afreakofnature

Here in the USA I put many AZ pinstripes on all the trucks I rented. No probs. The rental guy told me the scratch has to be atleast 6” and go into the undercoat before charging. If it does that they can’t buff out for resale. The dust really showed them off good on those nice brand new trucks

JP, When (if) I come to Australia, I think I want to take a lesson with you. There is no way I could relay that much information back from using my detector. I find gold, but I want to understand my machine like how you understand yours and the way you describe it. In my eyes you are on another level. There are only one or two others that I know that are there too.

I second that!

Right on! Excellent gold! Getting more everytime!

Well yes you enjoy what you do for sure.

I agree with Fred. Where there is one there is more. Grid the crap out of those two places! Then go back over it again in a perpendicular direction! With your limited time left, if it was me the exploring is done, time to grid, go slow and listen for the faints. Get that big Aussie gold!!!

Yup pegmatite. White looks like feldspar with the more translucent minerals being quartz. Black probably biotite maybe tourmaline can't tell in the pic.

Screw the beaches! We got those in the US.

Sad day indeed! I wish I could have met him. RIP Jim and thank you for all the written knowledge you passed on!

Time to grid!

Good luck mates!

Finders Keepers in OZ reports that it is a new MultIQ detector. https://www.facebook.com/FindersKeepersGoldProspecting/

Take a Gold Safari/Excursion/Expedition/Tour. Its worth it when on a trip like this!

Enjoy the adventure too! Just as good as the gold!

This is why you buy used with warranty left. Then you can resell and maybe only lose alittle or in half the cases make money.

Maybe its a new Zed coil. Like a 10”

Better sell the Zed now or its only gonna be worth a couple g. Now’s your chance phrunt! Kind of surprised on a Z replacement. I was told by more than one person that they planned on 2 more software updates. Wonder if they are gonna take trade ins

Thats right Andy! I have some holes where I will dig a few pieces of lead out before getting to the gold underneath it all.

Thanks for the reply jasong. I understand your sluice and pan analogy, I have been prospecting for 15 years and as a geologist it helps some out in the field looking for those areas that "talk" to you. But I am 5 years in now on MDing only and with no discrimination I still mostly dig everything. Some I do not. But I found that when I would wander I would not find much of anything. I need to slow down and grid and that is when I tend to find gold. That is easier to do in your home area knowing you can keep going back though, not so good if you travel long distance to an area with limited time. I'll have to think about this some, because I have a lot of areas on maps that I want to hit, and not enough time to hike them out, let alone detect them out with my current methods. The only thing that I do like this is that if I am not finding what I want in the first 2-3 hours, I move on.

I have found it very interesting the VA is producing some nice gold again. Good job getting on the gold! VA is going to be the next gold rush.....Wagons East!!!!

Good luck down there Mitchel!! I will have questions for you and all in the next 2-3 years.

Jasong - Got a link to your youtube channel? I am interested in learning and hearing more about your 80% techniques and methods used. I am usually the pick a spot and grid guy so I find your method interesting and sound. Definitely would like to know more.

Well.... no i sometimes cherry pick hi-lows. big nuggies come in sometimes as low-hi trash is like a low-hi with sometimes a quick low. Best place besides your own practice is to watch aussie gold hunters and listen. You will see both and its fun to watch. . Or youtube channels can help too

Its a Gneiss. No nuggety gold in that quartz, look more for the veinlets cutting that rock in the GB area.

The name Victory does sound militaryesque.