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Thanks for posting that up idahogold, Going to give the specific gravity test a go on the next speccie i get. Photo is of the 3 speccies i found last season in one spot, found the littlun first, Then the 7grammer at 8" depth and a few metres away got the bigger one laying on the surface among a lot of other rock. In the end i dolly potted the big one as to me it just didn't look as good as i hoped it would clean up as, just over 1.5oz of gold Cheers Ashley

G'day Dave, Me too, My first over an ounce bit ( actually the one i am holding in my forum pic ) Old rusty rubbish everywhere and a boomer of a signal on the wheel track, Dug down through very compacted ground to about 10" , convinced it was rubbish so refilled the hole, Stood up & waved the coil over it again, Nuh ! It's buggin me, I have got to know for sure, pulled out the now loosend dirt and dug a couple more inches and out popped a 44 grammer, Lesson learnt that day. Cheers Ashley

G'day Northeast. This will help understand it a bit : Not a total listing but enough to give you the idea 4. Ferrous metals are metals that consist mostly of iron and small amounts of other elements. Ferrous metals are prone to rusting if exposed to moisture. Ferrous metals can also be picked up by a magnet. The rusting and magnetic properties in ferrous metals are both down due to the iron. Typical ferrous metals include mild steel, cast iron and steel. Examples: 1.Mild Steel. 2.Cast Iron. 3.High Carbon Steel. 4.High Speed Steel. 5.Stainless Steel. Rusting. Magnetism. Some examples of Non-Ferrous Metals are: Aluminium & Aluminium Alloys Copper Gold Silver Brass Lead Zinc ETC. The Gold Monster 1000 doesn't narrow it down to just gold. A combination of detect modes ( Gold/iron reject & All Metal ) coupled with the "Gold Chance Indicator" will hopefully help narrow it down some what though. Cheers, Ashley

Cool Mike ! Those bottom 2 are sure unusual. I have a spot i have been getting wire gold & a crystalline piece over West, Not long now & i will be back there giving it another go Cheers Ashley

Thanks Mike, Sure is a great forum Steve has here ( No shit fights, just golding in all it's splendor ! ) Another 21 days before the journey West ! Not like i am counting or anything, Lol ! Cheers Ashley

Some of my gold collection. A few notes on my collection: 2016 "The Spot" 308 small nuggies from a patch about the size of a tennis court or a little bit bigger . 2016 other is the rest for my season besides speccies from other locations. The one small piece in the display capsule is a "sunbaker" that wont respond to any pi detector ( possibly VLF gold ) that i have heard about but yet to try on a VLF detector. The bottom R/H corner nuggie is my first over the ounce piece, 44g. The ironstone speccie above it is a 23grammer. The Quartz piece in the L/H bottom is the first piece that found me a patch starting right under my parked 4X4, The little piece with it was a sunbaker (dirty) he was by my driver side door, Had stepped over it getting out of the 4X4, Moved the 4X4 and got another 3 or 5 nuggies under it. Patch count to date is 79 nuggies, 4 coins & lots & lots of rubbish. Heaps more of the nuggies pictured bring back great memories of the chase/find !

I should have added this bit to the earlier graph post ( quoted from an Andy Sabisch post on Findmall ) "Ok, maybe not the typical Minelab name for a product but it offers exceptional performance on a wide range of target sizes . . . from sub-grain to whoppers. While it is designated as a single frequency VLF operating at 45 khz, the Minelab engineers have designed a new way to spread that out so that you are able to detect targets of all sizes. Other detectors are hot for small pieces or large pieces based on their frequency forcing one to choose what they are looking to find or buy multiple units to cover all bases. The following graph shows what the engineers worked to accomplish:"

I like this bit about the Gold Monster 1000, Covers the lower end and almost up to the GB2 end of the KHZ. Will be interesting to see how it pans out in the field. Cheers Ashley

Good one Goldhound, Hope you find many more ! Cheers Ashley

Thanks GB & GH for the follow up, Was eagerly awaiting the outcome. You are right this new Detector is going to take some listening and learning to get the best out of it. I wonder if down the track some of these little glitches can be done away with by an updated from Minelab through a computer download ? Anyway Thanks again for the follow up, Heading of to W.A. to hopefully get amongst it with a Zed shortly ( along with my trusty 5000 ) Cheers Ashley

Good one Steve, You sure did have a "Eureka Moment", Congrats ! Looking forward to getting out with my Zed and have my own Eureka Moment/s. Great story ! Cheers Ashley

Good one JP, That's what we like to see. An insight please, At what depth and what type of ground ? Cheers Ashley ( Australia )