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Old 31-07-17, 10:59 AM
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Found with a detector Mainly volunteer badges
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Old 31-07-17, 12:36 PM
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Look at all the winged bullets. Very nice!
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Old 31-07-17, 01:00 PM
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Can you oblige with a close-up, please?

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Old 01-08-17, 12:33 AM
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Also don't know if these are genuine made of lead
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The scrolls with unit designations appear to be from unit, association or presentation plaques, etc.

2 Sig Regt was Melbourne based, 31 Sqn RAAF was a wartime mob, 1 Trg Gp was Queensland.

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Old 01-08-17, 10:59 AM
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Found with a detector Mainly volunteer badges
What area did you detect ??
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Old 01-08-17, 12:27 PM
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All in a park just outside Geelong
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Old 01-08-17, 03:28 PM
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Thanks for enlarging the pics.
Looks like a hoard and with uncommon items

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Old 01-08-17, 10:03 PM
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All in a park just outside Geelong
As I live in St Leonards and have lived in the Geelong area for 20 years and my family for 41yrs also my dad has detected for items around Shepparton area ( POW camps) what park? as I do not know of any camps that are parks today? Do you come from the area ?

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Old 09-08-17, 09:20 AM
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Great find - well done!!
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