blackjack

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.

7 hours ago, Ethan in Adelaide said:

Jack I am not sure either. I am still waiting for ute to arrive first...if eveyrthing can be sorted out before September then I maybe able to go. Next year I do plan to spend 2-3 months in WA if you interested...At least free to camp lol

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.

15 hours ago, Ethan in Adelaide said:

Hi Jack have you gone to Tib yet? I am still waiting for my ute to come lol

18 hours ago, dirtman said:

These minis remind me if the '60's CorVans we used to call em.

Rare 1963 Corvair 95 Rampside Pickup Is the Ultimate Hauler for ... https://g.co/kgs/8y83Jg

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.

On 6/10/2023 at 6:50 AM, Erik Oostra said:

I looked up the ring's number and it turns out to be white gold.. It was made by a jeweller in Tasmania..  

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 "

On 5/18/2023 at 4:39 PM, relicmeister said:

I was in love with my Xterra 705 but sold it to get my equinox. Just sold my Legend and bought me an Xterra pro.
Will keep it in my car and use it secondarily to my Deus2. if you think that doesn’t make sense that’s fine. I do lots of things that don’t make sense to anyone but myself. 

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.

5 hours ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

Possibly a guidon stake.

I had to google that ?

20 hours ago, Norvic said:

Top insights Gerry to start this this thread, I`ve not used iron reject/discrim at all in my 45 plus years, mainly because there is not any need for such out in the unworked fringes where an occasional horseshoe/nail/bullet/pellet is encountered. Aged legs are dictating those long searches in rugged country via shanks pony are near over so part of this season on day trips I`m amongst the junk in closer to the mines/settlements.

I will be following this thread with much interest to pick up any hints from those who work such areas that may help the Manticore or Axiom w/. DD score amongst the junk without losing what`s left of my sanity from our crazy fever. Young fellas get out into the unworked fringes whilst your legs can...... it can only drive you crazy but.... when you score... tis magic no.

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.

25 minutes ago, phrunt said:

I've not noticed it on most gold so maybe it's minerals in your soil and the more you remove the more minerals you eliminate but I have noticed it on some very tiny gold and I just put it down to the more soil in the scoop the less likely the tiny bit of gold is right at the bottom of the scoop, as the soil is gradually removed from the scoop the gold is naturally closer to the bottom of the scoop thereby getting closer to my coil.

When it's light dusty soil I always jiggle my scoop around to help the gold work it's way to the bottom of the scoop, this is of course as I'm normally finding very tiny bits and this helps.

I have noticed on some Aussies youtube videos that the targets in the scoop brighten up as they remove more and more soil from it, I really don't get that here unless its a very tiny target.

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.

2 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

I believe that when you eliminate most of the soil from what the coil would normally see when passing over the gold in the ground, the signal is changed that the detector would normally pick up.

When it is in a scoop there is less ground to cover and that will change the response on the detector.

With the 800 I have been using, I have made a small test area with lead shot in the ground and I know that the sound I get when I hit the target with the target with the detector is different than when it is out of the ground and in my scoop.

That is why I believe that it has to be with the amount of soil that is being passed over the coil. The coil is usually sitting on the ground without being moved side by side like you would be swinging it, but then when moving a small scoop of soil over it it takes into account the ground and the moving scoop.

I don't know why it happens but it does.

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

On 7/30/2022 at 3:33 PM, Erik Oostra said:

Not exactly a favourite (that's Goldhounds by a mile) but more of a 'love to hate' Youtube channel is Metal Detecting with PJ.. He's as mesmerizing as a snake.. If you're easily offended or politically correct or not an Australian yobbo you'll cringe at his take on metal detecting.. To his credit he does find some good stuff and his videos do feature some very weird and wild metal detecting enthusiasts.. Here's one of his least offensive creations.. 

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. 

18 hours ago, JCR said:

I agree that this Forum in particular, and a few others are very helpful as a source of information. Some other Forums & much on Social Media is lightweight & uninformed. It is like anything else, if you pay attention you can sort the serious from the noise pretty quick.

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

48 minutes ago, Valens Legacy said:

Nice infinity bracelet and ring,  great job on the button.

You don't find those buttons in that good of condition anymore, so you done well on that save.

Good luck on your next hunt and I hope you don't wear one of those thongs again it still hurts my brain thinking about that.

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.