Valens Legacy Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Thank you for sharing the story and the pictures as it really shows the hard work that you go through to find the gold. Nice looking gold and glad to see your work paid off. Good luck on your next outing in that beautiful country. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smigo Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 On 12/1/2022 at 9:20 AM, Aureous said: Nice! I miss my 24K.... thinking about upgrading my coin/relic machine to a Nox800 so I still have a VLF unit capable of detecting tiny gold in mild soils. But the 24K still is in my mind, the best VLF gold prospecting detector ever built. Hi mate. I had a Nox 800 about a yr ago maybe, I couldn't use it in gold mode other than in a single frequency. Was real unstable otherwise. I heard of a few others say the same thing here in Vic on the goldfields. But maybe Minelab sorted that out and you can use it now in multi. I don't know. The open web coil drove me insane, its screaming out for an enclosed round, but that's just my opinion others I dont think care. Maybe there is one for it now, but I don't know as I haven't kept up with stuff much these days other than what im interested in. On coins and relics though it was very good and impressed me. I found though that for me, the open web coil and instability in gold mode was a deal breaker and I sold it. Maybe that's fixed though now, one would hope so. I do like the 24k. Had another go, 1 specie, read good 89, smashed it till one tiny bit left and id say around another .1 to .2 in pyrites. Crappy pic I couldn't get a focus lock on it. All that for.......😆 Beautiful place though. Small diggers dam below where I was and a rock wall in the distance. Not sure what that was for, maybe an old dwelling was above it? Don't know, wasn't an ore paddock. Big open cut. See up the higher section a tree across it, that's been there since I can recall. About 25 yrs ago when I was younger and I'd say stupid but I think I still am that, I once rather than go around the cut walked over it to get to the other side. Damn if you fell you'd be in serious trouble with all the jagged broken quartz at the bottom. Its about 30 feet deep in that section. You couldn't pay me enough to do that these days! Good luck out there mate 👍 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northeast Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 21 minutes ago, Smigo said: its screaming out for an enclosed round, but that's just my opinion others I dont think care Others certainly care and have certainly mentioned it but have given up hoping for one 😕 The 6X10 or whatever it is on the Gold Monster would be perfect on the Nox. And they already have the design, the mould, etc. Surely it would be an easy adapt??? Maybe not 🤷♂️ Frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aureous Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 37 minutes ago, Smigo said: Hi mate. I had a Nox 800 about a yr ago maybe, I couldn't use it in gold mode other than in a single frequency. Was real unstable otherwise. Yeah I heard that...a mate has a Nox800 and uses it in 40khz only with a 6" coil and does well with it. Hunts reeflines and mullock only, which is what the VLF's 'shine' on anyway. Mineralization is not the HF-VLF's friend lol. Good finds and nice country BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smigo Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 23 hours ago, Aureous said: Yeah I heard that...a mate has a Nox800 and uses it in 40khz only with a 6" coil and does well with it. Hunts reeflines and mullock only, which is what the VLF's 'shine' on anyway. Mineralization is not the HF-VLF's friend lol. Good finds and nice country BTW. No it's not mate. But the 24k I have cruises pretty well in the hot ground with the DD, the DD does not in the Quiet stuff. The Concentric does though, quiet as a church mouse. Odd but im with it now. You having any issues on the internet mate lately? Im having crazy issues. It took a few goes just to get right on this thread. Im on another forum, not gold, but as here Im struggling to get on an post! I don't go hardly anywhere else buy am struggling with everything, banking, ebay, forums... My connected bars show part connect and an X left hand corner bottom. Im having serious issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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