madtuna

That is great news! Just the other day I was wandering through the bush and had this weird feeling I was being watched by a great white.

I remember being out detecting a few years ago when I heard a vehicle approaching. The only track to where I was, was the fresh one made by me bashing my way through the scrub that morning. He was obviously following my wheel tracks.

I put my detector into the back of the Ute and got out my chair and Kelly kettle and fired it up for a coffee and waited.

About 5 minutes later a Ute pulls in and this dude jumps out, looks me up and down, looks at a few boot scrapes I’d done and then says “you’re on my lease!”

I said, “sorry mate, this is xxxxxx’s lease and I’ve got permission to be here”.

He looks to the sky for inspiration then declares “you’re on my pastoral lease!”

I said “ oh sorry mate, are you the pastoralist?”

He replied “no, the pastoralist lives in Perth, I’m the manager”.

I said “that’s odd, the pastoralist actually lives in Kalgoorlie and I’m the manager”.

He then gave me a mouthful, jumped back in his Ute and bashed his way back out the way he came in.

‘After a couple of minutes I thought bugger it, I’ll follow him and see where he camped. I followed his track back and found him camped on a friends PL ( prospecting license) hooking up his camper about to high tail it out of there.

5 hours ago, geof_junk said:

The problems with claims is they should not restrict hand tools and detectors from inactive mechanical claims except those that will continue with work in the near future, and may put others in danger. These should be fenced or barricade  off anyway.

  

By inactive mechanical claims do you mean inactive ML’s (mining lease) or EL’s (exploration lease) as in WA?

fencing is not always a viable option due to the vastness plus most are on existing pastoral leases which would hinder the movement of cattle.

1 minute ago, GhostMiner said:

It's boring but I can't stop watching LOL. Tonight they're going to dig another hole. My wife says the entire island is like swiss cheese and will collapse into the sea one day. 

It’s the narration that kills me…eg: they did up a piece of wood and then we get two minutes of “ could they have just found the vault containing millions in treasure? Or could this be part of the ark of the covenant secreted years ago by the Knights Templar? Or maybe it’s evidence of an ancient alien civilisation or Egyptian sailors having settled after losing their way on a fishing trip up the Nile and if so what happened to them?”

When realistically, it’s just a piece of wood.

When my kids stuff up I make them watch Oak Island as punishment.

APRIL 30 1936

Saw two bears this morning, they are getting more aggressive each day and my hollering and throwing rocks are having no affect any more.

Hold up a second I think there is a bear outside my te…………………

3 hours ago, Northeast said:

The Fisherman is back!
 

Good to see you on here tuna, your posts are often good entertainment and also good advice for those planning a WA trip  👍

Thanks mate, my old iPad crapped itself so I got a new one a while back and couldn’t remember the name of this forum to put it on until I saw it mentioned in another forum a couple of days ago.

Personally I wish they’d can that show. 
Yep may be entertaining to some but it causes a massive headache here on the ground.

The mess left by one team on our station is horrendous, just pulled up stumps and left a disgusting mess with some of the worst rehab I’ve even seen.

Then there’s all the units who watch the show and think they can head over and make a killing. Many are totally unprepared, get themselves stuck, lost, break every rule, trespass, steal, leave a mess and worse, some even die.

Hmmm...so from all that I think what you’re saying is it’s fake?

Perchance I ever found a specimen like that beauty here it would be a keeper. Unfortunately I only ever seem to get the ugly sisters worthy only of the dolly pot.

Sort of like how my dating goes🤨

You shower? Sounds like some of you are glamping not camping😆

I agree with taking a bit more time and care to pin point correctly cuts down on unnecessary digging and time.
Also just as important is digging the correct hole size in relation to target depth and coil size.

Nothing worse than digging down a foot not being able to swing your coil in the hole and then having to widen the hole, effectively digging two holes.

Dig it wide enough to begin with so you can continue to pin point as you go down. 

It’s much quicker and less fatiguing to dig a larger hole to start with than to dig a smaller one then have to enlarge it especially at depth.

Speaking of marking, not nuggets but tracks etc... one of the big annoyances with mining companies on their leases here in WA is prospectors using flagging tape. 
They can’t enforce it but they’d rather you didn’t as it can confuse the hell out of drillers and road crews who rely on it.

Best use something else if possible and always remember to remove it when finished and leaving an area.

Just watching it now....the narration leaves a lot to be desired.

”could this rock that looks totally natural be evidence of captain kids treasure, or could it be a sign that the knights Templar buried the ark of the covenant in the money pit or could it be proof oak island was visited by Egyptian tomb robbers hiding stolen booty from king tuts tomb?”

three seasons later they still haven’t clicked it’s just a damn rock!

47 minutes ago, Calmark said:

My control box is the source of the extra noise.  I've changed out coils, headphones, factory ML battery and tried 2 different Doc's Gold Screamer battery systems and nothing changes.  I've done this at home, but also on site in the mountains and at both locations still get the extra noises.  

Ahh ok....just where you said “including a box swap” sounded like you used your dads box and still got the noises which left me scratching my peanut.

1 hour ago, Calmark said:

My point comparing my dad's unit to mine was I could swap 1 or all of his known good, new components onto my GPX, including a box swap and still mine would have the issues.  I know I've gone over areas I worked with the 5000 with my 4500 and found missed gold, though I've done that to areas covered with my SDC too.  Conditions, coils and gridding different directions are all variables here along with the use of different GPX machines.

With the GPX 6000 coming out soon I've considered possibly trading in some or all of my gold detectors toward the new GPX.  I've been thinking of my GPX 5000 more lately and wonder what value it has since it doesn't make much sense in a lot of ways to spend $2100+ on a new circuit board.  Its noisy to use for me and tests my concentration.  The 4500 gets EMI too, but not to the same degree.  I have an MP4 audio file of it being noisy but I can't link that here.  I wonder if the 5000 I have sounds defective to other experienced users or not.

Thanks for the help so far.

I don’t understand, you swap pretty much everything including the box and sill have the problem?

Cooked in the coals....won’t fit in the microwave😄

25 minutes ago, Sheppo said:

Yet to try some lizard, been told it’s good though.

Much like a cross between chicken and rabbit but better than either.

Theres a knack to preparing it and cooking it though.

While I have a camp oven and a hot plate, I buy aluminium foil in the caterers roll as most of my stuff is wrapped in alfoil and just chucked in the coals of my camp fire.

I just take veggies and a bit of canned stuff and get my meat out there, usually roo or camel or my new favourite bungarra.

Well my next big screen super thin wall hanging tv I’m going to demand I pay no more that 50 bucks! After all they’re just electronic bits and pieces thrown together by a few robots

4 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

It's still part of the overall weight of a rare gemstone, which is how we value gold specimens in the U.S. You are not dealing with gold, you are dealing with a gemstone. The quartz and other "impurities" are part of the overall look, and removing them can ruin the value of the specimen. This thread shows why - the thing after being treated looks completely fake to me.

This is a 1.83 ounce museum quality gold specimen I found. The quartz is critical to the look and value. Remove that "worthless quartz" and you will have destroyed the value of this specimen.

There are cases where careful removal of enclosing mineral can reveal more gold in a way that shows better, but it is an art to having it come out right. Technically it should be revealed that a specimen have been modified or treated and is not longer a "natural gold specimen" but one that has been ehhanced by artificial means.

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You lot do it differently than we do then.

I’d agree with a nice specimen, but the run of the mill ugly species we tend to get here the quartz is free if it is included at all.

Have always had a hard time selling specimens here unless they are exceptional.

And if it’s a specimen it is advertised as a specimen, not a nugget and with an SG weight of the gold.

if we advertised it here as a gemstone we’d get laughed at.

Sorry to sidetrack a bit, but what are these coffee machines you blokes speak of and are they power hungry?

I carry a Kelly kettle and a can of Nescafé blend 43 and while it does the job it’s just not barista quality.

p.s. Does anyone know what happened to blends 1 to 42?🙂

6 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

In Alaska it is mostly all old placer mines. All disturbed dirt is a target. Every road, every building site, airstrips... all made from or on mine tailings. The roads, airstrips, and building pads, being graded mostly flat, always produced very well for me. As in pounds of nuggets. Gerry I’m sure saw it at Ganes Creek in Alaska in the early days before they started dozing the tailings for the detectorists. People got lazy after that and rarely hunted outside the most recent push.

The camp was built on tailings. I found nuggets scattered all around and in camp, one right at the front door of the cook cabin that people walked over every day.

My Last Visit To Ganes Creek

Same thing at Moore Creek, I dug quite a few nuggets out of the airstrip and trails. Yes, this is what we call an airfield in Alaska! 

 

My point - never overlook roads or anything that scrapes the surface off, or piles dirt up somewhere. 

Unfortunately that’s not advisable where we are. Digging in a road or airstrip will get you drawn and quartered and could be another nail in the coffin for detectorists.

He’s also ripped you off 3 grams

6 hours ago, Trent King said:

Last years ratio was even worse then that for me mate, I got back 2 mineral reports from nearly 100 40e.

The data is priceless, taking all the surface indicators without letting me know is a bit rough I reckon.

Can believe that.

returns now have to be sent not just to the EL holder but also the DMIRS.

failure to submit it and you might not get another 40E, so expect an influx of poachers.