en souvenir ! Merci pour ma vidéo 💪

Brilliant video Rob Thank you! Had a shack at Squeaking Point for 25 years but had to let it go. Regretting it but that’s life. Your videos are a reminder of what an awesome place Tassie is. Thanks for sharing it with us! Lee up the great work.

Thanks for the video Rob. Job well done as usual. At least the boots weren't right next to each other or we might have got a skeletal session as well

Hey Rob, great video. That broken white glass container looks like a vegemite jar I have, but yours looks like it reads “Marmite”. Love a crevicing tool. 😊

Nice to see you finding some good relics from The Old Timers, Rob. Just finished reading Henry Hellyer's Observations - he was the main surveyor for VDL Co back in the 1860s and what those fellas didn't have to contend with is shocking! The number of times they were just down to flour & water (and water wasn't always a given in my neck of the woods) but still had to cut tracks and roads forging a route from Lonnie to Circular Head & beyond. They would inscribe trees with dates or leave provisions buried in safe spots for next time - so you have to know, what's left behind was hard won and wouldn't have been abandoned easily. Nice to have an old copper - obviously that's Britannia on the reverse of the ha'penny. Happy hunting

I'm loving your other channel just as much as this one. ❤ Amazing quality content on both! 👍😉🤗🔥

glad to see you maken more videos,,totaly enjoy watching all ...love the ones with your family as well..be safe

Hey Rob! What an absolute joy to experience your genuine enthusiasm for each find, and way cool to map out the place like that. Been detecting for many years, but new to gold hunting and would love a crevicing tool ✌🏼 Look forward to your next vid!

Great video again Rob, you certainly show your passion regarding the old timer's boots and the various relics you uncovered. Once again, another top-notch video.

What a fascinating thing to do! Thank you for filming and editing it for us. I've never been gold hunting but that hooked tool looks great for gardening - throw my name into the hat please! John from York UK.

Crevicing hook, yes please! I'd love to start exploring around the Mackay region. Rob, every time... you outdo yourself.

Great watch Rob. Second attempt at the crevice hook for my son. When I was in high school I went relic hunting with the family around charters towers area. Was awesome. Found lots of different size bottles, metal stuff and the best find was a Chinese coin. Loved it! Looking for to episode 3. Maybe an over nighter 😊

I live in a historic gold town in Colorado USA and have always been intrigued with the history. Have dug out dozens of privies. See how they lived by where they went. LOL Exciting finds ... good for you ... thanx for sharing.

Fascinating adventure Rob! Can't wait to see your next one!

You were like a kid in a candy shop. You obviously haven't done much detecting. I was hoping the coin was a sovereign. You also need to go in there for a weekend, camping overnight to make it more time worth while. Love you enthusiasm.

🎉Always a good day when rob uploads 🎉

wow!! british half penny. awesone find. isn't metel detecting the most awesome hobby ever. love your vids. greeting from south africa

That's a cool find can't wait for the next one thanks for sharing

IT’S A WONDERFUL SPOT YOU’VE FOUND. THAT ITS NOT HAD VISITORS SINCE THE OLD TIMERS IS JUST GREAT. WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE TOOL

The little bottle with the cap looks like the bottles dad, grandad and myself used for storing our small gold finds when we went prospecting in the Victorian bush.

Look forward to part 3!!!!!

Really enjoy your exploration vids,great finds mate👌that pick looks the goods!cheers rob

Informing and inspiring. Living life and loving it...enjoy

By the way , that coin would have only been in circulation from anywhere between 9 months and 18 months from date of minting to being on a sailing ship heading to Australia (9 month sailing trip) and ending up in Tasmania all those years ago ! Mind boggling when you think about it ! And you found it metal detecting in that particular place that you happened to walk over . Uncanny !

Finding lost pieces of the unknown history! Thank you for the video and the giveaway hooks Rob!

Keen to watch! Stuck at work! Thanks for posting. Gives me something to watch later :)

I don't want a hook, I just wanna say I love your videos. Thanks Rob ☺

Years ago I worked with a guy at Bamboo Creek that was into finding and collecting old bottles, he taught me a bit including how to tell from what era a bottle was from based on some simple characteristics. To find these bottles he suggested that the old miners would typically have a spot where they would dump all their rubbish and that would be a bit away from their camp site and that is were you would find an abundance or old bottles and stuff. I would say that if the old timers were at the spot you are looking for a longer period of time, there is likely a dump site to be found.

Pounds to dollars and cents 1966👍 I have a pamphlet introducing the new currency to the Australian people. Thanks for taking us detecting in the TAZZY wild. 🙏🏼 ps a crevice hook would be a good addition to my gold detecting gear 👍🙏🏼

Great reward for all your hard work & research im enjoying watching

I love the work you are doing with documenting everything. People need to know the past of the people who helped this country grow. And yes I do need a knew stainless steel creving hook as mine is an old bend screw driver. 😂

So cool to get a glimpse into the old timers history like this. Great day of exploration Rob!

Great episode Rob (as is usual). Your enthusiasm really adds to the story. Others have mentioned it is a half penny (pronuonced haypenny). It would have bought quite a bit when it was lost. I was a paper boy (after school) selling or delivering news papers when pounds and pence were still in use.

Love the video mate. Love watching your adventures. Cool finds. Keep it up.

Love the mixed content and history you show on your channel. Of course seeing your successful gold adventures are cool too!

Well done rob on introducing some structure to your scratching around

Well done, legend. You're very in touch with nature and seem to have a great passion for it. *Really enjoying the new home series. Congrats to you and that beautiful family. Living the dream.

Love watching your adventures

Woohoo nice find.good luck with your Hunting trip .

Awesome video bro!! Thanks for sharing!!! Good luck on your future adventures!!!!

I love seeing this history stuff, thanks Rob. Making me want to get a metal detector

Would love a crevicing hook. Always glad to see a new video from you in my feed.

Loving the videos, thanks for the effort you put into them...👍

Fantastic stuff you found Rob!. We just got a metal detector, so a crevassing tool would come in very handy!

I’d love a crevicing hook! Great video! Can’t wait to see what else you find there. Metal detect in the river too

Awesome stuff Rob it would be a massive rush were you are keep searching the area out you will find the treasurers mate , thanks heaps for sharing the video , cheers rob

Very clever Rob. Well done.

So nice to see that spark ignited in you again, can’t keep a good man down aye 💪 loved this second half so much, music choice was on point too!

interesting video and relics. Thanks. and great looking crevice tool

Very interesting! Would love to see another team up outing with Levi sometime soon.

Good on ya rob love all your videos see everyone

Awesome video rob , thanks for the adventure

That was great to watch Rob finding artifacts is is very interesting and educational as well.

Wow, dude, that coin is such an a sick find. I also found a small glass bottle that still had a pill inside it. Out the back of the latrobe post office whilst renovating it. It was in the old open fireplace with a corner of a declaration of war letter. Also, man, I would love one of the Tiger SS crevice hooks. Keep the videos coming, man.

Nice Video once again Rob, good pickings particularly the Wee Little Bottle and the 1874 coin and all the rest....Can't wait for some more of your finds in that area of the bush on the wild west coast.....Pete from Devonport

Awesome video, Rob. Looking forward to the next one. Really enjoying your other channel as well.

Love watching your videos Rob. Great discovery finding that coin, well done mate .

Always look forward to your videos. The new channel has been amazing as well. Keep up the great work bro

Where's ya pin pointer buddy they are the best 👌 love finding places like that to detect in Tasmania British half penny found lots of British pennys in Tasmania congrats buddy bring on 100,000 subs come on people click that button 👍

Great grounds, yes, they are so cool for finding wonderful relics using such an awesome hook. Congratulations, Ollie 🤞

Rob l watch metal detector channels from Great Britain, America and of course Australia. British coins are found everywhere in the commonwealth and former British colonies, also some Spanish and French as they were in the America’s during civil war. l love to watch metal detectorists finding historical things. l recognise that coin as a halfpenny by size and the greenish colour of old copper as l was around when we still had that currency and the figure of Britannia that you thought was was a Greek looking dude. Glad you’re happy with your finds of the day, as they “say one man’s junk is another’s treasure”. Wish metal detectors were around sixty years ago as l used to go on walks with my granddad as a child up rivers on the west coast of Tasmania when he came to visit. He did it the hard way with the metal pan and he always came home with a something in an old Bex bottle, like the one you found today. I can remember him telling us there’s some pointing to the bottom of the river and as soon as we bent over close to the water to see his “nugget” he’d duck our face in the water, great memories. One day perhaps you will go out into the wilderness and show your son where you had these great adventures that he would have seen on the screen. Good luck with the finds.

Detecting is the Best. Another fantastic video, Thanks Rob. Discovering history in the ground is the best. I think you should invest in a pinpointer next, it saves a lot of time and means you get to find more "treasure". I would love one of the crevicing tools. I do have the TYGER shovel and hand digger they are awesome. I am yet to try crevicing, but you make it look so easy. 🙂

Reminds me of exciting hiking as a kid believing treasure was everywhere….and for you it is. Keep exploring history and the land!