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What a Puzzle! Only theory I would suggest is that close proximity to the quad's high voltage spark plug discharge could be initiating the detector start sequence by inductance. As Gerry suggests - pull the power plug.

Fully agree with that Jonno! I prefer the Sennheiser "Kleer" cordless system on my detecting gear. Zero dropouts, distortion or interference, CD quality sound and sod all latency. Range is good for 25 meters, for those with extra long arms :) Steve: Lol! You and Reg Wilson. Hmmm! March baby here, I'm feeling left out!

Tea drinker here! None of that teabag rubbish either. I have a small teapot in the van plus an excellent range of quality leaf teas for the discerning connoisseur. Think of all the battery kilowatt hours I'm saving!!! OK, I'll pull my head in now - outnumbered again 🙂

Dammit Rick! Got my gold fever pumping now! Hot wet Kambalda ground and running fine. That ground makes the worst Victoria has to offer child's play. My 20" Z CC is now ready for dispatch from Russia, can't wait!

Nice setup Norvic. Here's my home from home (on the job in Victoria with Reg Wilson and his lambs) It's a LWB VW T5 AWD with pop top conversion. Being an ex rural ambulance, it came with Bilstein suspension and all the optional bells and whistles, including alloys, diff lock, sat nav and traction control. It now has two demountable double beds, gas stove, hot water, shower, sink, dual voltage fridge, annexes, Mobile phone booster, Dual battery with Redarc regulator, Flexible solar panels glued to the pop top, with MPPT Bluesolar controller. Powered by a 2.5L twin turbo diesel coupled to a 6 speed manual, it has a rated top speed of 180KMH, which it does fairly comfortably, even when loaded - not that I do that very often mind you, but makes for safe overtaking! With it's long wheelbase, it's definitely more of a "Soft-roader", but has got me up some surprisingly difficult fire trails on occasions. I remember once arriving on dusk atop a mountain plateau after a tricky climb, to looks of astonishment from all the serious off-roaders camped there! :)

One of the fiercest battles the US and Australian allies fought in the Pacific theatre during WW2 wasn't against the Japanese, but each other! The "Battle of Brisbane" Is a good illustration of what Steve describes above. Fought over several days, It resulted in one mortality and many serious gunshot injuries. Brisbane had become General Macarthur's Pacific Headquarters at that stage of the war. According to an eyewitness, US sergeant Bill Bentson: "The Americans had the chocolates, the ice-cream, the silk stockings and the dollars. They were able to show the girls a good time, and the Australians became very resentful about the fact that they'd lost control of their own city" After a second fierce night of beatings, arrests and burnt buildings, Bentson later recounted: "But after that, it sort of settled down and you go into a pub and an Aussie would come and up and slap me on the back. "Oh, wasn't that a good ruckus we had the other night? And have a beer on me." For a warts and all account: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brisbane The article helps explain the complex relationship Yanks and Aussies still share.

Interesting. Morrison Knudsen were contractors (in consortium with others) on Australia's Snowy Hydro scheme in the early days. No shortage of water up there, divining definitely wasn't required lol! Divining is an article of faith for some, no amount of controlled tests or statistical evidence against it will ever change their opinion. That's why shonky LRL's will continue to find a market into the future.

Yep. One of those eternal debates that lead nowhere constructive. Anecdotal stories and the total lack of disclosure of the many failures add to the allure of divining. Random chance success must also be taken into account. Another aspect regarding claimed divining success is the fact that many experienced diviners are also very commonsensical observers of landscape. They wave sticks, wires, etc, in areas more likely than not to contain what they seek. The prize money still awaits - - - Edit: you beat me to it Jasong - - :)

Right on the money Steve. I'm a former member of the Australian Skeptics and nobody ever has managed to collect the considerable prize money our patron Dick Smith offered. I believe the late magician and skeptic James Randi had a similar unclaimed offer in the US Interesting how claimed paranormal powers (Like divining) become little more than random chance events under controlled conditions.

Don't cut the Minelab charger cord Eric. Since your car ciggie socket is stuffed, your best bet would be to connect a separate cigarette plug socket to your 12v solar charged car/freestanding battery via alligator clips. These are usually available at most auto accessory shops Your Minelab car charger will then simply plug into this - make sure the polarity is right though! Edit: Another way is to replace your stuffed ciggie socket with a flash new one - maybe complete with USB's

Geof: The late Kevin Hillier may have somehow successfully transcended that find, but I have always considered myself fortunate to have never found anything remotely resembling the size of the "Hand of Faith" That would probably ruin detecting forever for me. How the hell do you top that? Ok! All right then! - I'll risk being ruined - - - :)

Steve: I've deliberately forgotten his name as well. Over hyping always comes back to bite you in the end. Same problem with early QED spruikers. Great lightweight, cheap PI prospecting machine, but not a world beater. Taught me not to jump in on every new release. Pays to wait for field reports from experienced users, not salesmen. The earlier Garretts seriously cleaned up in Aus. Certainly not knocking them all. One of the Garrett Deepseekers better finds- with its discoverer:

Only Garrett I ever owned was the "Infinium" Well named, as I found an infinite amount (nothing) with it :) Head on comparisons with the late Jim Stewart's SD 2100 on undug gold pieces in situ convinced me to trade it immediately. Jim's sympathetic comment at the time "Well, it's doing something different - " summed it up. Whatever it was doing, it certainly wasn't hearing gold under Aussie conditions!

The QED has a niche market. Since it has been designed, manufactured and until recently distributed by one man (Howard Rocky) It's clearly not in direct competition with any other company. It draws on no Minelab patents, but utilises patents (expired and under license) from some of the PI detector pioneers. This makes it more of a parallel development. "A single channel Pulse Induction metal detector using a differential integrator as the null summation / averaging means to null the ground and static magnetic fields. The Ground Balance method is based on the published papers or lapsed patents of the early pioneers Eric Foster, Poole, Chapman and Howells and more recently the lapsed patent of Dr. George Paltoglou and Australian Innovation Patent AU2010101019. The front-end blocking circuitry is US Patent No.: 10,181,720 B1, dated 15 Jan 2019 by Dave Emery and is used under license. Click here to read the Dave Emery Patent. Average current consumption 400mA, voltage limits 6v min to 10v max. Audio PWM VCO & VCA. Digitization method Bipolar Integrating (200uS) ADC Display, 3 digit LED Backlit Transflective LCD EMI Compliance # E5498"

- until our Russkie mates deliver the goods once more - 😉 Following this one with considerable interest!

Still finding gold in Australia, Rasheed. Not as common as it once was, but it's a big place. Still much new ground to explore - -

Also uncertain about chip protection. Probably built into the coils to make it more difficult for the after market. Won't make the same mistake twice. Hopefully the X Coil team will come up with a workaround solution 🙂

Hmmm! That Arabic video shows clearly the incompatible screw on end connector compared to existing GPX coils. Completely different pin layout. Typical Minelab - - -

MT: Used the "Other Media" tab bottom right of preview page 👍

I'd chase it a bit deeper, but only with the station dozer!

Madtuna: Those image url's seem to open just fine over on Finders. Started just the topic for them too, acting on your advice! Not sure why they won't here?

Aussie gold rarely as pretty as US stuff. Love those wire gold specimens! 25 odd ozs of Victorian colours. Merry Christmas to all!

Santa is facing 14 days quarantine here before he will be allowed down the first chimney :) Nice colours Geof. Merry Xmas all!

Certainly puts detector holes into perspective - but we still need to refill them in order not to give our self appointed and perpetually offended moral guardians ammunition to expel us down the track - I'm also guilty of conducting legal "Doze and detect" operations years ago, but not over historically significant sites: 20 odd ozs from my MRC claim. Billy Goat Gully, Kingower (early 90's) It's sad to see the historical moonscape of the Old Lead, Dunolly slowly disappear. This is possibly the best preserved and most extensive historical diggings left in Victoria. I don't deny Neville Perry and associates have a legal right to excavate it and wish them every success - but what's gone is gone forever. Old Lead 2006: And today: I've wandered somewhat off your Matrix Reef topic Karelian, but the sometimes enormous nuggets that found their way down the Old lead were also formed during the emplacement of the Tarnagulla pluton to the north. This is a topic in itself.

egixe4: I suppose there's little point in getting sentimental about old diggers holes, but I do. My late detecting buddy Jim Stewart used to describe them as "gazing upon the pock marked familiar face of a dear old friend" A farmer friend asked me recently if I would be willing to detect Mosquito Gully, Waanyarra if he pushed it. This is one of my very favourite detecting places - found good gold there over the years in that paddock (including a lovely 4 oz specimen) I did my best to talk him out of it, heritage, etc. Not sure if it will survive much longer though -