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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

Oh the memories. 😏 be they 40 years ago.

Thanks for that info GB_Amateur. At least I can get my pride back, the wife rubs it in when she say "I found two gold coins".😁 I found it way back in the early 1980's. The coin shop said he would give me $10 Aus. just over $10 Usa at the time. I treasured it more than that and still do and won't part with it. I also found a USA quarter dollar that was lost in West Aust. by one of you Yanks when they were stealing our gold. 😀

I'm with you mn90403 but I would only be heard from Ireland to New York. 🤑

........Gold from Space......

Now that's what I call prefect specimens.

It should read 3.9 troy ounce, Not 4.2 oz as stated I think the writer does not know Troy weight system. The value of £80,000 quoted due to it rareness would leave it open to being a scam. Great looking nuggets.

Found this map on another site https://www.prospectingaustralia.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?id=28424&p=7 It was in relation to Vistors to Australia not being aware of our large distance here.

It still there on page 2 last entry. JW if this not the case let me know and I will repost it for you.

Simon you will note the nick near the date. I won't show you the other side where I hit it fair and square with my gold pick, but its still my favourite coin find.😭 Another coin (aus $) showing the size of gold in groups of ten small nuggets..