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Glad I was not in QLD.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Looking forward to Beach Hunt 2024 has started, and hope it exceeds 10 pages.

In Feb it will be 54 years. Had to get her a GPS and a few Detectors, but had to get the same for Me. It paid off as she found the first nugget over an ounce (I won't mention too much about that. 😒) The GPS came in handy out of the gold fields when bushwalking. BOY have I had some GOOD LUCK.🤩

A few ???

Steve's list above is as good as it gets. Note the size of the coil, should be your starting point depending on your preferred target size and depth of your ground. See Searchcoil size from the lists Steve has given above. Searchcoil size Most standard search coils are approximately 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter if round, or approximately 10 inches (25 cm) in length if elliptical. Larger search coils allow covering more area with each sweep, and offer a slight increase in depth on medium and large size targets. Unfortunately they are heavier, more difficult to pinpoint with, tend to lose small targets, and provide poor target separation. Small search coils provide superior target separation (important in trashy areas) and ability to detect smaller targets (important in gold prospecting). Of course they don’t cover as much ground as a standard size coil. However (and this may surprise you) small search coils usually have nearly as much depth capability as standard size search coils.

No a gram is too small, it has to be at least a Pennyweight.

What do you mean buying them for my self. I had had had to buy them for the wife (boss)😋

Neville was a great guy and was a good friend of one of my mates, which after 2 years of effort sold his 95 oz plus nugget for a very very good price. Rest in peace Neville

From the producers of Aussie Gold Hunters: We are all very saddened to share the news that Neville Perry, who starred in Aussie Gold Hunters, died last Monday of complications from his ongoing battle with cancer. Neville was a lovable fan favourite of the series and also a treasured member of the wider Electric Pictures and Warner Bros. Discovery families. In accordance with Nev’s wishes, we prepared a video with him, that we would like to share now. Our condolences and love go out to Neville's family, friends and fans. xx https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1443269763210814

Note that was the price for two top of Minelab detectors then. Now the top of the line detector Minelab 7000 is $9,799.00 or $19,598 before their price increase for 2024..............That is 5% per year compounding. That might be reasonable. BUT there is less gold now.

Found a nugget in 6 hr is better than some of us do with a detector. 😉

Many years ago when Nugget finder first looked for a name for the Sadie they ran a completion for it's name. I won a Sadie for my entry but did not used the Sadie name, and lost the coil to Carol as she would not let me take it of her detector. 😒

I think the metal is titanium well that what they charged me for Carol's set.. These ones are made from UK gold sovereigns were found by brother in law. The nugget is a 2 Oz bit. By the way he found no bones that the detector could pick up 🤩

Why don't you try these, a member "vanursepaul" used them in West Australia desert 😁.

Note the grain orientation of the handle, it is best for maximum strength of the pick.

An interesting display, I like the red back ground choice.