IdahoPeg

Loved that show! Was able to watch it online here. Hope I can watch the special episode too when it comes out. 

20 hours ago, phrunt said:

JP, I just bought one yesterday, it's already a lemon, JW's died too.

Last year my detecting partners and I had a 50% Crap Rate right out of the box too….2 of the 4 of us had to get replacements. That really is poor quality control for sure!

Wow, that’s some very nice gold! As I’ve said before, you are “King of the Patch”! 😄

Sounds like an awesome place to be exploring…solitude, critters, and gold! Appreciate you sharing your experience and thoughts on using the 6000. I had a few episodes of squirrelly emi in Nevada but plan to hunt Arizona next winter…not looking forward to an increase in emi!

9 hours ago, phrunt said:

Sorry, I should have done better research rather than instantly get angry.  It's because NZ keeps getting left off World maps, and when I thought we were left off the Coke Cola list of countries I saw RED.

 

This video is a hoot! Love your Prime Minister...is that her in this spoof or an actress playing her?

Great detecting...your skill and patience were rewarded with a bit of the good stuff! Love those wild and vast deserted landscapes!

I also take time daily to feel gratitude and say a silent “thank-you”…..on my morning walks at the cabin, or while biking along the ocean here in Florida. As I get older life is so much more precious, and I appreciate and feel a connection to Nature more and more. I’m so grateful I can enjoy the outdoors, being active, and our wonderful hobby. Happy Thanksgiving!

Sorry to hear that! Yes, quality control was pretty nonexistent on this release. I mentioned in an earlier post, that out of the 4 of us who meet up to detect, 2 of us had faulty detectors out of the box...a 50% crap rate! Thank goodness my replacement seems ok. Good luck.

Sounds like an awesome vacation, with some nice gold too! 

Thanks for the heads up on these videos…I’ve not seen her before. Great detectorist!

That’s a beauty! Would make a nice pendant.😊👍

Love this time of year. Beautiful gold and scenery you have there.😊

Nice gold Rick! Just missed you...I was in northern Nv this past week and hit Rye Patch one day. And yes, one of your old patches gave me a couple little ones too!😄

3 hours ago, Glenn in CO said:

I and my wife were in Alaska in May and her left hip was really bothering her and she was having a hard time walking. I told her when we got back home she needed to see a doctor. They gave her shot in her hip and that only lasted a few days and the pain was getting worse, so she had a hip replacement two weeks ago, so now she's on the mend. We haven't been able to do any detecting of any kind the whole summer, but hopefully in a few weeks we might get some nugget hunting trips before the weather sets in high country.

Great story, photos and gold! Thanks for sharing.

Hope your wife has a speedy recovery! Do you know if she had the minimally invasive anterior approach? I’m researching lots before I decide who&what&where on my hip…don’t want no old lady hip!😆

I’ve been thinking about trying that AKAU, just might have to now! Say, was he using the Equinox 800? Steve, is that what you’d recommend for up there? Thx!

29 minutes ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Probably not an issue with the Oz flies, but the reason most nets are green, is that black attracts mosquitos. In Alaska, never wear black clothing, but stick with light grays, blues, or greens - the colors of the sky and woods. Black or very dark colors make you look like a black bear to a mosquito, and it is amazing to see. A person in black will have their own personal cloud of bugs around them. I tried a black head net once, and ditched it because it created the very condition I was trying to avoid. So don't dress in black, but make sure your buddy does, so the bugs go after them!

If you are in the worst locations in Alaska, 100% deet is the go to but lower concentrations work also, just takes more. Lot's of the fad stuff that comes along is a joke. I rarely apply it to my skin unless there are not that many bugs where I do not need a net, but normally spray all my clothing and hat, and wear gloves and a head net.

The thing I liked about the Oz flies is they do not bite. The small black flies and gnats in Alaska do bite, and they are far worse than mosquitoes for the damage they do, as about 1 in 10 people are allergic to the bites. The bites fester and can last for weeks....

Good advice for me Steve, as I WILL make it to Alaska in the next couple years I hope! Yikes, those bites remind me of the fire ants in Florida…they also fester and last a couple weeks or so!

28 minutes ago, GotAU? said:

Well IdahoPeg, we do have some good ones here in the US as well.  Nothing like a bot fly larvae infection to ruin your lunch, especially if you see one on your coworkers’ head with their little snorkel sticking out! Yuck!

Great, now I’ll be all freaked out here in the US!😂😧😂

Thanks for all the replies! Damn, you can bet I’d be covered in that horse balm stuff, netting, deet etc etc…..crazy conditions you guys prospect in! 
Yeah, I wondered if the film crew instructed them to remove netting for the footage….they all couldn’t be THAT clueless, could they?? Lol

RedDirtDigger- that is some awesome gold you got there! Someday I’ll have to make it over there to look for something other than the fly-poo I find here😂

Trent- were you on the show? Cool!

Tony- 118 Fahrenheit, wow! Now that is HOT!

Yep, you Aussies are a hearty lot!👍

3 minutes ago, vanursepaul said:

We did

What’s with these bozos on the show then lol

I’m watching Aussie Gold Hunters right now. With the flies being so bad, all the miners look like they have Tourette’s or a severe twitching disorder, with all the arm flapping and hand waving! Question: why don’t they just wear light netting over their hats and faces? Just curious…I certainly would!

Great write up, and I love the pulltab towel…what a hoot! Definitely get our share of them on the beaches. Its wonderful that Forum members can visit and host each other on outings…cool!👍

57 minutes ago, strick said:

Now thats living right there...we got sirens blaring by the frontage road 5 times a day it seems.. our dogs need to meet sometime lol 

strick

Sorry about stuff you folks are dealing with, Strick. Yep, your pup sure is a cutie too!