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What I do now (not at the start) is check it against my best date/mintage of my collection after a quick blast under a tap and then put in an ultrasonic cleaning device (this removes most abrasive particles). If the newly found coin is better then it gets a pampered dip in the warm spar-bath (bowl of warm water and a touch of detergent) and a gentle massage with my caressing fingers😊. If my coin in my collection is better then I don't care much what method I use. The transparent soft pencil eraser does a good job, I have even punished copper coin with a fine brass wire brush both methods make them prettier to most people but not collectors.

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.

A Qantas flight to West Australia is my best bet.😃 However there is a number of training courses which would be your best in the USA. but as an Aust. I will leave it up to your countrymen to steer you in the right direction.

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. However if I see a massive improvement then reason will prevail. 😋

Garret deepseeker. Whites 6000 Whites gold master (Aus) 2 x Minelab 3000 The first paid for the next and so on.

Gerry I really like photo N° 3 & 4 the cavity with gold in look great.

Good one Doc. Another Aussie Xmas found on another forum. ...........Xmas...........

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.

Green and Gold is Australia's colours. So if you find a nugget in it, just send it to Australia because it's ours. 😎 You do have my address I hope.

It hit 47.9°C/118.2°F at Horsham Vic. yesterday but cooler today.☺️

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 Tungsten has a similar Density to Gold Density 19.3 g.cm-3 at 20°C Melting point 3410 °C Boiling point 5660 °C

We are on the bottom of Aust. Main Land these are today forecast for North-West Victoria. 238 Km from Mildura to Swan Hill via Ouyen. By the way 47°C is 116.6 °F 🥵

I say we go gold hunting. I suppose that is cruel to the small little critters.😭

Please keep on your side of the fence ☺️

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.😀

A good find. I found one very similar in size with a ball inside it on the Vic gold fields. Never knew what it was, now I do thanks.

The real value is what you get from finding it. The money value is what your kids get for it. 😀

It is a bit hard to see but this coil uses a silver ink (just under the bottom print square)

These are used in MRI machines. The weight ,cost and flex might work with Metal Detectors For a state-of-the-art 3 Tesla MRI machine, the price tag to buy one new can reach $3 million. I remember a few years ago on another forum suggested a spiral coil using a printed circuit board.

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.😭

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.

This has a different type coil, weight is no problem. I need one.pdf

Simon might not need one of these in NZ but I'm glad I had one in WA.Most of us dream of the big one or should I say a bigger one.😎

They cost $20 forty years ago. The trouble was all the weight you had to carry to balance the scale as well as finding a flat surface to use it on. Gold was only $100 an ounce.then. 😉

I think their smaller one is more suitable for to-day nuggets. 😁 .........100 gm @ 0.01 gm......... LINK You get the magic Error when you exceed 3+ Ounce nugget