Found Some Long Lost Hi8 Video - - -

[jrbeatty]

Jim Stewart at Red Streak, Dunolly, testing a 36" double "D" The theory behind it was for better penetration in "hot" ground.
This coil was custom built for us by John Gladdis and John Kah at Coiltek HQ, Adelaide SA.
It was originally of solid construction but weighed far too much to carry, even with the "Bismarck" carrier.
We tried using it as a tow coil behind Reg Wilsons quad in WA, but its slow response time made it unsuitable for the role.
Upon returning home to Vic, Jim and I converted it to skeletal form and this stripped most of the weight, rendering it easy to carry.
HOWEVER, we discovered that (unlike monoloops) DD's seem to lose efficiency at this size, at least when coupled to SD's.

 

 

[jrbeatty]

Here's one timed for this weekends annual "Laanecoorie bash" in the Golden Triangle. Reg reports it's another huge success

WA mid 90's Hawks Nest near Laverton
I'm using Powergel to loosen a multi target in caprock detected at depth with an SD2200 and 18" DD coil. Ran out of film but they were specimens. The trouble with using explosives for this work is not destroying the target (that's a matter of charge placement and quantity) but the damn detonator fragments!  Better to use Pauls jackhammer.
Featuring Jim Stewart using early model Coiltek pinpointer and hammer drill. I can't recall the name of the young prospector, but he was damn good!

 

 

[Mop]

Bloody hell that's some hard ground, shame you ran out of film I would have loved to have seen the results. Thanks Jr for bringing us all this footage, loving it.

[jrbeatty]

Here's a more laid back one featuring some campfire chatter. I never did find out what the "red dress" was all about, thankfully - -

Also, attempting to calibrate the tow coil with a buried 2 oz piece I'd recently found - - -

Usual cast of characters: John, Reg and Jimmy. Lifted from old HI8, mid 90's WA.

 

[Reg Wilson]

The red dress was hung in a tree. The idea being that any stickybeak, uninvited visitors would notice it, and upon inquiring about such would be asked if they thought perchance it might fit them, as it got a bit lonely out there in the scrub. They would then beat a pretty hasty retreat, leaving us to our gold hunting.

[jrbeatty]

Featuring the same rough, tough but excellent young prospector from the "Cap Rock" series but seen here crushing quartz specimens (some of which came from that hole) This bloke works right through the heat of a WA summer and made a more than adequate living from detecting. We enjoyed his company immensely - "water worn lovelies"  indeed!

With Jim Stewart and prospector Ian McMaster (sieve) Shot at the Laverton, WA caravan park mid 90's 

Edit: Thanks Steve. I'll remember that (maybe)

[Steve Herschbach]

Fixed - using the YouTube “share video” link is the most dependable.

[jrbeatty]

While Jim Stewart, Johnny Morley and property owner Ken Leach were chasing large deep pieces with the "Bismarck" I got to work with an SD2100 with the green 18" "dustbin" lid and recovered a few smaller bits.

This 6 grammer was one of a small run of tiddlers heading towards deeper ground. Shot at Sheepwash Gully, Rheola, mid 90's

PS: Note to self: Vids embed better with Chrome than IE   :)

 

 

[Northeast]

Liking the vids JR.  

The link worked fine.

Out if interest, was that a previously worked gully back in the day and had been turned over before becoming farm land?