Thanks mate yeah was good to finally get out bush, even if it was just for a total of 4 hours detecting.Just needed to scratch that itch that has become more regular of late No doubt most know what I mean.

Hi all, just thought I would share my find for my first day detecting of 2017, nothing big, but it's a start  Cheers Dave.

Yeah Steve it's the only way to go, if you have the bucks.spent many a year prospecting with the old man out of his hughes 300 (3 seater) Bloody wish I had a detector back then! Some of the best areas we panned sampled through out North Queensland I still have in my memory.

Thanks for that JP, yeah I spose I was jumping the gun abit it will be interesting to see how it lines up against the Gold bug on species, thanks for the offer to try it out mate.Have to get down there one day soon regardless. Cheers Dave.

Hi mate, looking at a machine for my son that I reckon a switch on and detect would be a good starter. I have read you have done testing on the Gold monster 1000, did you have any chance to test it on fine gold in species? Say up against the gold bug2? Cheers Dave.

Hi Steve, looks like ya got a sweet spot mate just love when you hit a spot that you spend days just pinging nuggets everywhere. Good luck mate, hope it runs for longer than 200 meters or leads you to a shallow shed. Cheers Dave.

Nice finds Enio Have a great holiday buddy, are you taking a detector? If so what's your poison mate?

Thanks for posting JP, it takes a lot of time to do vids. Great to see you have taken the time out mate.

21 hours ago, kiwijw said:

Hi there GB Amateur, I would say that their motivation was all about making a living & dreams of striking it rich & being their own boss. Great motivation for any one. 

Bloodgold2 (Dave), You & the Goldhounds are true prospectors in every sense of the word. Modern day prospectors using a combination of science, geology, geography with the aid of computers & map over laying, sussing out fault lines that have never been mapped before or even known about & metal detectors to find gold in areas that have possibly never been considered as gold bearing. It is a credit to the three of you. I wish you guys the best of luck in you next endevour. Tell Dale to behave himself on his bloody motor bikes before he kills himself. Hope Tremains hand is on the mend. How is the video coming along?

Time on the ground is how you find gold in unknown areas. There is a lot of ground out there so it helps to know what ground is going to give you the best chances but you still have to swing a coil over the gold.

Good luck out there

JW  

Hi JW, thanks for the kind words mate. We are just one of many crews around that do ok in the field and use what we have learnt to the best of our ability. hahaha yeah there is going to be action a plenty this season with Dale on his new ktm 300.  Mate Tremain gets his hand out of plaster next week so hopefully all good,might have to put him on my quad for abit as he won't have to use a clutch like his motorbike. He said he was going to make a new vid and I gave him one of my computers to do so. How far he has got I have no idea, it has not come up in conversation. Cheers Dave.

On 05/03/2017 at 3:23 AM, Steve Herschbach said:

Ultimately geophysical prospecting just provides clues. Each clue is put together in context with all the other clues and judgement calls made. A magnetic survey for instance just reveals magnetic anomalies. This could be a clue to a valuable resource, or perhaps just a zone with more magnetite than the surrounding rock. Very many places that return what look like exciting results via geophysical surveys never prove out to be mines. And I have seen places where mines are that have been subjected to geophysical survey after the fact, with surprisingly little result.

I tend to think in terms of strong clues and weak clues. Actual physical results by way of surface sampling, digging pits, drilling, etc. are strong clues. Geophysical methods by and large in my opinion are weak clues. They have to be taken together with all the information you have to provide an overall picture, but taken alone and separately are not much to go on. I would advise caution as there are people that put far too much weight on geophysical survey results alone. They would tend to be the type who are looking for investors. Just my opinion as a layman however.

There are people here with more knowledge and experience than I and hopefully they will chime in. The reality is this sort of thing is beyond the scope of this forum and most of the people here are not involved in such things so you may find better sources of information elsewhere.

Here is an old guide (1968) that provides some easy to understand practical information:

HANDBOOK OF GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING METHODS FOR THE ALASKAN PROSPECTOR

I agree Steve, we have used magnetic maps as well but sometimes the shed if any can be some distance off the anomaly. Rios, if it was me I would be looking if your lease is in the main run on the magnetic maps of the others that are producing gold. Other than that all I can say is you only live once.

I agree with all the above comments play a certain roll why some find more gold than others. But yeah time on the ground is certainly the main factor in my view. We record all our finds and over time can paint a picture of where our next run of shedding gold should be.Sometimes it can take minutes, hours or even days to find that first bit in a new area. Time on the ground and positive frame of mind are high on the list in my view.

Yep agree GoldEN, I feel for you  and his mates that spent time with him on the goldfields. I only met the man physically for 2 days at the gold bash after over 5 years on the gold forum. And my expectations  did not disappoint, as I can be quick to cut the chaff from the hay, as some would say. A genuine happy bloke that seemed to go out of his way to help all that were interested. I remember giving him such a hard time about that stump he got suck on  Remember that one bro? The poor buggar copped it from all sides, but all in jest as us Aussies do to our own at times

Nice gold there Lunk, was it found all with the 19inch mate ?

some nice gold pic's there mate

Wow mate, makes our miners in North Queensland look small, thanks for sharing Ash Will have to sit down for 5  and work out how to upload pic's on this forum.

42 minutes ago, phoenix said:

Sorry BG.  It was the 7000 mate

cheers Dave

Sorry Dave, nice pick up anyway bro, I did read your thread, don't know why I was thinking 2300. My bad.

Nice Dave, must admit never really had a decent play with the 2300 to date.

Buggar.

1 hour ago, idahogold said:

Bg2-Do You See this .Its the face of a happy prospector Not!!!!  Cant imagine how Tremain's feeling about his hand...Lots of Hydrogen peroxide ...keep it clean....Any Idea How it Happened? what are your mates doing in the offseason to bust them selves up???? Dale and now Tremain. Give em Idahos Best Wishes for a speedy recovery!

 Its warm finally!!! we've reached 0c this nite.

Cheers, Ig

Hi idahogold, apparently helping a mate prune his avocado trees with a chainsaw.  Warm at zero? Bugger that mate, is there anywhere warm over there to detect? Like kinda up around the mild 30c  for us North Queenslanders?

Hi Giddiup, yeah mate that type of country is very familiar to us.  Pic 1 and 2 are certainly where the little elusive critters hide in the gaps and cracks, and can take considerable effort to retrieve. Sorry bud the third pic is somewhat disheartening, that is a hot rock from my experience, some of them go off on a detector like a cracker others not so loud.I always give them a quick smash with my pick and if they are orange or red I just move on. Have I ever crushed and panned one ? The answer is no,out of interest now we have had the mini crusher turn up, will bring some of the louder ones home and get a assay done on them. Will keep you posted on the results.p.s thanks Jen and JW on your replies to Tremain, I will pass them on. pss, great yarns Col and Chris throw another log on the fire guys

Hi JW, well Tremain cut his hand quite badly the other week, so had 2 rounds of micro surgery to attach tendons. But get this they forgot to get him to sign the permission form, so they had to bring him back out to sign the form then put under again to finish the surgery. The moral of the story is, I said to him while your arm is in plaster you have the time to put out another vid. He agreed, as he has time on his hands some would say  so let's see what happens.

1 hour ago, idahogold said:

Incredible awesome Kiwijw! You're the only kiwi I know!! All awesome stories! D.Dave tell us one of yours or any Goldhounds targets missed? Since were on the topic of Targets!, Can you guys chime in"" over on another post about choosing vlf over zed ? I'm new and wondering??? It's at Good weekend with the Gpz

Thanx! Ig

Hi  mate, honestly we don't use any vlf of any description, Steve or Jp would probably be the best to answer that question. I spose they all have some advantage, but yeah everyone to there own I guess, would also depend on what country you are detecting and your primary source of targets. P.s  Hi Ashley, hope you have been finding abit mate

Some great yarns there you blokes still to this date I have many yet to go back to, left for various reasons like broken pick, run out of water, and also daylight to get back to camp over country you have no hope of finding your way back in the dark. One did my head in for years, five to be exact  we have some vid of when I first found this target in solid rock with quartz veins  using the 4000 screamed over the area 3 foot above the ground that a pick just bounced off. Fast forward 5 years we all return to my spot with 2 x7000's a 5000 and extra large sledge hammer some oldtimers rock splitters, The 7000 screamed 5 foot or more above the ground, still not a chance in hell . Like Mad tuna said time to upgrade, which we did but, will leave the rest of the yarn till the vid comes out. Another one is Tremains (one of the Goldhounds) a rich small creek with nice solid conglomerate gold in a large area ranging from 4 grams up to 3 ounce nuggets,climbing a boulder the size of a large car as he worked his way upstream his detector screamed. once again, no luck with a pick on the conglomerate boulder, that's another one on the have to go back to list.   Keep the stories coming, I know I am enjoying the thread of others that have been in the same situation. Or are in that I still need to go back scenario     

Hi everybody, just wondering how many of us when learning or many other circumstances that come into play have made you walk away from a target iffy or not that plays on your mind that you need to return? Or have gone back and done well on the gold.

Hi beatup, nice specie for sure mate Yuma, only read about it in them western short stories when I was a teenager. What's the country like? flat, desert, hilly? A USA trip is on my bucket list already ps, might sound a silly question but the coin in some of the pic's what size does that relate to in our currency? A 5cent, 10 cent 20 cent?