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skywatcher Way back in the 1980s I managed to work a similar patch with a Garrett Deepseekers ADS VLF detector. What I did was used the TR discrimination knob and tuned it to the black sand like normal method by TR knob and not the ground balance knob. This work good but had to dig every signal, and got a large number of Aus. coins from it that other could not work the spot.

GhostMiner I have followed you on 4 forums and happy you settled on detectorprospector even after the disappointing episode on an Australian forum. Thanks a lot for your effort is was very interesting. 🦘

I think you are wrong dig4gold as it looked like Doc was sucking up to the wife (boss) at maximum level. 🤣

Gerry they found one of these recently (fossil)............. Some of the now-vanished kangaroo species were quite massive. The short-faced kangaroo Procoptodon goliah grew as tall as three metres and may have weighed more than 250 kilograms. .................... I am not sure how much of the 550 lb were in it's scrotum sacks but I am sure they are were too big for your usual photo session. 😁

Interesting link Simon. The price of gold depends on your country and the USA economical state.

All I can say is I am a lot closer to some members totals than before the hiccup. 😂

My wife said I can swing it longer and heavier than her so have to do the floors so she can get a bit of time in getting her gold.

When they do expect twice the price of other competitors 🥱

You should have a photo with yourself next to the sign. 🤩

Thanks for the update Steve. Would it help if we send you some bailing wire or duct tape. 😌

A skunk day depends on what you are searching for. A speck, a "rattler in the poke", or a patch. My longest was 10 weeks (70+ days) of 10 hour days way back in 1980 when gold was everywhere. I look for patches and a week is common, but then i have days some times weeks and once or twice, months without a a skunk in sight at these patches.

Next time Durikai Fossicking Area near Karara in the early days some good finds with detectors.

You need to get an Aussy Bucket it is slightly larger at 20 Litres ☺️

I thought I had learnt my lesson along time ago when I dropped my glass Bex bottle and it smashed spreading all my specks everywhere. No, I used a prescription bottle and dropped it. This time it did not break, but I spent a few hours searching for it among all the similar white quartz rocks. Now I use a blue prescription bottle or a white one with a coloured lid. Your unit looks good and it won't break when dropped and the colour will standout at prospecting site if dropped.

It not why they are dropping the price. It is they can and still make a profit. 🤑

For general use I like an elliptical coil of similar size of the manufactures standard coil size. (May be they did their home work) 😁

Good cross over indicated in the graph were the the features of coils come into play.

Silver is the poor man gold when it comes to investing. While gold going up don't sell silver.

Norvic you did not mention Back, Eyes and Hearing to mention a few. 🥹

When the 6000 came out, I was told that they could not sell then without going through a $5000 course at their expense and time, so they declined to sell the 6000.

In the very early day of metal detecting (late 1970s ) in Victoria Aust. First it was Aerial Photo to find surfaced places. Google Earth was released (originally as EarthVierer 2001 ) and by using Government Databases it allowed more locations to be found easier.

Silver the poor mans gold, but the gain is better when the ballistics happen.

The main thing affecting their purchases is based on advertising. We all know how deceiving their advertising is.

Many years ago while bushwalking I came across the Red Robin mine in the Victorian Alps National Park in Vic. Australia International expert Professor Rick Sibson talks about how fluids, faults and earthquakes interact in the crust to form fault-hosted gold deposits. Ken Harris has mined a typical fault-hosted deposit at the Red Robin mine in the Alps of southeast Australia. Some interesting video of Ken Harris action in his 34 year effort.

The only 100% guarantee discrimination is a divining rod in one hand and a target sample in the other. 😜 I think you are on the right track. The size of the target, the depth of the target, the response to the frequency of the target, the height of the ground of the coil, all tell a different story. Some people are better than others of reading them, but it is time for AI to catch up with us Experience Operators. 😇 Lets hope that we get most of the good targets before AI allows any first timer get that advantage.