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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.

That sure looks good after it's beauty bath in HCl 😍

Back in the early 90s I used Nickel Shield Conductive Paint that came in a spray can. It worked good on coils that I made and repaired, as well as the crude PI that I made before commercial PI detectors hit the gold fields.

GhostMiner I think I found Jed,s Truck. If it is not the36 Ford then it must be this one.

Back about 1974 one of our work mates found a ww2 canon shell about 15 inches in length in the remote PNG jungle (Bougainville island ... Croc gold location) The idiot removed the explosive from it in the PowerHouse workshop on night shift without permission. He ended up drowning while trying to remove a port window from a sunken war ship 6 months later.

That is a point to consider, Valens Legacy. Australian Coastal Taipans have the longest fangs of all Australian snakes- up to 13 mm, or half an inch long! They are also the longest venomous snake in Australia. They strike extremely quickly, and can inflict multiple bites and inject large amounts of venom – up to 60 mg. I personally have top class bushwalking Gaiters and have been struck by a Eastern brown snake but it only hit my Bushwalking boots and left the venom on them. Brown Snakes have relatively short fangs compared to some other non-Australian species such as cobras and vipers. Although they will bite repeatedly if provoked, they inject only a small amount of venom — about 4 mg (less than one-thousandth of an ounce but is very deadly).

Found this on an Aus. forum......Cut the base off an old pair of gumboots if you're short of funds, easily acquired at most OP Shops if sizes are available. Slip on the gumboots with the base cut off then put on your preferred footwear and slide the gumboots down over the top ....... Has anyone ever tried this.

WA Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson said it was found about 50 kilometres south of Newman this morning. The complete trip was 1400 Km More info. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-01/australian-radioactive-capsule-found-in-wa-outback-rio-tinto/101917828

😋 It was detected (hear that Minelab) at least 2 meters off the road from a vehicle travelling at 67 Km/hour from the road. I want the gold version of their detector. 🤑 Note 4 of the capsules can sit on a 10¢ Aus or a $¼ US

A tiny but potentially deadly radioactive capsule has been found in WA’s outback, after it sparked a frantic search and unprecedented public health warning spanning hundreds of kilometres. ....Link....

Keep giving it a beauty bath in Hydrochloric acid as you have been doing. Time is the main thing it needs, I left a dirty ¼ ounce bit in acid for a few months with no loss of gold, however watch it if the purity of the gold is low as my knowledge is only with 90% plus. All of these nuggets had a long beauty bath in Hydrochloric acid.

Jacob looked over at me and stated flatly that nothing ever changes when there is gold. .... How True ....

Your account of the contact with Jacob is very interesting keep it up.

Eric check the tides around Good Friday. That's the time to get the gold. I hit a beach in QLD that my brother got over 300 gold rings from in a ten week search. He was sure that I would not get much after his effort. I manage to find over 50 old and heavy gold rings at the low tides in the fortnight I stayed with him, much to his surprise. He did OK too and found these false teeth made from old sovereigns.