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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.

Over lap your coil, don't discriminate till you have found at least an ounce of gold with a minium of 20 bits combined. At that time you will have a bit of experience to make up your decision on discrimination benefits.

Davsgold pick I believe was made from the result of Mike "malleyboy" pick made way back in 2010 that he showed me WA and have not heard a bad word about them. I know it was made for prospecting by a farmer come prospector for his own use. So you can't go go wrong with one. '

Good to see penny_weights and not cent_weight (ie not the tiny gram weight) 🤓

It may refer to this link. Calculated at today AUD $3000 plus. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/country-victorian-family-struck-it-rich-with-backyard-gold-rush/news-story/728bbaf9ee22dad77a01b2694fa9b39b

All the top class gold detectors that I have brought in the last 45 years have cost between 3 and 4 ounces of gold. The problem is there is a lot less easy gold being found.

Your rods have to be very big, both in width and length and made out of material that you are trying to detect. If you go to a spot that a person try this exact device you will most likely find a gold rod wrapped around a nearby tree.

Which one do you like.

We do have them in Aust too. Back in 1980 Carol and I detected a road that was made from a deep lead tailings. Gold was found but 1980 VLF Tec knowledge and ferrous junk made it very hard to get small bits of gold out of the hard packed road and prevent vandalism of the road.

These conditions alter with the dryness or moister content, so try detecting the area with different climate conditions.