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Moonta

'Little Cornwall' copper town

Old dump ground Source-confirmed findsPermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1865 settlement / boom era

Cornish copper-mining town

Keep exploring nearby

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