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It's easy, just go back to the first place you looked for it, it will be there somewhere. Also if like me you have domestic blindness sometimes you need to look twice to see it. Last week I lost my oil filter wrench, it was in the first place I looked for it, but I had to look three times !

He looks a lot like 'Pioneer Pauly' It's rumuored that he's a vampire.

Thanks Ethan, we will stay in touch, I'd love to meet you and find some gold. Message me before you go, I'm from W.A. I have some contacts over there, and maybe some unfinished places I'd like to get back to. I may not be able to but you might. Looks like you had some flooding over your way, there may be some new ground to look at locally, keep us posted.

Hey Ethan, mate I'm putting it back till next year, a bit busy atm. Let us know how you go if you get there, post some pics. and a story, good luck, you can show me around next year.

Great vehicle, I'm surprised the idea hasn't been used more on other vehicles, did they do a tailgate version ?

Hmm, the Suzuki Carry looks to be a pretty capable 4x4 to me. Light weight gives you a distinct advantage in sand, having owned both an early Subaru and a Toyota Forerunner [Surf] on the beach and in sand dunes the Subaru was better, the Toyota was better in mud, mainly because with its better clearance it tended not to bottom out as much and the tyres were more aggressive. For most prospectors clearance would be the key criteria I guess, but my Subaru got me to some remote places.

I only know of the Suzuki Carry available with 4x4 auto trans. and air con. a Japanese Kei vehicle [ the smallest road legal vehicle with restricted dimensions and engine size ] makes you think twice about an expensive ATV doesn't it ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Carry

Erik, no amount of treasure would get me too far from the beach up your way. I still dive for abs and crays but my rule is not to go deeper than I can stand up ! It's a cruel irony that the warmer the water gets the more dangerous it becomes. The inverse proportion rule at play again.

Hey Erik, yes it was a throw away line, but I do understand and my comment wasn't just tongue in cheek, I know that you really do have to watch out for the crocs. It's not just age and living in a colder climate that's seen me sell my surfboard, white pointers scare the daylights out of me, I'm just glad I got my surfing done when I was in W.A. and I was younger, shark attacks were rare back then all I worried about at Uluwatu was getting sunburnt. I just checked the webcam, it looks pretty nice right now, 4' and glassy, but 50+ surfers in the water, no wonder the grommets hate us old guys !

I do understand the frustration Digalicious feels, he reacted to something that he thought could mislead, in his words 'newbies'. It's the reason why I refuse to look at other forums and youtube in particular. I stick to D.P. and my blood pressure remains at a safe level. It must be difficult to sort out the b......t for people trying to learn the 'craft' My advice for any newbies would be to look at D.P. till they have a b......t dissemination meter in place. Please let me know when there is a detector that can tell me the difference between a beaver tail ring pull with no tail and a gold ring.

Get's my goat that Tasmanians lose their rings in Queensland, they never seem to lose any down here ! Experience and persistence pays off, great work Erik. Watch out for those crocs.

The new wave of retiree detectorists in Australia certainly have the cash to spare, sadly as reflected by the number of flashy 4x4's I see bogged to the axles on any popular vehicle access beach in recent times, I fear it may be a case of " all the gear and no idea "

That makes sense to me, the Equinox and Legend are much the same aren't they ? How does the Deus 2 stack up against the Equinox and Legend ? I've been watching it from a distance but at twice the price, I'm wondering if it's worth it. Yes I've still got my 705, I keep it as a spare. When the Pro came out I thought, considering the coils are interchangeable with my Equinox 800 I would sell my 705 and replace it with the Pro. No takers, even at a low price so I'll keep it, I'm not bothered however, I like it.

I had to google that ?

100% Norvic 40 years ago in W.A. I never used disc on my Ground Hog, now I'm older and the equipment has improved "just a bit"

Thanks for taking the time to give us your perspective Gerry.

30 years ago when I lived in W.A. and did far more detecting, I would feel confident to answer. Now I live in Tasmania and while I'm still finding gold it's not with a detector, so I'm prepared to be "shot down with a feather". It's hard not to agree with Gerry on the points he makes, from my perspective having a dig all in all metal approach takes away the one advantage that a VLF has. I can only comment on using my nox 800, I can't see much if any improved performance in All Metal.

I think this is the most likely what's happening, in dry soil at least, the gold moves to the bottom of the scoop easily. In wet soil the first paragraph is most likely what's happening.

This is a reasonable theory, it could be what's happening

Thanks Erik, I've subscribed.

Thanks for that, it confirms a meteor that I saw years ago on a dark country road in Western Australia, I couldn't be sure if my memory was correct. What I remember was it travelling west to east on the southern horizon at about 45-50 degrees it traversed the sky in about 2 seconds lit the landscape like daylight, had a bright tail that from my memory had embers? falling from it ? I've often questioned my memory about the falling embers.

D.P. is by far the most 'honest' source of knowledge about detectors. What I mean by that is there doesn't seem to be any bias displayed, members who know more about detectors than I ever will give their expert opinion. That opinion doesn't seem to be affected by the fact that they happen to own a particular detector. I'm not going to name the members that I take notes from because there's just too many.

Nice finds Eric, A.J. Parkes, born 1866 in England, In 1896 he was registered as a die sinker and engraver at 191 Adelaide st. Brisbane. The oldest surviving medallion dates from 1897, they made medallions, railway tokens as well as badges and buttons for uniforms for the Boer War, WW1, WW2. The business was bought by Eric Edwards Faux in 1941, it came with the 'burden' of Harry Parkes who was quite eccentric and unreliable and repeatedly 'sacked' { fired } They are still in business today. I was unable to date it. From austbuttonhistory.com

Add crocs to that picture V.L. ................nah, Borat keeps popping into my head.

Yeah, I understand, it would be the coil arrangement that would trouble me as well. The rest of it can evolve. after all you'll be the one dragging it.