Coota

X still producing on the little run. Didn’t want to take the 17x12 off the Zed and use the 19. Coiltek 18” pinged a fair percentage of these, punches deep.

Another ounce and a half today with the X

6 hours ago, vanursepaul said:

Ya reckon???

It’s not that hard a job, making the patch lead. Just take your time and follow the instructions to the letter.

A mate and I made mine today, took our time and double checked everything. Fingers crossed after reading this thread but she fired up beautifully, balanced nicely and pings .20g bits easily. Not bad for a 17 x 12 Spiral.

One tip, some solders melt at high temperatures, we had both but used the lower temp one, made life easier.

On 08/08/2017 at 7:28 PM, madtuna said:

Bugga!! only sent you there cause I thought it was barren

Hiya Steve, heading back up to Wiluna in a few days for a couple of weeks then onto your stamping ground for another two weeks or so, no real timetable or set plan, I'll call into the homestead if I do get there.

cheers

Mick

Getting harder and harder to find anything decent Meeka way Jen, a very busy area. I specifically wanted to try the new salt setting in one particular area there, it loses a lot of depth but is usable.

I visited a mate in Bunbury recently, he had one and I tried it coupled to the Zed with the 19" coil but only for a few minutes. I was impressed enough to leave $365 with him, the Prospectors Pick being closed at the time.

My first trip out will be mid April for about a month, I'll give a rundown on it when I return.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/311777725050

This is the little unit I purchased, about au$300 including postage.

Phoenix I used Map gas, cranked it up full bore first go and caused a little damage to the kiln, they burn a lot hotter than I expected. Toned it down after that, taking 10 minutes per pour start to finish.

Wombat, I searched everywhere in Australia but couldn't source a locally made one. I do prefer buying local when possible.

My little kiln arrived from America and I gave it a workout the same day then sold the gold the next day. I used the chapman flux supplied and only lost a few grams.

The purity was around 88-89%, the rest silver. Pulled in au$9,742 @ $48 a gram, spot at the time was $52. Happy with that.

Try as I might, it just will not allow me to post a photo ??

Submitted the post then hit edit and the photo option worked.

11 hours ago, Lanny said:

Incredible finds Coota!

Nicely done, and I can only imagine the hard work.

All the best,

Lanny

Hey Lanny, I suppose there was some hard work involved but looking back I've enjoyed every minute of it....Maybe not the staked tyres, flies, midgies and mozzies but those memories fade. Haven't ventured out this year but big things planned for the cooler months.

cheers

9 hours ago, Northeast said:

Coota, what machine are you using?  

Hi Northeast, I use one of the re-released GPX4500's coupled to a 14 inch Coiltek Elite for patch hunting, a great combination. If I do happen to find a few bits I give the area a good going over with the Zed. Still leave some behind though, old patches and known areas revisited always give up a little more.

No trouble with mine AussieMatt, charged about 20% of the time with 240v and never had an issue. The cig lighter in the car gives the usual red flashing light.

the majority of my charging is using the USB port on a Weekender/ Thunder battery box, 120 AH AGM battery, woks perfectly.

Well done, excellent finds Condor! If a 20 inch coil ever eventuates for the Z you have a great testing area.

A post below from an Aussie forum, I have my ground balancing pretty much sorted but do have the occasional hassle in various areas so I hope there is some truth in the rumour!

http://golddetecting.4umer.net/t22605-gpz7000-up-date

"Hi fellow 7000 swingers,
I heard on the grapevine today that either tomorrow Friday or next Monday that Minelab will be announcing the release of an up-date for the 7000; something to do with improved tracking/ground balance, the exact details are still under wraps.
Like most here I will be very keen to see what improvement/s they have been able to come up with.
Stay tuned.
Cheers, AUoptimist."

GPX4500 and GPZ7000

A couple of weeks in Alibright, quite a bit of Quartz but still has a lot of weight. Will get a gravity test done to find out exactly how much gold the specimen contains.

Finally onto the scales with it, I ended the trip with a total of 150 grams uncleaned. Hopefully the big one will weigh around three and a half ounces cleaned.

Finally out of the hole, sorry about the multiple posts but it is taking me over an hour to upload each vidio to u tube. I've just found three unknown users on my wireless network and have changed my password, hopefully that will sort out the problem.

Still chipping away, down to 20 inches and very close!

In the area I detect jasong it's nearly always gold at that depth. The majority of hot rocks there are on the surface and easily sorted.

Jasong, my go to settings on the Zed.

High Yield/Difficult.

Sensitivity 12.

Smoothing off.

Threshold 26.

Manual ground balance, I always use the Ferrite.

It's a little chattery but I don't mind the noise and targets are always discernible.

With the GPX4500.

RX gain- 11

Stabilizer- 9

GB type- general

Special- extra