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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.

1 hour ago, Norvic said:

I`d be over the moon with todays detector and yesterdays legs😉

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.  

7 hours ago, RobNC said:

You will  be able to "see it" from a composition probability percentage of its base materials. Aluminum, Copper, Au-Gold, Silver, etc. Sounds cheesy? Just how cheesy would it have sounded back in the 70's to someone if you would have told them "One day we will see how deep something is in the ground, and a number showing what it might be" ? We have that today.

 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.   

whoops.

As shown the costs can be high..............SO SAMPLING IS ESSENTIAL BEFORE COMMITTING TO THE PROJECT.

A few years back someone took an Aus. nugget, I think it was 2 or 4 Oz and tried to sell it as an English nugget that he found there.

Reg I was not impressed with the 15000 but the GT16000 made me take notice of MineLab but their Hype restricted me from joining the band for some years.

Eric it is a dream adventure/trip and take it as such. If you forget the gains that maybe found it is worth it, a cheap ship cruise is about is about $2000 to $5000 a week for 2 people with no return from luck or skill except on the pokies and cards.

Just one thing I had all the historical mines locations and extensive GPS use and Knowledge before I went to  West Aust in 2003 when I retired. A lot of local Pro. gold prospectors were asking me for gps location of certain mines which I help them locate. I found many unknown spots but someone else had been in the area. There was a few lucky ones that got most of the gold and fortunately a few unlucky ones that missed the gold that made my efforts more than paid off..   

9 hours ago, kingswood said:

Yep thats me too. I dropped the larger pick a few years ago and now detect with the small pick hanging thru a tool belt pouch belted around the waist. If I need the larger pick, will just walk back and get it. I havent had to do that yet ha ha.

The tool pouch is awesome as it has a slot for the pick to slide into, a spot for the scoop and 2 pouches for GPS, gold jar etc.

If the hole is too big for the little pick, it is worth while going a mile or two to get the big pick. ☺️

I only made one claim in Victoria for detecting. Vic rules were easy back then. I would not make another claim anywhere for detecting alone, as every one else knows where it is as JP said and to work the claim by hand had to have 200 Lt of water for fire protection if I had my vehicle parked on it.

At one time we had a Miner Right a lot of that has gone.

https://www.eurekapedia.org/Miner's_Right 

https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/13628/download-report

Some smart prospector that give a lot of help go quiet when their spot is being discussed. But smarter prospector are aware of this. So be careful. 🤣 

Finding something rare is great because you have beaten the odds

13 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

I know a lot of what I call "real miners." Alaska still has plenty of small placer mining operations, many of them family operations. Or serious gold dredgers. Almost to a person they consider metal detecting for a gold a complete waste of time. They have a family to feed and bills to pay and no time for toys. In the world of gold mining metal detectors are toys. Useful toys at times perhaps, but still toys. Me on my favorite mining tool....

Like all us gold prospector, we fill in our holes but your would be a little bit bigger.😀

The gold is too small when you don't feel good after helping it escape the soil that imprison it.

The coin in the slot on shopping trollies is coming back in Aus.

Consider your tolerance of the cold nights and being look in after a rain event. I used a 4 wheel caravan  and found assess to near location was not a problem.  

The BIGGER the BETTER. 😃

This photo say it all.

3 hours ago, Aureous said:

Ya never get it all. I can recall such instances where kilos of gold has been recovered later, on the tenement itself or on nearby exploration licenses. Where X marks the spot, the Y's and Z's can still provide results.

I have had just that sort of experience/luck well worth the the time checking them out.