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The rings I got that were broken, were due to the cutting and re-sizing for smaller fingers. Most were 9 karat and were gold soldered together. However I maybe wrong.

It's the finding that really counts, I know a lot of people put them in jar and forget about them like me. Finding them the second time in the jar brings back some good memories.

Eric the locations I gave you are the official ones but they can be wrong due to the source. David did a lots of study of other records to I would check them out if it was me. 

2 hours ago, Trent King said:

Credit to David for putting the info together, Gold and Ghosts vol 4

That green book of Patches' ("DW. de Havelland) was the last one that he published that I know of. It even mention the con\fake mine at Cunningham Gap. All four of his books are well worth a read and they still sit in my book case. 

Erik how correct were the location in google earth I have not been detecting in QLD since I complied the QLD mines. Using the pan/sluice on checking the terrain that you have there on Magnetic Island. Best of luck with your endeavours may Midas be on your side.   

14 minutes ago, Robert Eaton Jr said:

You know what they call small in Alaska?

 

Texas sized...

I know what you mean Texas is one forth the sizes of West Australia.😁 

An article on the origin of money .....

.....LINK.....

Has anyone found any of these.

Gerry I like your fishing angle. In my case all of the above but a lot of ROWING and testing the area. 

The designer of those patents  

• Cosmo Luppino
• Dominic Paul Gralton
• Simon Hill

The trouble with auto controls/setting is that they can make a good guess for the ground but don't know the size , type and depth of the gold to get the best setting. My working life was spent in control room and had to take over when the auto controls could not cope because situation do exist that designer don't know.  Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplanes spent million on auto controls and failed, but it took a human to save one incident that they had.

We tried the rake but no good as there was to many small flakes as the ground was less than 6" deep the grader would of been no use. By the way the location was remote that the fuel for a bull dozer transport was out of the question an there were two large rewarding patches that I found within an hour of walking distance that needed our attention. These did not have many bits in the 1/4 to 1/2 oz range but some larger specimen more than made up for that as most were around the plus or minus gram size.  

 "Where there is trash, there is also likely gold still remaining, since trashy area's are usually avoided by detectorists (hence still tons of trash around). "

Had a good run right up to the cans but had to stop here. 

I have seen the promotions of Minelab since the ML1500 up to the Zed. I believe their facts are correct in promotions but they are always done in the best suited condition for what suits the said Detector even if the are far removed from some condition that exist where we detect. If these are real where is the Zed comparison and if the Monster is good in these  results it looks like very mild ground condition were used.

You will be sorry 😀 You are now hooked for life. By the way the ring's scape value is $626.57 in gold today.

10 gm is more than a quarter of an ounce. If this is your aim to get one you will have to set a bit of time for doing a bit of  )testing in new ground. Very few people achieve getting a lump unless they have a bit of luck on their side. My first patch got close to a kilo with 8 nuggets above an ounce and a couple of specks. In WA Aus. one patch the wife and I got over 500 bits with nothing over 2 or 3 gm. If you are after the odds of getting 10 gm or above you will have to specify the area that is relevance to your district. (GPS readings help 🤣 ) 

Happy The admin. placed this post here in the Metal detecting for Jewelry as it will be seen more by the members that are dedicated to this style of detecting, more knowledge can be shared. As for the dry sand  " Almost all good finds were within 15 metres of the step/path leading onto the beach." and  "Money was most frequently found within proximity of bottle tops (new money) has been my experience. Let hope some more insight is posted on the topic. 

The old and flatter ground the bigger the gold spread, the reverse applies.

Have a look at my post "Nugget spread"  ....LINK....

17 hours ago, phrunt said:

I like the Gpx 6000 a lot, ease of use is a great thing in my mind.  

ML should not prevent Aussie dealers from putting up information, as the information is what sells the damn thing. They have never been known to make sense with their decisions though like their decision to make the ProFind pinpointer, worst decision I made was to buy that piece of junk. 

I was under the belief that minelab was an Aust company and there for if they were going to favour and country it would be Australia (Shaking my head Minelab) As I don't scrappage old site of other prospector there is no need for me to have the last edge detector to hit their spots first as my spots are not known by people I don't trust. I have found the second generation of a new model is the best once the have outed the bug that they did not know off until the get feed back from their customers.  

The best mod I did was convert the Whites 6000d VLF to SAT in 1980 for the wife together with hip mounting it as in this old photo.

Northeast I had no trouble detecting in salty ground (It was worst when damp) if the VLF detector had pure TR discrimination (not motion disc. and could be set to balance the detector in this mode by using the discrimination to ground balance the detector and stay in TR every signal had to be dug. I was fortunate that most were gold and very little junk.

I have found a large number of gold jewellery but have only found a small number of non 9 & 18K ones plus a few 22K rings. So if you get the same ratio as me you will be more than happy when you get the 9,18 & 22K rings, best of luck. 

Gold Hallmarks
• .999 or 999 - 99.9% gold - 24 karat
• .916 or 916 - 91.6% gold - 22 karat (917 is used too for 22 karat gold)
• .833 or 833 - 83.3% gold – 20 karat
• .750 or 750 - 75.0% gold - 18 karat (18ct 18kt 18k) European market.
• .585 or 585 - 58.5% gold - 14 karat (14kt 14k) European market.
• .417 or 417 - 41.7% gold - 10 karat (10kt 10k) United States market.
• .375 or 375 - 37.5% gold - 9 karat (9ct 9kt 9k) Australian market term is 9ct for 9 carat.
• .333 or 333 - 33.3% gold - 8 karat (minimum standard for Germany after 1884)

The marking V20 14k means that the article is made with 14 karat rolled gold. The V20 mark specifically refers to the volume of total weight of the article that is comprised of 14k gold. In this case 1/20 of the total weight is 14 karat gold. Rolled gold is a very similar process to gold filled.

6 hours ago, Joe D. said:

     If your using the 800, most caps should give a slight iron grunt that you can discern and skip! Although they can mask a good target! Beer caps and lost items naturally go together, especially at the beach! Aluminum screw caps are near impossible to eliminate, without a chance of missing a good target! Pull tabs can be discerned to some extent, but they usually fall right next to nickels 13-14, and also some gold rings! And there are many miscellaneous targets that are hard to eliminate, without the chance of missing something good!

   I've found that, by the the time you spend minutes trying to decipher a target, you could have dug two or three more targets, and know for sure! I usually only get picky when my knee's and/or back can't take the "dig everything" mode!

   Keep at it! There's gold waiting for you somewhere! Enjoy!👍👍

At the beach sand dig all as JOE said is best way to go BUT on good lawns discriminate is the way to go if there are a lot of signals.

It only takes one target to make the day especially if it an unexpected one. 

That looks great and a good idea for ferrous junk. If I made one I would use a super magnet and stick it on the underside of the Frisbee to make it easier to remove junk.

Port Philip Bay side tide drop will be less and more sheltered due the size of Melbourne's bay.  The Bass Strait Ocean Side is exposed to wild storm waves and has full tidal swings. Take note of your finds locations in water and hit it again on Good Friday low tides.