geof_junk
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The biggest improvement in detecting is the operator skills not the tools.
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5 hours ago, Norvic said:
Going back a bit, the most reaction I`ve seen from salt, or sweeping over variable variable ground in a detector was the Bounty Hunter RB7or the Garret Deepseeker etc, the Z is a stable, easy to use beast compared to those early VLFs. For me those early VLFs were a top introduction to the importance of coil control, then and as Steve points out now. Coil control probably is the most important ability one can use to get the most out of detecting with any detector.
I doubt anyone ever will get that down to pat, every day I don`t get gold I believe it is because I didn`t use that coil/detector properly or I was not focused enough not because I didn`t go over gold.
The old Garret Deepseeker I had found many coins in wet/salty ground at the beach. On one holiday in QLD I got over 50 gold rings from shore to waist high in the water. The method that I used was ground balancing in TR using the discriminating knob. That got rid of all the moaning except from the competition.
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Ran out of likes Reg I will give you one tomorrow. I have been catching up on two weeks of post.
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Got the link working.
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The Herald/Sun Sep 1995
If you can't read the scan Right Click the second image and Open in new window
Reg this is the Scan that you wan't to see.
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7 hours ago, Lanny said:
To find the gold, gotta keep the powder dry . . .
All the best,
Lanny
It helps to keep the Gelignite dry too Lanny
and not let it weep.
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2 hours ago, mn90403 said:
It is a bullet! I'm sad. How could a bullet be that deep in the ground? Why is it there? There was a chance it could have been a nice nugget at that depth
In the early 1980's during our training period some of us used a peg to put a hole in the ground and hammer a 22 cal bullet into the hole till we got a very soft signal. Then we got our mate to mark out a 10 foot square that contained the 22 and hide the hole. When we taught others we used up to 3 bullet in the square and get them to test square. A lot of newbies would take several goes to get even one of them. After this training most found gold but there was more gold to find.
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Good find just over a DWT (penny weight)
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Good luck in that area......?...... I got quite a few nugget near the airport in the bush as well as in the Alma district back in the VLF days.
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I can see the calluses forming. The only way to treat them is to stop using your pick and leave some gold for the rest of us.
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That is big lost to all of use, and I think many more here in Australia will agree with me. All the best
wishes to his family.
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This might help you with Beechworth and Victoria Gold Mines. The link below will take you to my old post in another forum. http://golddetecting.forumotion.net/t2273-historical-gold-mines-in-google-earth
In the Table in the first post under GoogleEarth Compressed Files Select "HistoricalGoldMinesVic.kmz" When the page turns up Click on the Blue Download button and select Direct download you should find the file in your download folder. Click on the file. GOOGLE EARTH if installed will zoom in on Victoria. In the SEARCH field type in "Beechworth VIC, Australia" zoom in and pan around your area.
I have included a direct link below which can be dragged to your desktop.
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The Sadie is a great coil, I won one when R.J. first released them in competition naming the coil. I did not call it Sadie, but got a runner up coil. I did not use it very much as the Wife claim it and it was hard to get much of a go with it
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Midnight Gold is a term meaning claim jumping here in Australia, the haul you got is great mate.
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It a real pity that Garretts have not kept up with their products. The old Deepseeker and then the A2B were the reason for the electronic gold rush in Australia back in the late 1970's . I started with Garrett then Whites and later with Minelab I will not update to a new Detector until someone comes up with a decent advancement .
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The only consistent noise a tiny nugget makes,is the rattle in the keep jar.
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It sounds like you might have a bit of Kiwi blood in you Reg.
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" The areas that i would be concentrating on is Beechworth and the Buckland Valley etc, "
Most of this area is either Mountains or Rivers (Dredge Rivers). Dredged Tailing would most likely be the target area but my look at the spot, showed most areas either covered with blackberries or private farms.
I have two ML3000 great machines but some of the latest higher frequency VLF have some good feed back in East Victorian for creek sniping for specks and specimens. By the way the Golden Triangle is still the best bet and the ML GP's or better is the way to go.
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They all say the first is the hardest nugget to get, but it's the second that is the hardest as the first is mostly just luck. So you have been bitten and it is easy from now on.??
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On 3/15/2019 at 5:46 AM, AkNugget said:
Not exactly gold,
but needless to say the Gold Monster went crazy! No problem picking it up at 18" deep. 28 lbs.
Neal
It looks like a "MONSTER" tooth too me ?
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I went to the Poseidon area in 1980 but saw it was private land, and thought it was too much trouble to get permission, as there was a lot of virgin ground in the bush elsewhere in those days.?
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The Poseidon Nugget’ was unearthed in the Parish of Waanyarra. The huge nugget weighed 953 oz gross and 703 oz net. Woodall and party found the nugget 10
inches underground, 2 inches above bedrock with much quartz. This find began the last of the big rushes to the area.[1906] On private land. This [Poseidon] was the last great alluvial rush in Victoria.3000 were camped here in 1906 with store established catering for all the miners’ needs. One storekeeper was charged and fined for selling sly grog. The reef above and opposite the gully had been rushed in 1859, but this side neglected. It was nearly fifty years before John Porter testing the ground with a hand auger, found wash and sank a shaft onto nuggets.
From its size, more large nuggets have come from this lead than any other in the world. 703 oz, 675 oz, thirteen others over 100 oz, nineteen from 50-99 oz, fifty two from 20-49 oz and two hundred and eight from 1-19 oz. ... the Premier awarded [James Porter] £500 for the discovery. He was the last man to receive a reward for the discovery of a new goldfield in Victoria.
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This is the smallest my mate got that I know he detected, but whether he got any other nuggets is unknown as he left the area.?
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It is the first of March, Ten day till you can spill the beans on all the gold you have found be it jewelry or Nuggets hope it not fly sh!t.
GPZ And Salt
in Minelab Metal Detectors
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All the advice given is missing one thing. That is after you have done them and find a target, don't dig it up till you have changed the setting and see if there is any improvement (good) or a reduction. If it is worst go the other way with the setting, If you are in an area that you use a lot, setting up a test spot with a range of target sizes and depth. If you find a better set-up don't tell JP because he will tell everyone else.