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Simon I found that the moist ground because of salt signal tended to partly neutralize the negative ground that was very hot when the ground was extremely dry in Victoria. Anyway whether I a'm right or wrong I still did better in moist ground than in bone dry ground.

Although ML makes the best gold detecting machine, I don't like being forced to buy a coil or coil size that I don't want. Because when I buy a new detector I get two, one for the wife and one for myself if I'm in the good book. That means I have two high priced coils that neither of us use. Because I have had great service from Rohan I spend my money with him in preference but the coils that I have made from Coiltex have given me no complaints also.

A good write up Simon....The only place to find more about QED is at https://www.qedmetaldetectors.com.au/ but note this site is QED Metal Detector manufactured by Interfacion Pty Ltd "official site" and most poster are owners of QED so they may be bias.

For a while the Aus. 5 cent was the most common test sample used for MineLab detectors. The advantage of using a known coins is that they are consistent in size and metal contents. They can be used for comparing coils, detectors, and depth with others. The 50 cent bit is closer to the size of nuggets I like🤑 4 ounce or greater.

Yes. Made a PI detector in the mid 1980's and made the coil out some left over Main Frame Computer Teflon coated silver connection wire. The whole unit worked very well on test (Known targets) nuggets getting great depth, but was hopeless when searching for targets due to its clicking audio being its down fall.

Back before I retired in 2003 while at work I decided to make a good database for Historical Mines in Google Earth. I spent a lot of time mining West Aust. Queensland, NSW, Tasmania, Sth Aust. and had already did Victoria (my home state) and used them with great success in W.A. In 2010 I post them on the current Forum "https://golddetecting.forumotion.net/t2273-historical-gold-mines-in-google-earth" after my favourite forum closed down. The GPS value are still available at golddetecting.forumotion ........ One thing that I found that there were a few people selling my free information for $100 a state and advertising them. There has been nearly 20,000 views on this last forum.

😉 Traditional ways to kill a vampire. Stake through the heart. (This actually goes back to keeping people in their graves. Somehow it made it to vampires.) Immerse in sunlight. Chop off the head ideally with an axe. (put a lemon or coin in the mouth and boil the head in vinegar. Immerse in running water. Shoot with a silver bullet (not just any silver bullet, it has to be a silver bullet that a crucifix was melted down to create, and not just any crucifix. it has to have been blessed by the pope - apparently vampires are Catholic) (ordinary silver bullets are good for werewolves.) Throw vampire into a hawthorn bush. So long as said vampire is pricked enough this will supposedly kill it. (Hawthorn is supposed to be holy because the crown of thorns worn by Christ was supposedly made from Hawthorn.)

Do you retrieve the silver bullet after shotting a vampire. 😀 We have similar size gold coins coins here in Australia. The one-tenth ounce coin, $5 face value, is 0.650 inch (16.50 mm) in diameter, contains 0.1000 gold troy ounce and weighs 0.1091 troy ounce (3.393 g).

Just look for the shallow ground in the area.

A ¼ of an ounce plus for the day. Keep that rate up and you will been in the top income range. 🤑

Got a few there also but they were not quite the same size as the one on the Monument. 🤩

Came across this Monument way back in the early 1980s got a signal about 75 yards away from it. I started digging a hole with high hopes. That hole was the deepest that I have ever dug for a target. 2½ feet deep and all I got was an old axe head. The photo show some of the ground type I search in Maryborough Vic. Aus.

I sold what I could independently, kept the one I liked, lost the ones that the wife liked☺️ and melted the junk gold ones with the dollied specimen gold and sold to it to the refineries.

Well they weight more than a pennyweight so meet the nugget requirements.😜 but I am still waiting for the one ounce plus bit, so you can show JW. 😂

Ndplumr You have good feed back from Hardpack & Phrunt. The big thing with the frequency of detectors are these days related to size of the target (Gold as you asked). The availability of nuggets are now limited as the easy medium size and shallow nuggets have been detected. What I would add to your knowledge by getting a target the size that is commonly found where you intend to detect and redo your tests with it. Having the right gun to hit the target is the way to go.

Note your weight is not Troy. One Ounce Troy = 31.1035 grams The troy system uses pounds and ounces, so it is similar, but there is one big difference; there an avoirdupois ounce equals 28.35 grams, whereas a troy ounce weighs 31.10 grams. This means one troy ounce is equivalent to approximately 1.09714 avoirdupois ounces. About 10% more.

It is a double digit nugget, but the wrong side of the decimal point. ☺️

Good table, most of my 1 oz nuggets are about the size of an Aus/Eng. silver 1 shilling or an USA quarter and shows there is not much gain in going over 18" round coil for that size.

You needed your hearing aid, but I did not need my glasses to see it.🧐 Now you can celebrate your birthday with a beer. 😀

I explored this area over 60 years ago and have done many trips since and hopefully a few more in the near future. Way back we did it with no guided tour as it was an abandoned mine at the time. Old post of mine...........Old Post....

When Carol and I were hitting a few beaches a day before changing over from VLF detectors to PI in 2003. The contest between use was the to see who got past the $100 mark in "fake gold coloured" $1 and $2 coins. We both did the beaches differently but it was always a close call who won.

That must be a big bit of gold for the lightning to discharge. 😁

Buna Flash now do your part and find some good finds for us to drool over

GhostMiner my mate wants to get in on the DIG