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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.

Those Google Earth files I made from Aust/State Government's Data bases about 1999 and posted them for free in 2010 (https://golddetecting.forumotion.net/t2273-historical-gold-mines-in-google-earth) However a few months later so called "Con Artist" did a direct copy and tried selling them for $100 plus for a CD of them. I know they were copied as a couple of mines were from my direct finding that were not listed on Gov records. The best way to find gold is to use mine locations their method of extraction, superimpose them on Geo Maps and take notice of the type of rock in that region and put in the footwork with your equipment.

I think adding 2 narrow rails to the polycarbonate might allow easier for dragging your skid pan with only a slight lose of height.

They are keepers for sure.

As a teenager (over 60 years ago) 4 of us explored this mine which was only locked off in some dangers spots. I panning in the area when I got my car driving licence, this was start of self prospecting with out others. This YouTube goes for 45 minutes and worth every minute if you are interested in history in Victoria Aus. and describes advents and how they were solved. This is the area of my old post.... A-bushwalk-though-walhalla-gold-area-with-grandkids

If he had a lot he could go to this site to get his mess recovered. ....LINK....

I do look after the 92½% & 50% Silver coin rejects.

I mention my albums here is a link to my silver ones that i have kept. The Silver Album.

After doing the dishes and the floor 😉 I was told too clean up my shed. I did not get too far as I found a bucket full of my reject coins that I had not needed for my albums or give to kids on halloween trick or treat. Size of 1¢, 2¢, Halfpenny and Penny photo.

A link to channel 9 news article for the girls 15 Oct 2023 https://www.9news.com.au/national/gold-diggers-the-female-prospectors-chasing-riches-in-the-outback/8d43d590-e044-4d89-a0c2-6d5a8c76cb2b

Gerry all I can say is that more than a mouth full. 😃

In the late 1980s I made a PI from an electronic Magazine that I, altered some of their parts and settings. I was good at detection depth compared to the VLF detectors at the time (Garrett and Whites 6000) but the sound was like a clicking geiger counter (useless). It was very slow with the swings but handled the Golden Triangle soil but I decided to stick with the Garretts. Those were the days of coin plus size nuggets were you were first on the scene and swung at a very fast speed to get the cream before others. A work mate gave me a few dollars over it cost and used it on his farm for tracing pipes successfully. A year or two later a mate of my prospecting partner got one of the first Eric Foster PI and scored a few good nugget at Maryborough Vic.

I am assuming that each pendent is lost due to the chain breaking. Note fine gold necklaces are made with a run of small loops that give a much less response than other bits of jewellery like pendants. Some people chasing chains use a high VLF signal to in prove their yield.

The trade token has caught my attention, what is it history.

Paddy Hannan statue vandalism in Kalgoorlie ............ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-12/paddy-hannan-statue-beheaded-in-kalgoorlie/102967482 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-13/kalgoorlie-statue-vandalism-paddy-hannan-woman-injured/102975278