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  1. Good to see some members have jumped in and helped. The bucket list West Australia is worth keeping. I have taken a 4wd and  24 ft caravan to WA a round trip of over 6500 Km or 4000 Miles

    9 times and have covered cost with gold with plenty left over.

    NB Most people find gold but it is hard and very few find enough to be financial better off.  

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  2. I find that improvements in detector are very minor as far as depth go on any thing over a gram. That why I wait for the second generation of technology. If this is the second generation of of the Z then the weight and price would be a factor as most of my nuggets were easily found  detected in virgin ground. As the gold and the number of professional prospectors left have got a lot less, the price and ergonistics should improve in favour of the hobby prospector.  :minelab:  However if I see a massive improvement then reason will prevail. 😋

  3. Glad to see the way-points were helpful. Your "lead nugget" to me looks like lead or tin that was melted while not buried in a campfire or bush-fire. I got a tin one of a 1Kg wieght it was most likely from a Tea Chest that was burn't. Now a days they use Alum. foil, which is light weight in comparison to Tin. Well lets hope fortune come quick in your Quest.    

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  4. I would not use acid on a limonite crystal as it is Fe . It is great  to get a three-some.(Quartz,Gold and Limonite  crystal) The black crystal is what we call devils dice. My favourite three-some  find is below, the silver/dark grey one is Tungsten or wolfram

    3some.thumb.jpg.29f40ea338a2eace5ba91f53362c055f.jpg

    Tungsten has a similar Density to Gold

    Density

    19.3 g.cm-3 at 20°C

    Melting point

    3410 °C

    Boiling point

    5660 °C

     

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  5. I can see you found a sterling and 50% silver "Two Shilling" bit.

     The Australian two shilling coin, also known as the florin or "two bob bit", was issued from 1910 until 1966. It was worth one tenth of a pound, or twenty-four old pence. It should not be confused with the british medieval gold florin, which was nominally worth six shillings.

    2 bobs are rarely lost as they could buy a lot back then. The last year they were made I could get 5 lt of petrol with one of them. You had a very good day, keep it up. I guess I am lucky that you live in South Australia.😀

     

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  6. What do you do? My wife called me over to check a signal and asked what do you thing. She was down 15 inches and getting a large signal. The area was close to a gold town minute away from a town street and also a historical marker stating 860+ nugget (can't remember exactly the weight) was found here. I got down 2 foot and at stage I was convinced it was IRON but I was not allowed to stop, I don't know were she found that whip😁. After another 6 inches part of a pick and rust revealed itself. What do you do? Do I dig it out, no it was too hard to get that deep. Fill the hole in and let someone else go through the same ordeal or do the worst detector CRIME and leave the hole open. Sorry folks but I have SINNED.😭

  7. I got harassed by a greedy paper claim holder (his only interest was to sell to highest bidder) when I stopped 50 yards outside his claim for a hot drink with a an older older couple. Being in the right I gave him as much back and told him to check his boundaries. Anyway we had our drink an move on as intended. Back at the caravan park he hassle the other couple (when they were by themself)to the point they wan't to leave the town which we did as we were only there for a quick look. However I showed a large amount of gold, that I said we got on his side of town. That started a gold rush all round his claim and some good gold was found legally by number of people and that town was hot for a couple of years.

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