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  1. Hi Goldseeker, Merry Merry Christmas and to you all!! Had a few , being an Aussie holiday an all, “hic “ cool subject . Look for country rock, sediment. look for valleys where on either side there be volcanoes of a certain age . Sediment is old. Sediment is crushed by Monolths , under sea mountains “ granit” +,that jostle about in the liquid state of the crust .volcanoes “ vent “the pressure between the mono’s and the sediment. The sediment is squeezed so tight it cracks, peculiar to a North South line. DunnolyVictoria AU. In the fissures gold and its host silica squeezes. “ I believe” ,through the pressure points. I hypothesis that Gold umongst other heavy elements make up the Earths core and is surrounded by silica, quartz and the lighter materials, that being minerals. movement and hydrological action force fingers of heavy elements to the surface. Grafity,Geology, Sonar. God Bless . God Speed.
  2. Hi guys, long time lurker here, havent had much input lately as I very seldom have the opportunity to prospect these days, but enjoy thall the articles and feedback from a really great forum. So , as for the magic carpet ride !, I wouldn’t give it a second thought. But what I did do when I was swinging my first detector was go big on the coil, a 20” DD on an 8klz ft 16000 ,now at the time i was recovering from a prolapsed disc operation ,so swinging a coil that big was pretty ambitious in fact as it turned out to ambitious as I just couldn’t do it . So what I did was I made a wheelbarrow. I used a child’s plastic rimmed front bicycle wheel and a greased wooden dowel as the axle . Basically a wheel barrow frame made of light wood such as pine with out the tub, suspended the coil behind the wheel facing forward and Bobs you’re uncle, worked a treat’. When you hear a target just rock back and forth to pinpoint, obviously you would have to make the frame of the barrow to suit your height and arm length. If I could get my hands on a SD2000 and had the time ......
  3. Anybody seen the latest in metal detectors from DRS Electronics, their new Ground expert machine is just awesome. If it can do what they claim it can it might be a real game changer for metal detecting.
  4. Cemelec.com electronic projects, great advice, plans and parts including pulse machines and coils .
  5. Quality sound is everything. I like to draw a picture in my head, brrrrrrrrrrrrtt , blip. For me "tone" is everything and the threshold a melody that the soft tone of deep gold gently vibrates on. I prefer cup style headphones ,but on a still day without wind and external speaker with mx volume is ok.??
  6. Purely from a part time prospectors perspective.You can own the most sofisticated rigg in the world, but "driver" and experience is where the rubber meets the road. My dirt digging buddy gave up the 7 and went back to a 5 with immediate results. I would be happy with a mod'd 2000 and the elite coil series, but you couldn't pass up the ping ability of a 2300 and inline amp.⛏
  7. Comparisons ?. Bears , lions, wolves, rattlers, alligator ,tornados and loonies with semis. Boomerang.
  8. Hi guys, I started metal detecting back in the nineties when my wife bought me an FT 16000. This machine had terrific notch discrimination but I learnt not to completely trust it on the goldfields. Whilst it could nail small silvers and coppers with ease it did have trouble with hot rocks like most VLFs and what I later discovered was masking, that being that the machine was telling me there is a target but the tone was saying iron . After seeking some advice as to why I was not finding any colour I was told that if you ground balance on a target you suspect is hot and it still registers as " target " it's a keeper. The result a 13grma at depth and encased in ironstone and something I would have tossed previously ( how many ?). Hope it helps, great post Steve, cheers. Happy hunting. Chris
  9. Way back when the Australian gold fields became world news ,they were rushed by hopefuls from all over the world. Along with them were the veteran 49ers from California . They realised that the geological foundations were similar and were able to locate the mother loads by first locating the "indicator" which nearly always ran roughly north and south. Apart from variations in bedding I would assume the the geological patterns would be similar all over the world where quarts dykes are exposed. Hope this and a couple of pics help in your hunt. Gold don't come easy it seams.⛏. Chris
  10. Nice one California.Don't do so well with the MGR on this type of ground, but an SDC with an in line amplifier.and chasing the little runs down the hill cleaned up on the small stuff ,really impressed with the depth "if there is"anything of size under this baby it's going to yodel . Happy hunting.I have attached a couple of pics , hope you don't mind. Tarrengower Maldon. AU
  11. Have used the Makro here down under , central Victoria. Great air test on the smallest gold but failed miserably out in the field, very very disappointed with it as it could not deal with the mineralisation at all. Would love to try the dues but will stick with the 3030 to pin point and check with the pulse. Chris
  12. Schiara, I was led to believe that the " extra" does not actually punch deeper, but is used to combat " masking "in severe mineralization . Red rocks and ironstone are your nemesis .⛏ Hope this helps, have fun. Chris
  13. Just spent a couple of days in a very hot and steamy Maldon, central Victoria for one sub gram nugget that my buddy nailed with his Zed , wasn't to disappointed as the humidity and ferocious EMI as well as huge amounts of original mining debri still laying about undisturbed for the last century will make for some exciting prospecting over winter. 3030 country for sure. anyways before we hit the goldfields we stopped in at coil tech based in Marybourough and had a chat to a bloke who was carrying the original Elite test coil, No:1,and he was kind enough to tell us that difference in design is based on the windings being flat in nature , the same amount of turns per coil size but layed flat with a shield of plastic before being " potted " in resin. He went on to explain that this setup gives more sensitivity to the outside of the coil rather than your classic pinpoint centre of the original mono's and so create a signal shape more a kin to a "basin" rather than pin point or conical. This very decent bloke whose name was never mentioned also suggested that if you tilt the coil slightly towards yourself instead of laying it flat as with most coils you will get better coverage and targability. good luck from down under. Enjoy your forums and thanks for the shared knowledge. Chris.
  14. Hawkeye, just something I forgot to mention Jim says the compartment size is due to different battery sizes, it would pay to check the diameter of your battery's first as they do varie from country and suppliers. I would hate to have you shim yours only to find you can not get them back out to recharge, disaster, anyway have a good'n . Chris.
  15. Just read a little trouble shooting hint by Jim Foster in the Au magazine Gold Gem And Treasure . It may be that your machine is cycling because of loose battery's in the upper compartment. He says the battery with the positive nipple pointing to the rear momentarily disconnects from the spring if and when you hit an object to hard resulting in shut down and a reboot or perhaps in your case Hawkeye a split second hiccup in processing . Jim recommends shimming the upper compartment with a round of cardboard to take up the slack, hope this helps and happy hunting and success to all in the New Year from down under .
  16. I think the quality of wire and the accuracy of the winding to the particular freuquency of individual machines has a lot to do with it . It would be great if they printed the amount of windings each coil has and it's compatibility with each make of detector and in turn detectors stipulat their freuquency range and how many windings are optimal per coil size, as it stands we maybe buying coils that perhaps may have one or two windings more or less , therefore altering the optimum " Q" ( I think that's the term for it). Also I think they might be moving away from the standard flat and rope style windings using circuit style PCBs. It would be great to X-ray a few of them. Snake and bushfire season is upon us here down under, be safe people, happy hunting . Chris.
  17. CTX configuration on a pulse machine, not worried about discrimination just ferrous and conductive readout, have industrial deafness and ringing in the ear. Difficult.
  18. Nothing too fancy, served me well for over fifteen years. Hucks out a hole just as good as my mates wide blade, made it from a section of leaf suspension. Like the look of the Hermit though very nice design.
  19. Hi fellow goldzillas hope you don't mind me chipping in. Just getting ready to head up into the Golden triangle here in Victoria for a day hunt , and whilst there is no doubt the old yellow is getting harder to find I reckon there is still some decent lumps out there. For me personally if your a Z driver it is about having the faith to pick your ground and run in deep all day, if your going to bother swinging that lump of lead around all day I feel you might as well make the most of it after all ,the difference in success or failure on decent size gold is measured only in millimetres. Great site and very helpful forum. Wish you luck , cheers . Chris. Geelong.
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