It looks ‘low tech’ but it took ten tools (powered by hand, water & electricity) to make this lovely necklace.  See below for list of tools.  Also not as big as it looks — the copper tubing is only 4 inches.  Copper tubing found in the road down to Lake Eildon. And the Australian 1953 penny — found by Ray when digging around the house (built in the 1950s) at Bonnie Doon, Victoria, Australia

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Tools in order of use:

  1. Water (Lake Eilden & later pressure hose)
  2. Stick (by shore)
  3. Wooden skewer
  4. Plastic tie
  5. Wire
  6. Screw driver
  7. Hammer
  8. Vise
  9. Kitchen scale (to weigh so we could bet on how much the remaining stones & dirt inside weighed.  We weighed again when completely cleaned out — Ray won — hey Ray, do you still have the numbers?)
  10. Compressed Air