We visit the site of former ‘Coal King’ and Parliamentarian Lewis Thomas’ mansion which was constructed in 1888 and demolished in 1937. The mansion had three stories, its own electrical power generating plant, 49 rooms and it even incorporated an hydraulic lift (elevator), quite a rarity in an 1880s Australian country house! The house was serviced by a permanent staff of eight and was the focus of social activity for the large Welsh mining community who came to Australia to work the coal deposits in the area. Unfortunately, following the death of Mrs Ann Thomas in 1930 with no living heirs, the mansion was sold to a coal mining company in 1936. A series of subsidence events under the foundation in the old coal workings finally spelt the end for the structure and it was demolished in 1937. We hope you enjoy this historical outing and a bit of investigative bush archaeology. Thanks for watching and please take the time to visit our blog www.nqexplorers.com

A little research on an old Carnival ground used in the 1920′s .Gave us ideas where to search at this old & thouroly well metal detected site.. Just a little off the path & we found there were still a couple hotspots that have escaped Metal Detectors..Till Now.. Filmed in mid October 2011……….I will be uploading more 2011 Metal Detecting videos.I have just recently found the time to start editing and sharing more videos..Hope you can enjoy.. FAQ We both use Minelab E-Trac Metal Detectors,with an attatched Sunray Probe.Thanks for watching our videos. Dave & Greg of American Coin Hunting

www.metaldetectorx.com GOOD FINDS! Rare Find Revealed near end of video! This Old House will be torn down soon. metaldetectorX.com

www.metaldetectorx.com Metal Detecting Find of The Week (3) found with the Minelab E-TRAC metal Detector. metaldetectorx.com Treasure Hunting Gold, Silver and Relics

This was a series of three hunt culminating at an 1880′s farm house. Sorry about the wind guys….turn your volume down! HH!

This was my last trip on the year at the carnival grounds as they are laying new turf down and I will have to wait until next year to dig there. Got some more goodies though!

Metal Detecting More 1800′s Silver with neswiper – Silver #13 – www.metaldetectorx.com | That’s right, Swiper has done it again. Research paid off. I know where the 1800′s activity was going on at the time. The silver and other old coins I have found by this research, is on the outskirts of all this historic activity. When you put all these coins on the map, amazingly they all point towards the main source of all this history. This is over a ten mile area. The closer I get to the center of …

This dig recovered an Early American Copper Button, Old design Decorative hinged Copper Frame and plenty of Bullets, Shot Gun Slugs and shell casings. Also located two trash pits topped off with oyster and clam shells, which were a main part of the Home site inhabitants diet long ago ……. Plan on diggin them next . Thanks for watchin ……………………………… WILD BILL .

Our first hunt with our new Garrett Infinium LS Pulse Induction Detector. We’re not really beach hunters and we actually purchased the detector for prospecting, but as part of our “Operator Training” we headed to a local beach to put the Infinium through its paces. The Infinium is fully waterproofed to a depth of 200 feet, but we’re not diving on any shipwrecks this trip. Thanks for watching and happy hunting.