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    Hawkear reacted to Dave's Office's post in the thread Jokes with Like Like.
    George goes to his doctor and says "doc my wife is 88 years old and she won't go and have a hearing test, how can I find out how bad her...
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    Hawkear reacted to Belinda Conklin's post in the thread ❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here with Like Like.
    Thank you for the reply, it was a couple of years ago that we were out there...I can't recall the surroundings precisely. I will have to...
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    Hawkear replied to the thread Good day.
    A thoughtful plan for an 800. You can access through Vic Govt websites old parish plans that would also show locations of old pubs...
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    Hawkear reacted to lures63's post in the thread Bit The Bullet with Like Like.
    Hi All Finally bit the bullet and bought a SDC 2300 ,I have walked around a few NQ goldfields with a Nox800 but thats like taking a...
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    Hawkear reacted to loz88's post in the thread Is this gold? with Like Like.
    Thanks so much for the advice I will give it a go😀
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    Hawkear replied to the thread Big Nuggets..
    Went to my nugget book and inserting the 875 oz Hand of Faith* at no 17 on that list, the 30th largest nugget found in Victoria becomes...
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    Hawkear replied to the thread ❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here.
    I'll have a go to set the ball rolling. Wondering whether the specimen is a rounded bit of rock chipped of an outcrop or whether it is...
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    Hawkear reacted to XLOOX's post in the thread Is this gold? with Like Like.
    An easy "is this yellow stuff gold ?" test: Get yourself one of those "jet" lighters from Bunnings or a servo. The ones that make a...
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    Hawkear replied to the thread Is this gold?.
    Try and keep the larger pieces intact and only crush up any smaller bits. If you do have gold the larger piece would probably retain...
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    Hawkear reacted to retirement stone's post in the thread ⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell with Like Like.
    A quick 2 day trip to NSW Central West, going over old ground. Its still in the ground just a lot of dirt, lead and rust between it! (I...
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    Hawkear reacted to retirement stone's post in the thread ⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell with Like Like.
    Yeah I had to get my sons to help decipher it! One day a soverign will turn up cause people are conditioned to not dig rubbish signals...
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    Hawkear replied to the thread Large (?) amount of mercury found in Reedy Creek Victoria.
    Interesting to mention Goulburn as there is a mercury mine in the upper reaches of the river in a tributary Quicksilver Creek near...
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    Hawkear reacted to grubstake's post in the thread Is this gold? with Like Like.
    As you are probably aware, Castlemaine was a very rich goldfield, so assuming this highly mineralised chunk of quartz came from there...
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    Hawkear replied to the thread ⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell.
    GT Vic. Regret still a fair bit of work left for me to do, and unable to give much more than that as I will have to chance leaving the...
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    Hawkear replied to the thread ⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell.
    It is ironstone. One of the bits in the first pic is a small speci of gold on the end of a bit of ironstone. Apart from that one and the...
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