Recent content by Hawkear

I am on the email list for our state museum here in Victoria. I have detected meteorites in places where I am unable to retain ownership of them and they need to be handed over to museums for scientific study. Was rather galled to see Museum Victoria advertising meteorites for sale as in the...

I often see SS yabby pumps going relatively cheap in garage sales and actually have one myself that has been sitting in my garage for yonks. Have sometimes thought about making up some sort of reduction nozzle for the end made out of PVC fittings to convert it to a gold suction pump. Wondering...

"Most people alive today know so little, that if you transported them back 200 years, they wouldn't be able to invent anything ahead of time." Anon

"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to control it" H L Mencken

To answer your question, the smallest weight I have is .01 gram (10mg). It is enough to move the beams on both the balances I have. The beams and tray supports for each rest on knife edges made of Quartz or Onyx, to minimise friction in movement which makes them highly sensitive. The flat...

Thanks and sorry to diverge from the topic somewhat but also have a little beamer. A portable one that I sometimes take with me on trips. It breaks down to store in the box. Once a jeweler who wanted to buy some gold from me seemed to be more interested in buying the scales. You can't be cheated...

If you write 0.0025 as 0.XXXX then The first X = a tenth of a gram The second X = a hundredth of a gram The third X = a thousandth of a gram The fourth X = a ten thousandth of a gram. Unless one had expensive electronic scientific grade scales probably costing thousands of dollars, it would be...

Sadly, I have to admit that my clever investment strategy has come unstuck. My cache was discovered by she who must be obeyed.

So annoyed at daily hearing about ineffectiveness at all levels of government, the following excerpt, I read seems to make some sense. Maybe might even personally take on board a lesson from it as well. "if you realize you’re riding a dead horse, the most sensible thing to do is dismount and...

That is the process that beam balance weight makers use to make their smaller weights. Often the metal used is aluminium because a large area of flat metal does not weigh a lot, and smaller weights can be cut purely by area as the weight to area ratio is constant. If you are not happy with...

Welcome aboard MeFlorrie. Yes our Miners Rights seem to be an anathema to many in the green movement who have infiltrated positions of power. We all should be aware to ensure our activities leave minimal disturbance behind and give little excuse for restriction. The S7 issue whilst not appearing...

What you are planning is not a cheap trip. I have to assume then that you have good financial resources. I would then suggest you buy a 6000 now. With a very good detector in hand, you can then pack up what youhave and make camp detecting in the Victorian goldfields for a week without going into...

My parents lived in Braeside Ave, Ringwood near the Civic Centre. The Civic Centre was reported the site of an old Antinomy mine shaft which by then had been fully rehabilitated and unrecognisable. I have however panned creeks and other places in the area and found what I believed to be...