geof_junk

Some nice finds there, well done. How would you like to have had the Equinox 600 back in the early 1980s.

The stuff  (Fiat Money) you get for selling it is doing no better.

2 hours ago, phrunt said:

Looks like you're all out of luck and it's developed a fault, if it's out of warranty there is little you can do, fortunately it's not an expensive detector to replace.   Just make sure your coil is done up tightly but there isn't much else you can do.

As Simon said not much you can do but check all cable, earphone and batteries connections. Let hope that is all it is.

Looks like an USA military cap badge going by it shape W x H and size.

Might be along the lines of this

https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/731621/onesided-boot-scraper/

On my kayak paddle I use a Self-adhesive Silicone Tape, Waterproof Silicone Rubber Adhesive Repair Tape, Bonding Rescue Wire Hose Silicone Self Fusing Tape.  It is very durable and provides a good gripping surface.

4 hours ago, Aureous said:

The crack can be fixed (if you have a good coil and don't want to take a gamble on the replacement being worse) by simply buying a small amount of MEK or Acetone and cutting small pieces from an ice cream container (white of course) or obtaining scrap propylene from elsewhere and mixing the 2 together in a glass jar for a few hours. The resulting paste can be used as a repair glue by forcibly smearing it into the crack, with a smooth over-cover to reinforce. It sets and seals within an hour or two.

Aureous the paste the you mention, we used to reseal the coil after repairing the shielding in the coils to stick the base and top back together. Always handy to have in your detecting kit when out prospecting away from home.

For those that don't have the good gear or only wants to melt a small amount it is possible to grind a hole in a fire brick and use those cans of camping gas with blow torch to do the job. Pure gold melting point is 1064 most lower purity gold melts at a lower Temperature

Similar small blow torch

5 lumps melted total weight 17 ounces

Some of the course gold, crushed via a dolly,  from a 3½ Kilo Specimen that was melted with the fines.

The largest melt that the butane would make was about 4 Ounces. I hope this helps those that don't want to get a furnace. Borax was the only chemical that was used with the gold when melting it..

The old timers would be happy with that source over 30 ounces to the ton. 🤑

Simon I just got some NZ cash yesterday, I did not get any coins so what does the new NZ coins look like. 

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Wow nearly ½ ounce in a day from those teeny, weeny NZ nuggets. I think they weigh more than Simon pesky little bastard pellets... 😀

Back in the days of Whites 6000 and Garrett ADS you did not know how to detect on the gold fields unless you could detect one of those pesky little bastard pellet. Once you could you did not waste your time on them and concentrate on ounce plus nuggets. 

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3 hours ago, 406operator said:

This one I found with Reese this summer. Im gonna call it Smaug's Tongue

Your hands show you deserve it.

A 1937 recovery by GhostMiner caught on video. Just kidding but it is buried treasure. The video is good from start to finish but have set it to start at the chest section if liked you can start at the start.

                          ..................Video LINK...........

45 minutes ago, rvpopeye said:

Always an impressive display of finds. 👍

DITTO.    👍

The Yarra river flows through the heart of Melbourne an interesting Video of gold history area.

....Utube Link....

My backup is the wife detector when I can get away with it. Some times I have to pick a spot that she dislikes to get her detector, or wait till she had enough exercise with it. 😉 

Well the next step for you Luke is get the rest of the false teeth. The ones in the photo were found by my wife's deceased brother at a beach in Queensland Australia where he got over 300 gold rings but he did leave me over 50 gold rings to find at the site.

Well you can't win them all. 😭

The advantage of being on a good forum are well shown, with the replies you have received.

Just take "NOTE" in RUBBISH AREAS depth is not importance but ID is the name of the game. When you get a signal lift your coil till you get a sound that is distinct at a low volume that is not iffy (this will reduce/remove ground effect and allow more accurate reading). Take note of the ID reading and dig the target, doing this will build up a human data base (yours) of the signals that are the ones you want. Hope this helps and don't think the best detector wins it's the best user that does.

IronDigger don't split up the FAMILY.😁

2 hours ago, phrunt said:

That's an absolute beauty Geof.

She did come up quite pretty after she got her warm tender bath in Hydrochloric acid. 😍