geof_junk

With this statement

 "I am sure there are a few new sunbakers sitting around here and there, but not many. I do agree that the best prospecting will come in the summer months when the water levels go down and some good gold will be found "

If they printed that, all of us Ozzies  prospectors will be over there to miss our winter months  

Not of your nuggets but YOUR  location be it Country or State. Seem to be missing on a lot of basic profiles. This if it was added by members (not that given away your privacy) would make POSTS more relevant. What is your view?

My wife and I have found over 60 gold rings on one holiday. A half sovereign on the gold fields, a sovereign on a old race track(now a farm paddock). A heap of silver and copper coins from old schools and churches as well as plenty of spending money in current coins.  19 Oz in a morning and pushed to over 26 Oz after lunch. A few good virgin patches exceeding a Kilo.

My ULTIMATE GOAL is finding my next nugget.

The nugget is about 5 Oz

Those blisters/callus show that you have put the effort in. By the way are you left handed (south paw ) if not how many blisters/callus on the right hand.

Well you have done it now. The next Qantas flight is full of us Aussy Diggers.

3 hours ago, Hobo said:

I use a potato with a hole scooped out and a acetylene torch and Borateem,  takes only a couple of minutes.. Been doing it for years, works great and potatoes are cheap.

I did this with Amalgamate, ate the spud and have been as mad as Hatter ever since.

Look at what can happen if the holes are not filled.I worked there from 1973 end of 1979

http://www.smh.com.au/world/billiondollar-mess-a-major-disaster-the-people-do-not-deserve-to-have-20160817-gquzli.html

Before that, Panguna mine had accounted for about 45 per cent of exports from PNG and generated more than $1 billion in national tax revenue and dividend payments

More than five million ­tonnes of copper and 19 million ounces of gold were left behind in the Panguna open-cut.

9 hours ago, mn90403 said:

I think miners need another incentive.  Miners should try and hide their patches!  How many times has someone found your patch because they saw dig holes?  If you did a better job of 'leave no sign' then your patch might still be producing for you.

I learnt this years ago (1980) and all my virgin patches are still left alone some of them have exceeded a Kilo and have more ground to do. In WA I use the lightest chain for the area as I can get away with, and keep 4WD tracks away as well.

I used Butane-Gas-Blow-torch (Cheap Chinese fit on Butane can) on a boiler fire brick (Scooped out), the melt sizes was the limit for the heat.

This is how I melted my specimen (Over 3.5 Kilos)

Unfortunate is only turned into 17 Oz it exceeded my scales so the rest is next to my watch.

5 hours ago, idahogold said:

I can Hear You Guys Laughing Already!!!!!!!   ZedCopter in the Works??? Cheers, Ig

 

YOU FORGOT TO PUT GRIDDING CHAIN on mate ?

Thanks for the links.

17 minutes ago, idahogold said:

Never seen Rugby before.....Totally Richter on a Giant Field! Thanks G.B.

You still have not seen Rugby. You may not live to see if you call Aussy Rules that in Vic, SA, or WA. You are safe with me I support the SQUARE BALL. (Non Fan)

"So all l can say is slow down, plan you attack and have patience and work the area properly and don't be too quick to write a spot off or you will leave it behind."

I agree. I ask most newbies how long does it take to Mow the grass in a footy ground well it takes longer to detect and there might be only one nugget but it might be a massive one away from the specks.

Mal, you said "that is transversed by 500KVA high voltage transmission line towers." I think you meant 500KV. if so a corona discharge may be your problem. A corona discharge is an electrical discharge brought on by the ionization of a fluid such as air surrounding a conductor that is electrically charged. Spontaneous corona discharges occur naturally in high-voltage systems. Coronas generate gases such as ozone (O3) an electrically charge particles.

If you are determine to detect in these situations wait for a slight breeze and detect on the upwind side of the line. By the way I closed the switch (CB) on Victoria's first operation of 500 KV line at Hazelwood Power Station back in the early 1970ties

33 minutes ago, Jen58 said:

Thankyou all

yes our son has been detecting since he was 12, so thats about 31 years now.

he also found this one with the 14 inch coil.. with the Gpz7000

i didn't ask him what the setting's were. 

Sourdough scott Lol ...i should take a side view pic, it may weigh more .. lol

Good to see you on line.

My boys started in 1980 at Wedderburn and Maryborough, but they put it on hold to chasing the local girls. The youngest got married to a Maryborough girl. His 4 boys are nearly off his hands and I am sure he will get back into it.

6 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Don't let this happen to your drone! This link has some amazing photos

That eagle eye needs to be trained to get sun-bakers.

Klunker tell the driver to climb out the window, you should be saving him from the impact damage.

On ‎2‎/‎3‎/‎2017 at 2:49 AM, Jim_Alaska said:

For the price how could you go wrong? The laugh alone is worth a dollar.

Dowsing rods would be more effective.

Liked your specimen have found a few like them. Here is a one that I treasure.

I enjoyed this topic, and hope the karma returns to all those involved.