A Bit More Practice / Condor Finds A "rippa"

[Condor]

We've been out every morning for a few hours since Sunday practicing for the summer of Aussie Gold.   Today was my day on the big gold.  I was detecting a desert wash bench zone, and got what the Aussies call a Zed Warble.  Down here in Sunny Yuma the Zed Warble usually means an old rusty bent nail.  A bit of digging down to the hard pack maybe 15 or 16 inches.  I switched detector down to Sens 1 to try and pinpoint, bit it was still overloading with the warble tone.  Dennis and I took turns breaking up the hardpack and scooping out the hole till this nugget rolled on out. 

The small stuff I found over the past 2 mornings, I think I'm going to throw them back for seed on the big ones. 

 

[Steve Herschbach]

Excellent find, not only large but great character - congratulations! The challenge is on now - can Oz put a larger nugget in your pocket?

[Erik_in_Mission]

Condor what detector are u using for your trips?

[AllenJ]

Nice nugget sir, congrats!

[phoenix]

What a fantastic find, well done. ?            Most of the times I get that warble it turns out to be a rusty piece of I iron, but that`s the signal I`m out there looking for.   Again, terrific finds ?

[Condor]

51 minutes ago, Erik_in_Mission said:

Condor what detector are u using for your trips?

The Minelab GPZ 7000.  We have a backup GPX 5000 just in case.

[fredmason]

if anyone can find some big ones, it will be Steve and Dennis...

fred

[mn90403]

That is a Rippa ... I'll take one of the little guys just to get on with it.

As far as detectors go, he can grab Paul's 800, 2300 and ... Paul.  haha

I would be of no help to him and I'm too far away.

Mitchel

[Condor]

4 hours ago, davsgold said:

Nice nuggets Condor, the practice is paying off big time.  I bet your keen to fit the 17" X-Coil to the 7000 when you get to Aus WA.  Not long now, the coil and picks are waiting for you. ?

cheers dave

Hey Dave,

Thanks for putting all that together for me.  That 17" coil seems like the ticket for sure.  My storage bill at Trent's is escalating rapidly.  I sure hope I soldered the coil adapter correctly.  If Trent has to fix my mistakes my "cartons owed" column is going to be downright scary. 

[Trent King]

4 hours ago, Condor said:

Hey Dave,

Thanks for putting all that together for me.  That 17" coil seems like the ticket for sure.  My storage bill at Trent's is escalating rapidly.  I sure hope I soldered the coil adapter correctly.  If Trent has to fix my mistakes my "cartons owed" column is going to be downright scary. 

Your not wrong about that, took two blokes to even lift the box your ‘tent’ came in, going to need a tandem trailer just to get it all out to site.

I got an area ready to test the 17”, your going to need a lot of gold to cover generator and jackhammer hire, 3ft of iron cap will sort the men out from the boys.