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The Nugget Finder Sadie was a great coil I could not get it off of Carol even though I won it. Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 12:47:03 +1000 Hi Geoff Thank you for entering our “Name The Coil” competition. Unfortunately your entry was not the winner however it was one of 5 finalists. As a finalist you have won yourself an 8 x 6 mono. Please supply a mailing address and your coil will be sent out within 2 weeks. Thank again for your entry Regards Rohan Johnson

In 1929 Lewis Hubert Lasseter (1880-1931) began writing to federal and state politicians describing a reef in Central Australia bearing gold “as thick as plums in a pudding”. No politicians were interested in funding a journey to the reef, but two expeditions would set out regardless, capturing the imagination of the nation and its press in the process.

Thanks mate I kept reading more articles in the Mag and copied the last one. Let hope I am with it now MATE.

The great 1930 depression hope Lasseter's Reef. Article by "Australian Geographic Magazine" https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2019/07/lasseters-reef-will-it-ever-be-found/ ..... Correct LINK ....

I have notices a few household broom handles. "Oates Duratuff Bamboo Broom Handle (B-11590) 1.35m x 22m" I don't think they will break but not sure about bending they maybe another choice.

To many people tend to underrate old detectors. Your detector was one of the best in it times. All I can say is it will not be too much of a handicap in finding deep silver coins in the non discriminating mode, it did have the "bees knees" of discrimination of it's time and still worth using it as well.

Another choice is to look at isolated single claims, and over lay it on a geo. map this will show you the geological area that is the same as the claim. You can detect on unclaimed area and may get on to a missed area. Gold in Leonora and Laverton can be spread out over a large area. Have a look at my post " Nugget Spread " and note some of the distances on the patches.

Happy birthday and enjoy those left over dog biscuits as your reward. 🦴

I did that years ago, as well as above they wanted a record of gold finds and location. Doing this puts you in the good books with them for the next time.

When I was about 10 years old I spent 2 months on holidays at my great Uncle George and Aunty Ollie in a remote farm in Tasmania. Most of the meat we ate was rabbits, possum and Kangaroo that was either trapped or shot on the farm. Cows were of the dairy breed and used to make Milk, butter and cheese only. I must say I had enjoyed trapping and the food at the time.

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The main damage done in cleaning coins is by rubbing when dirty or using a an acid. I found this advice a few years a go, and was effective with ultrasonic cleaning device. Patina (also known as toning), whether it's colorful or gray, is integral to a coin's surface. Remove it and you've cleaned the coin; you've changed the surface. Dirt (along with glue, tape, etc.) is just foreign debris on a coin's surface. Removing it is called conserving and is generally done with such things as distilled water or acetone. Once removed you can see the current state of the surface of a coin. That could be pristine or damaged but NOT changed.

I like nice clean silver coins but collector prefer them untouched. Looks like that coin is excellent condition and if the date is a bit rare don't clean it yourself, till you have a lot try's on worthless silver coins.

Keep an eye open for claim jumpers for me. Don't worry about Simon, he will only last a few minute in QLD temperatures as he has just about turned into a Kiwi in his cold south island. Look after the bay and remove all the easy good targets as that will stop those claim jumpers from knowing how good the silver mine is. In case you are watching Simon I will not tell you that your Coin Utopia has less finds, but you may have to return to it to catch up. 😜

I found that the ground I detected ( Vic, Qld & WA ). WA was the worst for hot rocks with a low frequency VLF detector I think Vic Beggary Hills in Wedderburn 1980 with the same detector was less effected by hot rocks but the depth was reduced more than WA. As far as PI detectors were concerned the only problem was salt patches in WA. As far as Qld was concerned the Rangers at the time, the ones I encounter, put me off nugget hunting and found the beaches were too kind to me, to chase the nuggets instead of gold rings. By the way I have found ground that was worse the Beggary hills for depth, when I was exploring new ground for patches in both WA and Vic..

I have had 10 trips to Leonora, which is close by. May to August would be my range of best time. When the rain hit most unsealed roads are closed, but you can get to some places on the sealed road and still find gold. ...... Note no red dust on 4WD a free car wash from the Gods ......

That hail storm was wide speed in Victoria. We got it here too however no damage personally, but had put a large bit of cardboard (an open box from a large TV ) over the car, but other here had a lot of damage. Your photo is very similar to our lawn area. Best of luck with those insurance claims.

The problem is a young mind does not see the point of swing a detector all day for no gold, which we have all done at the start of our prospecting. Coins can be found with a lot more frequency and that may get him hooked. Back to gold, get a detector that can find tiny gold, 310 gold nuggets @ 0.1 grams is more likely to happen than 1 single ounce (31.1 grams) and will keep him more involved till he finds the ounce.

Of your choices the most versatile (able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.) and cost effective is the GPX 5000. What it lacks against the others can be overcome with a selection of coils.

Keep up the effort, you will find more gold. Take note of Administrator post.

That is the type of test that I like, it lets you know that you can back off a bit with out losing you target under bad situations. Thanks.

It sure does in Australia. The next one, two days from now will be Carol and my 53 Wedding anniversary. 💕

I know how Vern felt. One of my hobbies is sea kayaking in large lakes. On an adventure in a new lake, I paddled up to the edge of the shore. The water was only inches deep and I could not get any closer. Extracting one's body from a sea kayak is adventure in it self. However I got out, in a bed of mud and went up to my knees. When I lifted one leg of coarse all my weight went on the other pushing it deeper and so on. I finally got out using the kayak for support, got to edge of the lake finally. By the way an Eskimo roll was not considered in that situation. 🤪

Before you buy get your 2 or more choices in your hand and consider how they fit for your comfort. Remember the best detector in the worst place will not get as many desired targets as a bad detector in the best location. So what matters is get one that feel great and do research on where to use it.

Rattlehead your report is an Encyclopaedia, it cover everything that I can think of. 3) Minelab has always mounted the shaft in the center of the coil on most of their detectors. This is how it should be, in my opinion. It just balances better and it’s easier to keep the coil level with the ground. For whatever reason, they moved the mounting point slightly to the rear on this one. Not sure why manufacturers do this, but I am not a fan. Most likely they off-set the coil mounting is it enables them to reduce the length of the unit when fully collapsed, by folding the long end towards the control box. I prefer a centred mounting myself.