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I just had a look at this UTube they were in my type of ground. 

11 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

No, it wasn’t me. When I’m sent off to hunt gold nuggets my wife does not let me come home until I find some. 

That is not what happens with my wife, if she finds one we are not going home till I have got one.😬

The balance is a big factor in comfort and endurance. A lighter coil weight is the most effective way to go. Consider what you want, depth or coverage. For depth go for a round coil and a elliptical for covering more area. If you are cleaning up a patch select a round coil suitable for the size and depth of the found gold. Remember a bigger coil (say double size) does not increase the depth by the same rate but the weight nearly does.  As for curly cord, HipStick and harness are all a pain in the neck (shoulder.. back.. elbow.. etc) but they are needed some times but lets hope its not because of wrong choice of coil for the job. 

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On 8/19/2020 at 7:31 AM, principedeleon said:

Nope the world is actually going trough some changes.  The rivers around here are at the lowest it ever been.  The seasons have lost their track and the heat is having a record high.  

But no one is actually taking about it.  

That sounds very similar to Victoria Aust. back in January this year. Now it is August and the worms are drowning in my lawn and suicide on the paths, due to all the rain we have got this winter. The farmers are happy now the drought has broken 

Lanny you make it sound hard over there in USA 😉 Over in WA Australia I found about 40 nuggets one afternoon,  about half were sitting in the sun having a tan.😎 Most were about 2 or 3 grams in weight.....LINK...... I guess us Ozzie's are a bit blessed or maybe lazy. 😁 Thanks again for your detailed description of your adventure.     👍

4 hours ago, AU_Solitude said:

90lb anvil in a mining camp.

Back when I was doing secondary school we had two anvils they were 1 hundred weight and a 2  hundred weight (112 pound and 224 pound) most of us 16 year old could life the 1 Hundredweight but only my mate and I could lift up the 2 cwt. the guys said who was he strongest so we put the 112 lb on top of the 224 lb anvil and tried to lift it my mate dropped it and I won. It was hard to keep the small one on top of the other but I did it 336 pound with no handles.All this came in handy when I notice a anvil in a farmers shed. He was a tough old guy and said if I could lift it, the wife and could detect his property I found out latter that he would not let anyone else on his farm.

The second largest fine is this Dingo trap. The largest was a Air Magnetic Aluminium survey marker in the middle of nowhere, but I have no photo. The dingo trap was a Metre (>3 ft) deep, under some hard calcite in virgin ground between two good gold spots. You can imagination my disappointment when I finally got through the calcite to find that a goanna had been caught by it and dragged it 10 ft in to his burrow under the calcite.

I guess it was sun baking. 😉

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Two modes of operation,all metal mode, recognition mode.

Adjust the speaker and headphone volume for volume adjustment. Adjustable rod,you can adjust the length.

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Professional metal detector that can be used to locate valuable metal such as silver and gold from iron relics, coins and household items.

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Will the 6000 be twice as good for depth than my old trusty 3000? By the way MineLab are as good as you can get, but I don't like the way they push their promotions.

JANUARY 2021 UPDATE - Minelab GPX 6000 Revealed!

Here in Victoria Aus. we are in a second wave lock down (COVID-19) for 6 weeks. So did some more tidying up the garage and found some old finds in a jar that I had left unsorted. One was a gold field token from Castlemaine 1859. Another was what I wanted to fill a blank in my shilling collection it was a 1910 I had one for the obverse with a poor date side. The last was a King George lV (4) 1824 shilling it was just about worn out and hard to identify.

Lanny I wish I could express myself like you. Language is the only thing that has disappointed me in life, or should I say spelling and grammar. I have a lot of story that people miss out on because of it, but at least they can enjoy yours.👍  

If you are searching for GOLD and you let a large signal go by, it may have been gold in the kilo plus range. Madfish has sum it up to a tee.

On 1/30/2020 at 8:39 AM, MannyScoot said:

Do you think a GPX 4500 can detect a 32 ounce nugget at 14" inches ?

 

You might even hear it if your earphones are hanging around your neck. I got a 5 ounce specimen with a 10" double D coil on an old Garret deepseeker in very hot soil in the golden triangle Victoria Australia at 19" deep. All my other nuggets and  specimen larger than it  were a lot shallower. Any nugget over 100 gm are well in your GPX 4500 range at 14". All you have to do is go over it, that the hard bit. 😀  

7 hours ago, strick said:

I have not been to a beach in close to a year but when I do beach hunt I use fly fishing boots....I find myself in the water over my waist most of the times and they serve me well. Wet feet and beach hunting are one and the same ..

They are great for Kayaking too.

When I get a target I lift the coil till I get a soft volume lets say 10% of full volume before I let the brain decide should I dig, then I dig and see if I was wrong.😉   

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IT CAN BE SMOOTH OUT WITH WITH TURPS OR IS IT SOAPY WATER

Another approach is to use a smaller coil, lest volume pushing the coil up.

My thoughts is it would alter the impedance of the coil for each frequency. If that was the case one coil might be better than another with different frequency. 

23 hours ago, flakmagnet said:

…but right now if you get out of your car in the desert, you self immolate...

It would be worst if the vehicle stops and won't start when you are out in the desert. I guess you would have to climb under it till rescued. 

As I am not an American, I wonder what a Mercury Dime history was. Now I know.....

The Mercury Dime is also commonly referred to as the Winged Liberty Head Dime and was designed by Adolph Weinman. The coin got its common name from its reverse depiction of a young Liberty which was confused with the Roman god Mercury.

Mercury dimes are very popular ten-cent pieces produced by the United States Mint from 1916 to 1945. This dime is composed of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper. The coin contains a total of just over .072 troy ounces of silver.

The word dime comes from the Old French disme (now dîme), meaning "tithe" or "tenth part"

I hope this helps us foreigners. 

Video of Spare Shillings & Florin plus misc. finds.

..............LINK..............

Well that's it for SILVER.

A few extra Coins and Tokens and a Amateur Video of spare Shilling and Florins

Some across the ditch (Not real silver) for Phunt

The top right (Peace and Plenty) Was my first Token on the gold field. I thought I had my first multi ounce nugget, but no it was a token and I was not disappointed even those I hit it fair square in the centre on the reverse with the pick.

Well that it guys. Most of these were found using either a Garrets Deepseeker or White Coin Master 6000D both without the modern tech that is now available. As I said at the start of this Post they were all part of learning and getting to know our detectors for gold prospecting. I will load the video when I can.

The price now is a lot better than when I sold my crappy bits for $800 AUD to by more gold prospecting gear. The remainder plus what I found since (a heap more) will not be sold but inherited as I won't be parted with it, so the kids will have to depose of it. Did someone say $10,000 an ounce, I might have to reconsider whether they deserve it.😀

On 7/22/2020 at 10:32 PM, GB_Amateur said:

Just curious if you remember any details of when you found the 1932 Florin.  Even given its condition I'm thinking your heart was racing when you realized what a rarity you had discovered.

Just the fact that it was a Florin would of got my hopes up, but I do remember looking at it issue numbers and wishing the grade was a lot higher.😉