Add figures and tables to the same page in order of appearance

Question

Is there a way to make tables and figures appear in the same TOC, in order of appearance in the document, but numbered separately? Exactly like this post, but with the tables and figures mixed together in order of page number? I know this sounds odd, but I have an application that specifically requires this format.

EDIT: Thanks to Jagath, the main issue is solved. However, this has upset the formatting a little. To use his MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum,tocloft}

\makeatletter
\newcommand{\listfloatname}{List of Floats}
\newlistof{float}{flt}{\listfloatname}
\long\def\@caption#1[#2]#3{%
\par
\refstepcounter{float}%
\addcontentsline{\csname ext@#1\endcsname}{#1}%
 {\protect\numberline{\csname the#1\endcsname}{\ignorespaces #2}}%
\addcontentsline{flt}{float}%
 {\protect\numberline{\csname thefloat\endcsname}{\ignorespaces #2}}%
\begingroup
\@parboxrestore
\if@minipage
  \@setminipage
\fi
\normalsize
\@makecaption{\csname fnum@#1\endcsname}{\ignorespaces #3}\par
\endgroup}
\makeatother
% my formatting 
\renewcommand{\cfttabfont}{Table }
\renewcommand{\cftfigfont}{Figure }
\renewcommand{\cfttabaftersnum}{:}
\renewcommand{\cftfigaftersnum}{:}

\begin{document}
\listoffloat
\listoftables
\listoffigures

\newpage
\lipsum[1]

\begin{figure}
\caption{First figure.}
\end{figure}

\begin{table}[h]
\caption{First table.}
\end{table}

\lipsum[1]

\begin{figure}[h]
\caption{Second figure.}
\end{figure}

\lipsum[1]

\begin{table}
\caption{Second table.}[h]
\end{table}

\lipsum[1]

\end{document}

Answer 1

Here is how you can achieve using tocloft package:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{lipsum,tocloft}

\makeatletter
\newcommand{\listfloatname}{List of Floats}
\newlistof{float}{flt}{\listfloatname}
\long\def\@caption#1[#2]#3{%
  \par
  \refstepcounter{float}%
  \addcontentsline{\csname ext@#1\endcsname}{#1}%
    {\protect\numberline{\csname the#1\endcsname}{\ignorespaces #2}}%
  \addcontentsline{flt}{float}%
    {\protect\numberline{\csname thefloat\endcsname}{\ignorespaces #2}}%
  \begingroup
    \@parboxrestore
    \if@minipage
      \@setminipage
    \fi
    \normalsize
    \@makecaption{\csname fnum@#1\endcsname}{\ignorespaces #3}\par
  \endgroup}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\listoffloat

\lipsum[1]

\begin{figure}
\caption{First figure.}
\end{figure}

\lipsum[1]

\begin{table}
\caption{First table.}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{cccc}
      \multicolumn{1}{c}{$C$}  & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$M_i$} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$m$}  & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$G'_i$}  \\ \hline
      28,3 & 1 & 22 & 43  \\
      28,4 & 3 & 25 & 141
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\lipsum[1]

\begin{figure}
\caption{Second figure.}
\end{figure}

\lipsum[1]

\begin{table}
\caption{Second table.}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{cccc}
      \multicolumn{1}{c}{$C$}  & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$M_i$} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$m$}  & \multicolumn{1}{c}{$G'_i$}  \\ \hline
      28,2 & 2 & 21 & 80  \\
      28,4 & 3 & 25 & 141
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\lipsum[1]

\end{document}

If the numbering should be seperate then change:

  \addcontentsline{flt}{float}%
    {\protect\numberline{\csname thefloat\endcsname}{\ignorespaces #2}}%

to

  \addcontentsline{flt}{float}%
    {\protect\numberline{\csname the#1\endcsname}{\ignorespaces #2}}%

The difference is to change \csname thefloat\endcsname to \csname the#1\endcsname.

Updated Answer:

The following code will generate the PDF with float names.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum,tocloft}

\makeatletter
\newcommand{\listfloatname}{List of Floats}
\newlistof{float}{flt}{\listfloatname}
\long\def\@caption#1[#2]#3{%
\par
\refstepcounter{float}%
\addcontentsline{\csname ext@#1\endcsname}{#1}%
 {\protect\numberline{\csname the#1\endcsname}{\ignorespaces #2}}%
\addcontentsline{flt}{#1}%
 {\protect\numberline{\csname the#1\endcsname}{\ignorespaces #2}}%
\begingroup
\@parboxrestore
\if@minipage
  \@setminipage
\fi
\normalsize
\@makecaption{\csname fnum@#1\endcsname}{\ignorespaces #3}\par
\endgroup}
\makeatother
% my formatting 
\renewcommand{\cfttabfont}{Table }
\renewcommand{\cftfigfont}{Figure }
\renewcommand{\cfttabaftersnum}{:}
\renewcommand{\cftfigaftersnum}{:}

\begin{document}
\listoffloat
\listoftables
\listoffigures

\newpage
\lipsum[1]

\begin{figure}
\caption{First figure.}
\end{figure}

\begin{table}[h]
\caption{First table.}
\end{table}

\lipsum[1]

\begin{figure}[h]
\caption{Second figure.}
\end{figure}

\lipsum[1]

\begin{table}
\caption{Second table.}[h]
\end{table}

\lipsum[1]

\end{document}