Westcoastmark

Thanks for posting that Steve.

Good explanation of the coils but I was waiting for him to cover the other types of coils he showed 🙂

Likewise mate 🙂 I'll make sure it's earlier in the season and stay longer next time.

Nice clean nugget mate 🙂

Stunning location madtuna! Hopefully I'll get back out there next year 🙂

Thanks Peg 🙂

Doing some research on the shotgun cartridge and looks like the date range in 1898-1918.

It's been sitting out there for awhile.

Thanks Alaskaseeker, It was literally sitting on the surface.

When I heard it i gave the spot a scrap with my boot as I do and seeing it moved I  crouched down expecting to see a bullet and low and behold I could see the gold shining in the sun!

Thanks mate, beautiful country out there!

I managed to get away a couple of weeks back for five days to chase some gold.

Headed north of Kalgoorlie Western Australia to a spot I've been to before but could only manage a couple of little ones and a specie that was on the surface. Oh and 22 cents!

Despite the good stuff being scarce it was great to get out bush.

The two nuggets come in at just over a gram, all found with a GPZ 7000.

Perhaps take it to a natural history museum to see if someone can identify it for you.

Hope you get your stuff back mate. As someone who has been broken into a couple of times, I know how it feels 😞

I see the base model will search for stones. Could be handy if looking for Mick Jagger and the band 🙂

I was looking for a user friendly youtube name when I set up my channel. My name is Mark and I live on the west coast of Australia so I tried westcoastmark and it was available! So I've stuck with that name since.

Doesn't sound right at all. The coil sounds like it is touch sensitive if it is reacting to wet grass.

I'd be contacting Minelab or a dealer to have it looked at.

I too am eager to see this detector released. I've always hunted in the water with VLF but am really keen to try PI to have a bit of an edge and this unit sounds pretty good.

Excellent post Strick! 

As Phonix pointed out you will get better depth with the 14" round. Having said that I know the the 17" x 11" will punch down deep as well having helped dig out a 5oz piece from cap rock at a measured 25 inches.

For its size the 14" is very sensitive on small sub gram bits having seen the results of someone using one. I've used the NF 12" Evo and can attest to its ability to pick up small bits and have dug a 2g specimen from about a foot here in Western Australia.

Mark ?

See if you can get some geology maps for your area and you will see if the structures (reefs) are connected. Or you 

can get an app like the one by trilobite solutions. You can get geo maps for vic on your phone and it will show you where you are on the ground when out there. I use it here in WA for finding promising spots.

Finding new areas to find gold can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Knowing the underlying geology will at least show you where the haystack is.

Lots of interesting info on that site. Thanks for sharing it ?

Up the other way it looks like 800.

800: the minimum standard for silver in Germany after 1884;"Plata de segunda ley" in Spain (Second law silver); Egyptian silver; Canadian silver circulating coinage from 1920-1966/7

Maybe that?

Well done! Thats a nice chunky chain.

I agree that a replacement line up for the Xterras sounds about right. So having  a selection of three entry level machines between the Go Finds and the Equinox 600 would be perfect. You would hope for multi IQ and waterproof.

The Nox 800 has five frequencies and eight search modes (park 1&2, field 1&2,  beach 1&2 and prospecting 1&2). The Nox 600  has three frequencies and six modes, so you could have easily have machines with just one park, field and beach mode and then another with just park and beach etc.

Garrett are big in other areas like hand held detectors for security and airport walk through detectors. It may be they are focusing their efforts in that direction at the moment.

Hopefully they will bring out some new technologies for the treasure and gold detecting markets. I love my Minelab machines, but competition drives innovation and that is good for everyone.

Hi Kac,

It's made from brass and yes the only marks are the made in U.S.A I'm afraid.

It does look to have been gold plated.

Any idea of age/era?

Hello.

I was out detecting an old park today that I have been working for a little while which has an interesting history. In the early 1900's it was the site of a hotel, this closed down at some point and during the second world war the building was a military post office. Today it is just an old neglected park.

So this morning I found what I think is the back of an old pocket watch, possibly gilded. It has "Made in U.S.A" stamped on it and a slot with small graduations under it it. On the left hand end is the letter "F" and on the right side is the letter "S". I am assuming this is a fast/slow adjustment? 

I have searched the net trying to find a similar item but with no luck. If anyone has an idea as to it's age I would be most appreciative.