flakmagnet Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Jonathan Porter said: , the ground conditions determine the approach but you need to be aware some targets respond better in certain modes regardless of ground Thanks, that makes sense, as usual... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhaseTech Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 On 3/9/2020 at 6:27 AM, Jonathan Porter said: I should point out here that there are some differences between what we call the “Smooth class of timings” and “Normal” type timings, inherently the Smooth type timings (difficult modes on the GPZ, Fine Gold, Enhance and Sens Xtra on the GPX machines) have increased Gain built into the timings, JP Sorry for being the typo police, but I think you meant Sensitive Smooth, not Sensitive Extra. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Porter Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, PhaseTech said: Sorry for being the typo police, but I think you meant Sensitive Smooth, not Sensitive Extra. Well spotted. Have corrected thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 This is 'sound detail.' Thanks. Mitchel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigsAlot Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 JP where is today's story!!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 You are like a drug dealer withholding our crack fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Porter Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 4 hours ago, DigsAlot said: JP where is today's story!!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 You are like a drug dealer withholding our crack fix. Well for starters I need to actually get out of bed first, 5:21 am local time here as I type this.🤪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakmagnet Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 There you go DigsAlot - instant gratification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jonathan Porter Posted March 12, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2020 Yesterday was a bit of fun but not very profitable.🤫 I zigged and I zagged but just could not get onto anything of any size so these little tackers were all I could manage for the rattle jar.😬 So instead I’ll post some pics of some of the things I’ve been up to gold wise over the summer starting with a nice big Brown snake that was sunning itself, these guys are best left alone for all the obvious reasons. A few days later I actually trod on a 2 footer in some grass which had me doing the highland fling and him slithering down into some tree roots, I think we both had to change our undershorts that day (I’ve only trod on 2 snakes in my whole career so its not a common event).🥴 The world has been twitchy as heck with all sorts of scary stuff going on, as a result the gold price has continued to climb so all those little bits I keep finding decided to leap into my dolly pot and get crushed then melted into bush buttons so they could be sent off and refined. A fair bit of the gold I get is scrappy in nature along with a fair few specimens thrown into the mix, these are the mainstay of my cash flow. So a potato is cut in half and a spoon used to dish out the centre where you place your dollied and washed gold, a liberal sprinkle of borax is applied and then an Oxy acetylene torch is brought to bear till they all surrender and coalesce into a golden metal ball ready to be sent to my refiner. The potato resists burning due to its starchy nature and just smoulders instead, allowing me to do 2 or 3 one ounce bush buttons before they get too thin. Some of these went into the acid to be cleaned up as trophy nuggets. So yes the tiny bits do add up over time and my credit card and my still too dependant sons appreciate the way it deals with the bills. 🤪 Not so scrappy now Till next time JP 14 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskaseeker Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Interesting gravels and i would bet that red earth is hot for sure, pulse type units unlocked these areas as VLFs would surely struggle there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakmagnet Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 A potato retort! Haven't seen one since my dredging days…very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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