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Phrunt are you sure that is not the Yarra River in the bottom photo (Yarra were the river flows upside down). ?

The rhino is the GPS i got when they were first released in Australia brought 4 of them 1 for the wife,1 for me, 1 spare and my son paid for the 4th for his trail bike riding. Garmin was giving a good deal for a twin pack.The built in radio and partners location ability together with the graphic screen were the deciding way back then. Still happy with the Rhinos.  

Note that soils/lawns that have been top dressed are a good spot to try with a deep seeking detector.(The cheap detectors have left good targets behind)

Stick with the Band you know, you know it's software. Garmin has BirdsEye option for for satellite imagery so get one of their GPS that can use it.

The same rules apply to jewelry. My brother in law lived inter-state near Brisbane QLD he told me to bring my detector when I was due up next. He had found over 200 gold rings. I found that most of the rings were sitting on a hidden clay layer. I was lucky he left me 50+ gold rings. I got them at low tide during the king tide period in Easter.

On flat ground or near a river, silt from floods. Or tides and storms at the beach. I found this knowledge is handy near swimming locations.  

I was more interested in dredging when gold detector hit the scene in the late 1970's. In 1980 I found detecting was too much hit and miss but dredging was more constant and had found gold constantly and got 4 ounces in 1980 and nil detecting. 1981 things turn around and I got more detecting, 1982 a four ounce nugget. The big problem for me was the restriction on dredging laws and with detecting it was a day trip to and from the detecting locations. I have found more than 100 ounces detecting part time, the largest specimen yielded 16 ounces largest nugget 6 ounces, To answer your question when you have found  a spot to dredge and the returns are fair you have site for quite a while getting gold. Detecting is hit and miss at the start, but experience will pay off in the end 

Try some electrician overalls no metal buttons or zippers the light weight one are great in the summer. 

Good catch not breeding size, so you can take it back to USA.?

6 hours ago, nuggetnewbie said:

Thanks Phrunt,

Good advice on the bedrock cracks!     I know it's not going to pick up the tiny gold but i would rather spend my time with larger nuggets anyway.       We'll see how it goes. Can't find em if you don't look right? Kinda like playing the lottery! But i think much more enjoyable.?

I know it's not going to pick up the tiny gold but i would rather spend my time with larger nuggets anyway. 

  How true but ask most prospectors how many small ones they got before they got an ounce plus nugget You may have to crawl before you Walk, but that said my Brother Inlaw first was 2 ounces so luck can be on your side?  

Back in the late 1960's I was happy if I got a speck in the pan for the day...How things have changed  

2 hours ago, phrunt said:

Nice rig but I still think your bull bar isn't roo proof yet!  ?

You're going to need to find some serious gold to pay for all that.

A serious detecting mission on it's way by the look of it.  The truck almost deserves an "oi oi oi"

 

 

 

Give the man a break, at lest he has got the steering wheel on the RIGHT side.

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On 4/27/2018 at 8:05 AM, fredmason said:

To me that shows poor skills as a producer...like when you can see power lines  and roads in the wilderness...I have to constantly suspend logic to enjoy many movies...and I have learned to NOT point these things out to my lovely wife...

fred

Ditto fred but i include more than the wife.

I liked dredging better than all other method of chasing gold. The rule in victoria is no go at all, fortunately I took up detecting a couple years before they changed the rules here back in the early 1980's.  and added over 100 ounces to my dredging collection.

  Anyway best of luck in California  ?

Reg I think you must have a large callus on your left hand index finger .......

• Location: Walmer central Victoria Austtalia

You missed the R next to the T in Austtalia above. ?

On 5/1/2018 at 6:06 PM, kiwijw said:

Nice Dave.  Have you done a specific gravity test on them? May be more gold than you are saying. But you probably have, hey  Thanks for showing.

Good luck out there

JW 

As KIWI JW said you may be surprised, I got 16+ ounces out of this specimen the  specific gravity was rough but  indicated within an ounce or two of what I got. 

Paul you know the catch and release scheme is different on your second trip we will let you keep every second nugget this time

          I have found 10 gm or more above the current shed, but most of the fly sh!t tends to move quickly from the source. The only rule that tends to help me is a distinct  change in gradient away from the shed, tends to hold the large bit longer. Large specimen tend to be close to similar size quartz unless they contain more than 10 Oz of gold.

          It a lottery becauses as mention by other. The factors that can affect the location -How long since it was shed,are there more recent sheds.The slope of ground and the soil erosion is not even. I have found 4 to 6 Oz bits on high spots sun baking in relative flat ground with island of soil just 6 inches higher than most of the ground. I have found when you get more than 100 yards from the source the spots where the number of hits drop off for a while a reasonable bit turns up.

            The answer to your question the larger bit is where you find them

If you made a cast of that copper nugget with pure gold it would need 510 gm of gold. 16.4 troy oz. It would look like a nice water washed Au Nugget.

The prize was incidental, the playing of the game was the fun. Thanks a lot Ridge Runner. 

Just remember that you need more than 300 nuglets  ( 0.1 grams Slightly larger than a turdlet and much larger than a trinket, the nuglet is the average piece of fecal matter ejected by the erupting anus. Greatly known for most of the "aromatic" fragrance while shatting, the nuglet is a colorful and sensual component of the dumping process. Watch out though, don't mistake it for smudglet, ...)To make only one Ounce    

A lot can be done using GIS programs these day.

It is the way to go. Back in the 1980/81 we used to check  aerial photo in the golden triangle for puddling dams and surfacing areas (striped of trees). This was one way of finding spots that others might not of found. I then used the mines department record and databases. This lead me to get all the pre 1950 gold mines and put them in my own database (google .......historical-gold-mines-in-google-earth) which I made available for Ozi gold prospector. As a hobby it has made my gold chasing well worth while.  

 http://golddetecting.4umer.net/t2273-historical-gold-mines-in-google-earth

My third detector and the wife second guess about late 1980's

Seeing I was the only IDIOT  that used a number that was used, can I have another go if yes I select 56 

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52        THE WINNER  .......   Dig it

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So far .....The correct answer is    19   +     35    =   54         52 (Dig it) is closest below 54. 

So far these have been used.  27,12,48,14,37,20,42,35,10,33,51,52,32,57,26,22,45,30,31,44,5,8,1,58 Only one person (Idiot) picked one that was taken.       So come on guys and pick a number that not in the list above......