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Gold Monster On Hot Ground In Wa
madtuna replied to Ethan in Adelaide's topic in Minelab Metal Detectors
Yep, as a seller, if you get an inquiry and if they’ve just registered, the dead give away is when they ask “what’s your email” -
Need Help To Detect Gold Bars 4-6 Feet Deep
madtuna replied to Placer Gold's topic in Metal Detector Advice & Comparisons
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Steve’s 2022 Australia Adventure, Part 2
madtuna replied to Steve Herschbach's topic in Garrett Metal Detectors
Thanks for the pics. Cut my teeth at Hill End and the surrounding areas. My great great grandfather was the first doctor in Hill End back in the gold rush during the time of the Holterman nugget in a previous post. I always wonder if he got a chance to ogle it. There is a hill in Hill End named Fischer’s Hill after him. -
Yep Dave, I bought it second hand. It was 6 weeks old when I got it. The plastic is fine and most of that will scrub off. But yep, poking it under a lot of bushes plus pushing dirt and rocks across the top will scratch a coil in quick time. My nugget finders, minelab, x-coils all look the same in short order. I don’t care what it looks like, I just care that is works and works it does! The reason for the sale was it was a bucket list trip…done and dusted and the guy had a ball!
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Photoshop before photoshop was invented. From what I understand it was cut up to get it out of the mine or something similar so the photo was actually dodged up
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Recently acquired a 6000 and have to say so far I am very impressed! The non existent weight makes it a pleasure to swing for hours on end without the need for a harness and bungy. Throw on the 17” mono and it’s an excellent step it out raw prospecting tool. Being accustomed to large coils, using the little 11” mono took some getting used to, but I can’t deny its ability to sniff out the tiny bits from old patches which l’ve hammered with everything including chaining with an SDC. Being in an area where although bigger bits are often found, 90% of your gold is still sub gram and I have dozens of old patches to revisit and I am positive I will be rewarded as I was on the last spot with 30+ pieces. While it‘s no 7000 and certainly wont replace mine, it’s an excellent companion to the 7000 and plugs another hole where gold is missed. The only down side I can see so far is I have to remind myself to pick up and swing my 7000 occasionally also.
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Condor's 2022 Australia Gold Adventure
madtuna replied to Condor's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
Was a pleasure to meet you both. Sorry the gold wasn’t a bit more forthcoming. Big mining tying up a lot of the productive spots now including new pits on a couple of my good patches grrrr! -
Condor's 2022 Australia Gold Adventure
madtuna replied to Condor's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
Was good to meet you both this morning. Good luck out there and hopefully I’ll catch you out there! -
I found a whole section from someone’s gob a bunch of years ago. You can see the very fine join where the two pieces lock together like a jigsaw puzzle. This was from an old 1850’s gold field though not sure if they date to back then. The workmanship is brilliant. On the underside you can still see parts of the teeth they locked over to hold them in place.
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2nd last picture, is that the granites on Webo station Dave?
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By all means give me a hoy if you do get down this way….you’ve been invited back a couple of times to the same place so you can’t be too much of a unit😀
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World Class Arizona Nugget Recent Find
madtuna replied to Gerry in Idaho's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
If you flip it over it has made in Arizona printed on the bottom. -
Black Gold From Arizona And Hard To Find.
madtuna replied to Gerry in Idaho's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
Always get a buzz when I find a tektite. You’d be surprised how many walk right passed them mistaking them for roo poo. How you tell the difference is you put them in your mouth and if you dribble green stuff, it’s not a tektite. -
** Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine ** A Miners Journal **
madtuna replied to GhostMiner's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
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** Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine ** A Miners Journal **
madtuna replied to GhostMiner's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
I’d imagine they are counting buckets as they are pouring them into a bulk transport, ie Ute or truck bed. Not physically owning 200+ buckets -
If You Go To Victoria You Have To Go To Ballarat
madtuna replied to mn90403's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
If or when WA does open, many parts will most likely be declared bio security risk areas and be locked off still. This will rule out large areas of the gold fields. As much as I’d love to see it open and see my kids and grand kids, it’s not worth the risk at this stage. Laverton Hospital has one ventilator. -
Yep….I bought a bag of apples last week and bugger me if they weren’t 80cents dearer than the bag I bought 2 weeks prior. I checked and they weren’t upgraded apples, same colour, same shape, same taste and about the same amount and weight. Damn arrogant greedy apple farmers!
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Would You Try Opening A Gold Mine In Australia?
madtuna replied to GhostMiner's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
Small scale push and detect is very viable in WA and is relatively cheap. Pegging a lease is cheap as chips, under $1000 for 200 hectare. Put in a POW which I’d imagine is the same as your POO. Usually takes well under 12 months, but as stated, while it’s pending it’s advertised on Tengraph and open to every man and his dog. That is not really a problem as it’s also open to you and you’re going to push it anyway to get hopefully what’s out of reach of ma and pa hobbiest. I am continually amazed at people buying PL’s on FB and gumtree for ridiculous prices ie: $15000+ and most of these go up for sale only a few weeks after being granted.- 15 replies
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Would You Try Opening A Gold Mine In California?
madtuna replied to mn90403's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
It may have strayed a bit off topic but a few aussies have commented in this thread, I was replying to one that was Aussie related but could just as well relate to mining in the US. This forum is utilised by a whole host of different nationalities but if you wish us to reply to only aust related posts just say so.- 27 replies
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Would You Try Opening A Gold Mine In California?
madtuna replied to mn90403's topic in Detector Prospector Forum
As per your picture, the problem being is most like that date back to the early 1900’s or even earlier. Long since abandoned, so who is responsible for paying for and maintaining the fencing? Modern mining is more proactive and governed by OH&S. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if stupid people just used their brains and stayed away from such places, but we know that won’t happen. A real problem in Vic is there are groups on FB and forums who actively search out and explore old shafts. The amount of stupids who read these posts and think that’s a great way to pass a Saturday, and it won’t be long before a tragedy or two happens and the powers that be won’t just fence off a shaft or two, they’ll lock the public out of whole swathes of good accessible prospecting ground.- 27 replies
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