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22 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

What ever detector that you may use know what the ID numbers are of the coins that you would normally find.

I always do a test with the coil that I am going to use and place coins in my garden that I expect to find where I plan to hunt.

That way you can cherry pick which targets to dig. I found that when I am digging in an area that is newer it is always with a lot of trash from who knows where. I will concentrate on the silver first and then go to the other items on my list and have much better luck.

Everyone has given you the best advice and I hope that we have helped in some sort of way.

In general if you start on the highest target ID that you are chasing, it will let you know if the location has not been hit hard and allows you to cover a lot of the spot with out being bogged down digging junk. If you get some good targets, Then you lower your ID and get more good targets it lets you know whether to go more aggressive and dig every target. 

Also you can lower your sensitivity if the targets  are shallow to make the ID less influence by the ground minerals and very small bits of junk.

"July 11   2002" ............  post shows the importance of the pan and sampling before going whole hog into a spot.

I like the TEN to ONE ratio of coins to Aluminium pull tabs. ☠️ That is good indication of ID capabilities of the Manticore, 🤑  or should I say skill of operator. 😉

Largest gold nugget

In late 2018, miner Henry Dole - an employee of RNC Minerals - found what is now claimed to be the largest ever gold nugget. While digging in the Beta Hunt mine near Kambalda in Western Australia , Dole found a gold nugget weighing 89 kg, beating all the others on our list, and the previous historical leader, the Welcome Stranger.

The nugget is still waiting for verification of size and purity to claim its place as the world's largest gold nugget. Once determined, the gold nugget can receive an estimated value, but it will be worth millions for the gold content alone. Given its new claim as the world’s biggest gold nugget it will undoubtedly fetch a price into the tens of millions thanks to its rarity.

List of nuggets[edit]

Name	Discoverer(s)	Location of discovery	Country	Date	Gross weight	Net weight	Notes	References
Welcome Stranger	John Deason and Richard Oates	Moliagul	Australia	1869	2,520 ozt (78 kg; 173 lb)	2,284 ozt (71.0 kg; 156.6 lb)	Found only 3 cm (1.2 in) below the surface, near the base of a tree	[5]
Welcome Nugget	Red Hill Mining Company	Bakery Hill, Ballarat	Australia	June 1858	2,218 ozt (69.0 kg; 152.1 lb)		Melted down in London in November 1859	[6]
Canaã nugget also known as the Pepita Canaa[a]	Serra Pelada Mine	State of Pará	Brazil	September 13, 1983	1,955 ozt (60.8 kg; 134.1 lb)	1,682.5 ozt (52.33 kg; 115.37 lb)	Largest in existence	[9]
	W. A. Farish, A. Wood, J. Winstead, F. N. L. Clevering, and Harry Warner	Sierra Buttes	United States	August 1869	1,593 ozt (49.5 kg; 109.2 lb)		Sold to R. B. Woodward for $21,637	[10]
	Serra Pelada Mine	State of Pará	Brazil		1,506.2 ozt (46.85 kg; 103.28 lb)		Displayed at the Banco Central Museum in Brazil	[11]
	Serra Pelada Mine	State of Pará	Brazil		1,393.3 ozt (43.34 kg; 95.54 lb)		Displayed at the Banco Central Museum in Brazil	[11]
Lady Hotham		Ballarat, Victoria	Australia	1854	1,170 ozt (36 kg; 80 lb)	17 dwt. of gold	Named after the wife of Governor Charles Hotham	[12]
The Golden Eagle	Jim Larcombe and son	Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia	Australia	1931	1,135 ozt (35.3 kg; 77.8 lb)		Sold to and melted down by state government	[13]
The Heron		Golden Gully in the Mount Alexander goldfield	Australia	1855	1,008 ozt (31.4 kg; 69.1 lb)		Miners found the nugget on their second day of digging	[14]
Hand of Faith		Kingower, Victoria	Australia	1980	875 ozt (27.2 kg; 60.0 lb)		Found using a metal detector	[15]
Fricot Nugget	William Davis	Sierra Nevada and Northern California goldfields	United States	1865	201 ozt (6.3 kg; 13.8 lb)		Sold for $3500 to Jules Fricot, who sent it to the 1878 Paris Exposition. On display at the California State Mining and Mineral Museum.	[16]
Dogtown Nugget	Chauncey Wright for Phineas Willard, Ira Weatherbee and Wyatt M. Smith.	Magalia, California	United States	1859	648 ozt (20.2 kg; 44.4 lb)		Sold to the San Francisco Mint for $10,600	[1

20 dwts to the ounce vs 31.1 grams to the ounce.

LuckyLundy with the size of the nugget that the latest detectors get you will have to use a few more decimal points to get it's true value in cents.🤑 if your scales can read that accurate. ☺️ 

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Tokens here in Aus. are rare if they are from the gold era. I have only a few token compared to nuggets, well done.

LuckyLunndy a great write up of your adventure. I wish I had a ¼ of your skill with words, but no hope with my dyslexic spelling ability. It great to see the old measurements dwt and ounces but since gold has been at approx. a $100 Aus. a gram I have been leaning to wards the metric system. It is not a nugget unless it is a pennyweight or ounce 😉 Keep your story coming as it is always welcome. Using the eye and not Gerry's mouth is great. 🤣 

First look.

I think AUSTRALIA is much more safer for non gold detectorist than USA.

Note I said non gold detectorist so watch out if you are after our GOLD 

Despite being home to 21 of the 25 most toxic snakes in the world, Australia only has, on average, one to two snake bite fatalities each year.

When it comes to self-defence, Australia’s snakes have things pretty well covered. We share our continent with about 170 species of land snakes, some equipped with venom more toxic than any other snakes in the world.

But bites are actually quite rare in Australia and, since the development of anti-venom, fatalities have been low – between four to six deaths a year.

“This is in contrast to India, for example, where bites may reach one million a year, with over 50,000 deaths,” says Associate Professor Bryan Fry, a herpetologist and venom expert at the University of Queensland. “Snake bites are very, very rare [in Australia] and often the fault of the person being bitten. Most bites occur when people are trying to kill a snake or show off.”

From LINK   ...........https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2012/07/australias-10-most-dangerous-snakes/..........     

Here in Australia, I try to keep away from eucalyptus trees. In case there are DROP-BEARS in them.  😉

4 hours ago, afreakofnature said:

Well in the end…….I decided to not get one 😂😂

Well in the END...........You kept us entertained  😀 

We believe you Gerry, but others may not.  😇

6 hours ago, Ridge Runner said:

Maybe you need to get the latest model.

Now you are cooking with GAS. 😉

9999 AU                          99.99% Gold

AU 79                              Gold Atomic Number

PURE AU                          ..........as it shows .........

AU79 AG47                     Gold and Silver Atomic number

Great photos, all I can say is you will have to get a bigger bucket for your coins soon. 

Most of the good spots are hit first by most people, if they did it good then there is not much left. At this point you have to try the other areas to get on least detected ground. That why you are getting your good targets after you have done the hot spots. 

6 hours ago, RickUK said:

For those folks who are not aware this is the Hoxne Hoard that folks are on about and found with the Silver Sabre.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoxne_Hoard

Thanks for that link RickUK it was very informative. It is pity that Australia has no Roman hoards here. 🤑

If you use a super magnet it needs to have it exposed surface flush with your pick so that it can be cleared with one wipe with your hand. I managed this by using car bog filler and/or selleys-knead-it multipurpose-epoxy

43 minutes ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

Chuck,  If I could do video editing as well as I run a detector, it sure would make things easier on the eyes.  If I do swallow one on accident, I sure hope it comes out even more shiny.🤣 

If that happens Gerry you will have to LITERARY give up the detector and go back to PANNING 🤐

12 minutes ago, phrunt said:

Thanks, I'll snag some, only $5 at Super Cheap Auto! 

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Simon let us know how it performs in your locations.

It is the black tape holding on the scrub plate on the bottom of the coil.

Simon i meant this type of tape.

Self fusing silicon tape

I have used both PVC and CLOTH tape over the years, and found it OK, but I went to the "Self-adhesive Silicone Tape", Waterproof Silicone Rubber Adhesive Repair Tape, Bonding Rescue Wire Hose Silicone Self Fusing Tape.  I found by wrapping it around twice it even provided protection against my rough swings against side hits on the outside of the coil.