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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.

29 minutes ago, phrunt said:

4.2 and 4.1 grams are my biggest two, a one gram + nugget is a very rare find for me, most are 0.0x of a gram, not sure this one’s weight I don’t have scales with me and I’m away in my caravan, it maybe .2 or slightly less.

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.

1 hour ago, Valens Legacy said:

Nice job on the nugget if that is what your calling it, from our creeks around here we call that flour gold. Just kidding.

Wishing you more luck to find the rest of the nugget.

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....  

6 hours ago, Tony said:

I sure do miss coins.....I can remember when they were everywhere. Here in Australia, we have $1 and $2 coins and these were lost in vast numbers. I can recall finding $50 worth most hunts. Nowadays, maybe $10. But to me, these lost coins and the condition they were in held greater value. Were they shiny, blackened, green or crusty green?....that information was priceless. Everyone swipes the plastic or their phone....no need for cash at the beach anymore.

It's a shame the pull tabs and can slaw haven't suffered the same fate.......and then there's the proliferation of stainless steel and Tungsten Carbide rings.

Whinge over........😟

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

I know that the cost of some hearing aids are verry very high, but some of us need them. I have the ones in the photo below. The biggest problem is that they came off when using Cov masks and not tell ing my hair dresser that I'm wearing them. The model I got has a find me feature like some phones have and had to use it twice.

10 hours ago, fogrider said:

I can't help but notice that many online detectorists, especially those who frequently detect large fields, sweep their coils in large open arcs, missing much of the ground in between swings. They also tend to sweep very rapidly and walk quickly.

I see a lot of incorrect swings which is good if it is were I go. 😀 The main reason for fast rough swings is to have a look around the area. I use it a lot when searching for a gold patch. A lot of ground has no targets and a lot of ground to cover. Some locations are full of junk and a quick swing around the spot will help find if the area is worth spending more time further out. When a good location is found that is were technique is important, and I see a lot of methods that would lose good targets on YouTube type posts.   

You are a glutton for punishment.  🤩

Glad I was not in QLD.

A good concept. Are you sure they are not 2 junior SHOT PUTS  😀  

2 hours ago, Matt4gold said:

My trip this year to Colombia will be the Nox 800 or my Legend with my 2 piece stainless steel scoop.  Can’t pack too much.  Heck, takes 2 days to get there from Boise. 

Hope you are at some resort area, security reasons. My son and his wife just did a trip from Australia and it took days and many plane changes this December . He said you have to be careful in a lot of places there, but the resort islands were great.

11 hours ago, phrunt said:

I cringle every time I see a magnet on a pick head.

I have used both methods Simon. My only method now is on the pick outer head that I have moulded in fibre glass bog for cars.  It has remained for more than 10 years. The advantage is I can wipe my hand over it to easily remove the hot rocks and steel/iron debris.  ............. So Simon for your benefit I will refrain from posting an image. 😉  

My rules are 50% location, 45% Operators skills and 10% appropriate Detector and Coil.

That means there has to be gold there, and if the user of the detector correctly used, you will find gold but the bit left behind you might get them by changing detector and coil.   .........   By the time you get happy with your skills you will be able to justify looking for a better (though the gain maybe small) equipment from the gold found. 

NB That adds up to 105% and you need it to find Au metal.

1 hour ago, blackjack said:

Yes g_j I laughed at you reply but I hear you, I do dislike digging. I's a conundrum that requires some serious thought though. I spoke to my cousin in W.A. he's found more gold than most, he's firm on the 6000. In worked ground on a recent trip to Meekatharra between him and his wife he said they found something over 600 pieces for 138 grams. Yes that's 600 holes at least but it's also $14,500 Au

That works out to about 0.25 gm average size speck. Just counting the small ones that similar to my old GP-3000 of about 0.3 grams so if he allows for the odd larger nuggets in his yield it should give you a target size to aim for in a patch, then think of the depth and size of a bigger one or two in the area.

Although there is helps of 0.1gm (about 310 holes per ounce) and 0.01gm (about 3100 holes per ounce) nuggets specks. I would select the largest coil that will give a good signal on the size of gold you have to dig to keep the  number of holes.

Simple answer for a same design and brand coil .......... Double the coil size, Quarter the response ie at the same depth it will be 4 times loader (up to speaker/earphone volume setting) in the small coil range for the small coil, but the depth for the large coil will get a small increase in depth over the small coil.

14 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Good question, more likely, no. 🤑 But as there are only 6 of them known in existence, more likely I'll never find one.

I would keep it,  .............. but I'm sure the grand kids would sell and share it ......... they will have to wait till I'm not here to keep it protected form them. The longer they have to wait the more it would be worth.