geof_junk

10 hours ago, geof_junk said:

¼ of a dwt, work that out for me.  😉  

0.647967 grams well  there is always next time "Norvic" There will be a smile on the winners face.

¼ of a dwt, work that out for me.  😉  

2 hours ago, dig4gold said:

Yes, maybe. But the weight of gold to size ratio is the give away to any body familiar with gold. Even compared to the weight of lead, gold is close to twice the weight. Gold being something like 19 grams a cubic centimeter & lead about 11 grams a cubic centimeter. Bit of a fun fact but quite mind boggling.

Happy New Year.

D4G

Or over 10 ounces to a cubit inch, and that is Troy Ounces.

Eric it was  like that on the gold fields when most prospector started to using the brand-new Whites and Garrett VLF (late 1970s early 80) and the holes took 10 minutes or more to dig, with a crowd of newbies watch you dig up a ground noise. ☺️ The earphones were a must in the early days even on the beach with kids wanting to dig up your treasure, A hundred of them fighting to get it first. I must admit I had one kid at a certain beach do the work and keep the non $ coins. As a matter of fact I could not get on the sand for more than 5 minutes and he would appear from nowhere. I found out a lot later that he was the only child of a single Mother so those coins were appreciated I'm sure.

My wife won't let me get rid of those tools.

Wow. You should of stayed a few minutes longer and cracked to ounce for the trip. By the way most detectorist don't do that in a day.  

50 minutes ago, Valens Legacy said:

At 20:20 the waterfall is going backwards so I think this is propaganda.

I thought the camera was upside down. 

A good look at Aus. circumnavigate.

I have been to all of their National Park location and done a lot more of bushwalking/hikes that they show. 

It is a hot country so it might be a chance to forget your USA blizzard and warm you up. It is in English.

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He is bright enough to charge you for a lend of it, when you wrap yours around a tree in despair.  😁

The Spanish Dollar were used a lot in that era. The one I want is the 1751 minted in Mexico that the Australian NSW converted to the  1813 Holey Dollar and Dump. I would settle for any holey dollar in any condition. 🤑

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9 hours ago, phrunt said:

Yup, poor guy has a faulty GPX, along with a risky helicopter, those R44 things crash like crazy.

A guy I know runs Heli detecting tours here, ends up worthwhile too as even for NZ big gold can be found once you're off the beaten track.  He picked this one up on a Heli detecting trip around here in the mountains.  I think even an Aussie might classify that as a nugget, surely it's too big to be a flake.

It looks like 3 penny weight next to the speck 😉

F350Platinum 

As usual a lot of good foresight in this opening post of yours. Way back in 1979 the wife wanted to try detecting, but my choice was dredging. Anyway she got her way so we were given a Whites Coinmaster 5000 to try out at Wedderburn Vic 350 mile away. Carol was hooked so I had to go along with her detecting. The pro detectorists said the Whites or Garretts were the best for chasing gold. As the Garrett ADS Deepseeker was the newest, that what I got her. It required a lot of effort to learn and was not her cup of tea. So guess what, I inherit the Garretts and I had to get a Whites Coinmaster 6000 for her. As it was a lot easier to master I had a happy wife, and my dredging took second place to detecting. As my job was in a Power Station Control Room fiddling all the controls I took to the Garretts like a house on fire. When Minelab came on the scene I was not impressed. When ML went from VLF to PI my brother in-law got a SD2000. He had little chance of getting more gold than Carol or Me at the time as the gold size was small and he did not have the "trigger time" or knowledge of using it to it best advantage. It took 10 years for me to up grade to ML PI (brought 2 of the lastest PI then) even those I had built my own PI a few years before ML SD 2000 hit the market.

Trigger time Hours or should I say Days, Weeks or Years spent at it.

Location is more important than the best/newest detector. That is not flogged, appropriate to your equipment (depth and size of target) or finding virgin patches.

Choosing Terrain which comes from experience of finding targets in many spots.

So as usual F350Platinium you are on the ball again. Detecting is for fun, the hourly rate in dollars is usually low, so justifying a new detector has to be based on the FUN and love of TECHNOLOGY and the only thing money is good for is spending. 

Watch out DOC I'm a little older than you, your list.......Cake, Park, Caution, Marriage, Rest, Notice, Boat, Planet, Knee, Phone......  I don't know what a "Caution" or a "Phone" are. So your method don't work for me, is it age that has caused this outcome.  😟

3 hours ago, schoolofhardNox said:

That horse shoe in your bling, has contributed to your success. The photo of the three Rings two Silver and one 14ct Au came up great. 

31 minutes ago, DSMITH said:

Man trying to watch that gave me a headache LOL think I will just wait until I receive the copy of the book I ordered

If you use the setting and select ¼ it will be less of a Migraine 

5 minutes ago, unox said:

Geof_Junk I have always found more 2s than 1s wherever I go... I always thought it was because they were smaller

That would be a factor, being smaller means less detector signal from it as well as slipping out of their hands or pockets etc.

Gold prospectors said that when the found a 413 ounce nugget back in the 1890s

The town of Marble Bar was officially gazetted in 1893 following the discovery of gold in the area in 1890 by a prospector

In 1891 the town boasted a population in excess of 5,000 after a rush on the goldfields. Several large gold nuggets were discovered as a result of the goldrush. The 333 ounce Little Hero nugget, the 413 ounce Bobby Dazzler and the 332 ounce General Gordon nugget were all found in the goldfields around the town.

That work would of taken a lot of dedication to have all those parts square and parallel. A real pleasure to see your effort. 

Eric you did not tell our USA friends that you got more small coins (2$) than the large ones ($1). I believe that is because you normally get only one, 1$ coin in your change where as you can get one or two, $2 or more.

Eric I told you to leave my beach alone and not advertise it to other so I an angry but will forgive you once again but you only get limited pardons.  😜   

Mine was obtained as soon as it was released back then. The price was reasonable but can't remember how much, not like today everything is priced as much as they can get.

4 hours ago, PSPR said:

I've lived through my 50's and I'm living through my 70's.  Believe me when I say being in your 70's is NOTHING like being in your 50's.  

For instance.  In your 50's you can climb a ladder and put up Christmas lights.  In your 70's you can still climb a ladder but you will see the world spinning on its axis.

Not looking ahead at the prospects of the 80,s     😧

Interesting finds, go get some more for me to drool over.

Have the same book Reg, although it is now a bit mangled from over use, just as I expect yours to be even worst. 😁

When the Deputies find out the deal with their boss, did not include them. I am sure they need to make a vacancy for their own promotion at the Police Station. No need to eliminate the Judge as he would not have any case from the Deputies. 😉