Jen58

you said it.. nah you still have a way to go yet..

Thankyou and now we have a bag full of them.. just love looking for them we don't do the squash them test any more.. see straight away.. but the odd roo poo still tricks us Depending on their re-entry they come back down to the planet in different sizes and shapes. heres a few more.

All these pictures are when we were over in western aus Never know what we can come across, it reminded Mike of the first ute he ever owned this one is a tad rusty .. Old timers hut made from beef bully tins.. the cattle and wild life have destroyed it a little. Well maybe more than a little. Old timers hole Wild life This little pebble dragon lizard actually started to chase my coil and attack it. He is only about five inches long. Usually they are darker in colour, seems they camouflage to the rocks. An abandoned old camp. Bush turkey nest?

Well... thats a bit on the ewwwww side.. i have to admit the very first tektite i had found while in W.A was on a white quartz hill, as i was zig zagging between the trees and low bushes, there was this longish black looking interesting object....i didn't know what it was.. my first thought was.. ok.. hmmmm, no other dark rocks or stones about., i reckon this is from a kangaroo.. so i stood on it! Nope still in one piece.. so I stood on it and twisted my foot, pressed down hard as i could. took my foot away, and it was still there, i thought wow!!! it sure has been baked hard in the sun.. it won't squash down to all mushy and green like kangaroo poop should.. so i than though ok.. i am intrigued now.. so bent down and picked it up.. gee its heavier than kangaroo poop.. ( yes i know what the feel and weight of kangaroo poop is lol ) and NO i have never put it in my mouth.. ewwwww .. lol never seen a rock like this before it was black. My first Tektite

We use the orange bush tracker gps., they are small light weight, mark the car.. turn them back off. And off detecting you go.. if we do get to disoriented, turn them back on, very simple to use.. the only thing we find with them is don't believe the arrow.. look at how many metres away from the car you are, the numbers start counting downward. If it does upwards.. well you know you are walking in the wrong direction . the bush can be very thick in the places we go. we also have the other bigger gps's.. just depends how far we plan to explore the bush on foot.. The little green gps's we brought, while i reckon they work well. I find them "fiddly" lol We still have them, need damn good eye sight as well, they are smaller than the orange ones, and they arent all the big.. but the screen is easy to read on them.. lol you flattened a gps.. lucky you are a good friend and gave him yours in preparation this happened a couple of years back.. in W.A we were all having lunch. Sat in the chairs behind the cars didn't we well it was the best place to place our camp chairs. Nice smooth dusty track..( dust had settled ) Anyway finished lunch.. we all moved to the next location, and one of the troops.. says " "i can not find my uhf walkie talkie" he hunted hi and low in his car.. almost striped everything out of his loaded up car...nope no luck.. so back to where we had lunch ( we had to travel that way back to get back to camp ) and there it was.. it still worked, but the screen was damaged. It was right where Mike had to reverse the car back onto the track.. whoops!! Mike offered to buy him another one.. but he wouldn't hear of it.. Mike still felt bad Whoops again we went way off topic.. Mike brought a skid plate for his 19" Gpz7000 coil Its a tight fit, but his still placed tape around. He said it glides over the grass now.

They talk about the beta version here, not sure if these sites are of any interest too you http://forum.kimbucktwo.com/index.php?topic=31126.0 http://aussiedetectorist.com.au/2017/02/15/xp-deus-version-4-first-impressions-without-the-hf-coil-or-pin-pointer/ This one may be better http://www.xpmetaldetectors.com/metal-detector/deus-update/ https://www.prospectingaustralia.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?id=20995

Very nice..

Hi cadian ( Dave ) Welcome

Great picture kiwijw and congratulations on becoming an granddad again ahh the kids grow up so quickly, the grandkids seem to grow up even quicker. a couple of pictures of our puppy, she will be ten this year, so this will be her tenth trip to W.A once we go. You will see she has a muzzle on.. thats so she can not eat or lick the baits thats placed out for wild dogs this is a from what the old timers dug out.. the deep hole is around the other side. i love the way they reinforced the walls.

Thankyou.. you will be there before us i think. Just hope the ground has dried up a little, and those little flies oh my!!! not looking forward to them.. i have my fly veils ready Have a safe and enjoyable trip over cheers jen

Well thats one name for it the original garage for fuelling up. When crossing the Nullarbor The new one is much better, which i didnt take a photo of .... sorry Skippy I called this one my flower garden. ants in W.A must be getting ready for a flood of water

A great little poo/gold puzzle.

Oh bummer.. not good to hear.. pass on our best wishes too Tremain We hope all went well.. we wish him a very speedy recovery... warmest regards Jen & Mike

WOW!!! There sure is some beauty's of gold Nuggets there. even the amount of small gold in the piles.. Thankyou all. i will wipe the drool off my face once i have finished admiring all that eye candy. congratulations everyone, it don't matter what side of the ditch we live on.. we all have gold fever what a great hobby hey?

Hi phil.. thankyou I think he can teach us old dogs a few tricks now

Well all i know is.. we fill our holes in.. leaf litter and all goes back where it came from Mike does such a good job he can not find his own spots back when he wants to find them back after a couple of months.. even when we go back the next day its hard to tell where he has been.. he remembers by using land marks Even in W.A.. leave it as it was, or better than it was! Same anywhere we go! this is what we will always do.. clean up after ourselves, and leave no tell tail sign we have been there. Just the tyre marks on the tracks. its not hard to do. i feel with some of these clubs getting so big with members, a lot of members just pass the buck! Not right! But it happens..

It came ready to hang around your neck well done Golden.. its a beauty!!

Hi all well mike and i were lucky to win one of these in a raffle at a club outing in W.A https://www.finderskeepersgold.com/product/kwik-kiln-gas-gold-melting-kit/ he brought his own mapp gas and torches worked a real treat. There is 3x just over 1oz and 1 over 2 oz the gold used to make these ingots, were less then half gram pieces they were tiny tiny specks. This was part of what we found in W.A last season Best part.. if your not happy with the outcome, you can re-melt them again Hobo's gold ( Johnny ) facebook page where he is selling his kiln kits https://www.facebook.com/groups/159462787846764/permalink/159504057842637/?sale_post_id=159504057842637 forgot to mention.. you have to be a member on his facebook page. here's a pic.. hopefully he will put his add up here for those that may be interested Hope you didn't mind me placing this up here Johnny..

Congratulations to your brother and you Beatup lovely gold, the speci sure is a beauty! Thankyou for showing us the

Very nice golden. Love the little bits of gold.. cool. i have a few of those types of buttons somewhere.. the old timers must have been walking around with string holding up there pants or maybe the buttons come from their shirts

Thanks for the video A bit chilly up your way.. Brrrrrrrrr although i bet its pretty here's a little something to try and warm you up this was one of our camp fires in W.A last winter

Cheers phoenix will try and catch up when we can.

Wouldn't that depend on which way the wind is blowing.. in W.A you can hear the Detectors beeping away about half a k away. one day i could hear a detector, could just make out someone in the distance but going by the sound of the detector, he was using a GPZ7000

I run my sdc2300 on 4 or 5 depends on the ground at the time, and 3rd light with 4th light flashing, using headphones. now it can be a tad noisy at times, but it makes the little speckle nuggys boom in.. at a very good depth for their size. but thats not how i ran it for the first 12months of owning my sdc2300. I ran it on 4 with the first red light, second flashing. as i got to know my little detector i ramped it up! Phoenix.. i stopped using the guitar amp. i hated the fact everyone could hear me. I love to be incognito in the bush Plus i love the cordless option's out there now. found the guitar amp to noisy with headphones. Guess it also depends on each individual's hearing We also have brought the minelab pro sonic, still in its box. Will try it out soon.

It was yesterday for JP.. hey this is confusing so its today over there, and yesterday here. So we are all a day older than you over there oh well happy birthday JP you are now half a century old and thankyou for all you do for the prospecting community