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I had a similar good fortune at and old county football building, where the coins had fallen through the wooden floor gaps of the members private elevated and enclosed grand stand.

2 hours ago, Geologyhound said:

This is a difficult site. I also just updated my D2 to the new version and haven’t had a chance to iron out all the differences to make it respond like it used to.  Whenever I get a good signal I go to pinpoint and find out the target is several feet long by a half a foot to several feet wide.  There seems to be a lot of deep large can slaw (greater than 12 to 14 inches).  So even the “small” targets turn out to be larger trash at depth.  The second time I went (new software version) I didn’t find a single thing worth finding - not even a coin and this is a modern park (but not well frequented).  I think I found one pulltab and I was happy to find it… I am thinking maybe I need to drop my sensitivity a lot and see if that can eliminate the deeper large targets. I also may need to ignore the pinpoint function and go with the size of the target from the discriminating sweep.  Maybe some of those “good“ signals were actually good targets on top of larger metal pieces.  One thing is for sure – I can’t go digging 3 to 4 ft diameter holes in the park, and probably couldn’t chisel my way past the gravel layer if I could.  Tough going with a trowel.

Just guessing but it might be in pinpoint mode and not search mode and vice versa due to software update or incorrect wiring for selection of the mode that you choose.

4 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

Great to see some young faces.

You hit the nail on the head Steve, "Self Confidence".  

I'm like you, if I know gold nuggets have been found at a location before, then I know I'm going to go there and find what they missed.  I think that way every day I go out.  Sure I get the big O on a rare occasion, but I usually find a few more.

Thanks for sharing.

The only thing more important (than the highlight) is that gold has to be there, and research and experience helps in picking the right location.

You can see with the amount of over lapping, he is going for depth no ground coverage. 

My choice is determined by what I am going to use it for. Then look at the views of members on forum have to say particularly this forum. 

The main thing with a drag coil is that it is very useful for covering a large open area that is a "virgin patch" area to see if there is gold in it. Then to find the majority of the gold you have to grid/chain the area with a normal/small coil and then a large hand held coil in the deeper ground as the depth of the smaller coil targets get deeper. Just think how many of your nuggets would of been detected with a 25+ inch coil if you did not know they were there, however very deep larger nuggets would be missed with a small coil. I would of been lucky if I used a very large coil more than 1% of the time. So the best spots to use a drag coil is in large clear non flogged/known locations, I hope this lets you know what you are getting into.

From Wikipedia Human horse power that might be of interest. 

When considering human-powered equipment, a healthy human can produce about 1.2 hp (0.89 kW) briefly (see orders of magnitude) and sustain about 0.1 hp (0.075 kW) indefinitely; trained athletes can manage up to about 2.5 hp (1.9 kW) briefly and 0.35 hp (0.26 kW) for a period of several hours.

I have found a few new ground patches, but in most of them only one or two nuggets would of been found with a drag coil and even less with the size that you desire, the rest you need to grid by hand. How ever you can cover a lot of ground with a machine dragged coil in shorter time in poor ground. I'm sure other will give you their opinions of what is worthwhile, best of luck. 

The Australian situation is .......1c and 2c coins will continue to be legal tender: they can still be used to purchase goods and can be deposited with financial institutions in the normal manner." Both coins were withdrawn from circulation commencing in February 1992.

The area of the holes compared to the area of the exposure surface for the holes would give the best thruput of sand. The maximum dimension of the holes related to the target you are chasing should be selected. However do we need to be so concerned on type as most work.   

That is the worst detecting skills I have seen. The ground that his missed would be more than 50% of the ground that he was swinging over. To me it looked like a setup, and the gold was found elsewhere. 😒 

5 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Thanks, the kid was running so it was hard to get the cell phone trained on him 😏

Finding the small jewelry fairly deep told me if there was a gold ring it would have shown up unless it was very thin. I thought of you digging deep a few times while I was scooping those holes. 😀

Yikes, tossed all the change into my clad jar, I'll try to dig it out and take a look. 🤪

I see you manage to focus OK on the person behind the kid. 😉

Thanks for that information Steve. I will try to leave some gold for others at those two dozen spots that you have listed. 🤑

Hunterjunk, I like your 1906 Launceston Centenary find. Have not seen one of those before, great find. It must be unique having two Tasmanian tigers (thylacine) on it.

31 minutes ago, blackjack said:

Hey g-j, Canberra is the biggest square, what are you trying to tell us ?

BJ the 7 areas are the states, note I included Tasmania 😁

1 hour ago, Norvic said:

GJ, that is funny but at the same time on the money, research all you wish, learn geological methods but that will only take you to where its been found by others before you, go where others believe it is a waste of time, if you spend the time/persistence/patience you`ll be rewarded, time and faith in yourself, your ability and your detector is all it takes. Tis simple as that, FarTraveller or is that too simple?😉

It is very hard to find gold in virgin location. When the nuggets were laying everywhere in 1979-80 I spent about half a years working hours searching virgin ground with no finds. It taught me you have to be in the right ground near (a few miles)  known mines or diggings. However once you have got the eye and feel it can be very rewarding. Have a look at an old post of mine. 

All seven areas have gold. Just keep clear of my patch. 😁

Erik have you checked nice sandy boat landing points for picnics around the island. It might not be the best for coins but rings, watches and necklaces could be at these spots and they would not be hit by weekend detectorist. Hope you are still looking after MY BEACH.

Sound like AI is smarter than some people I know that are convinced they can use it with great success. 😁

Jasong to test AI I would ask it what is the best "long range divining device" to see the results.

Hey that's pretty cool. It's like a six year old repeating the ads on television. Clever.

That seems to be the way most people get their knowledge these day. Where as they should use experience and effort on the ground using a device to get the best results for their location..

Look after it, and don't overload it with the nuggets that you will find.

47 minutes ago, Dorado said:

A few photos from West Australia, north of Meekathara. The gold is about the only time I have hit a patch

A few bush flies ,after all the rain.

Cheers

 

 

 

 

A few bush flies ,after all the rain. There was even more in Leonora in 2004 with no rain, they were looking for eyes to go for a swim.🫣

May be old "TIN (Sn)" foil melted.