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Hello all, thought I'd share my settings for gold (that I have not found gold with yet because haven't been out enough, but did find lead 8.( ) Discuss: Going through the menu... IN Park 2 mode: AU for whatever that first one is Ground balance manual (pump occasionally) Volume whatever works...

Just bought a UV torch and have been making "interesting" discoveries ever since! :8

Maybe if I just get a a gold monster I'll be satisfied, then if that's works, an sdc, of course if things are going well, maybe an GPX or gpz... But noooo, just stick to what I have....

Here I am with my widdle Nox 600..

Wow, I love hearing the stories of how "just trying it out" turned into full-blown obsession!

Sounds like a good patch!

Is "gold mining companies swooping in on your spots" a real concern people have? I remember when I worked for one company we'd chase prospectors OFF the lease. I've worked for several mining companies *as an exploration geologist* and I have never come across a company (or the geologists) being...

I'm curious as to how many metal detectors you gold prospectors own. Given that the more crazy/gold-fevered you are, the more you are likely to own, I am still interested in your whys and wherefores also, I have not found any gold with my Nox 600 and am eying a gold monster already...

I remember seeing groups of wild dogs when I was working out near the Victoria desert in WA - They were a manky lot - all sorts of shapes, sizes and colours... Obv been breeding with dingos and domestics and some looked like munted Bulldogs. But some looked like that camera shot above -...

Geez that's really mean spirited of them hey! :lol:

The hopeful idea is that people have been saying the same thing about minerals and gold exploration ground for decades too - yet we get Fostervilles and such... never give up. Always follow that hunch. Test it before you leave it.

Indeed, it is useful. I mean of course I am interested in people's thoughts too - as a former gold exploration geo I sit back in awe at what's happened at Fosterville. But I am still getting my head around the prospecting mentality - it is nothing like exploration, chalk and cheese. In...

Yes this is an important point about tektites. If people are being accurate in their use of the word of course. Tektites are glassy because of their re-entry burn. But if there was other ejecta, that would be interesting. Impacts create all manner of interesting rocks. That's how Sudbury in...

If you zoom out a bit with the gold finds overlain on the map, the entire western central part of Victoria is just one big gold patch :lol:

Ok, a family member asked me what part of the "Golden Triangle" would be the hands down best area. He wasn't asking for a patch but more generally. I kinda said this is an impossible question, but said I know where to ask! So, any one wanna say where is best? Is it still Ballarat and Creswick...

That's pretty cool. The tektites are a clue also! I'd love you know where this is. Mind you, not all circular geology features are impact craters... Check out the Eye of the Sahara https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richat_Structure

Yeah, given that that the main question (is it gold?) is already answered in the negative, I personally I'm not gonna go crazy investigating what else it might be. Really it comes down to lead/silver and lead is many times more likely (native silver being quite rare). Platinum almost impossible...

Well yes, though I don't even have a measuring flask or anything to actually measure SG, and who the hell carries around a set of Mohs Hardness testing tools! :P NOT ME, and I'm a geologist! It's not something I ever used professionally - hand waving and having more opinions than there were geos...

It's the nugget shape that is unusual here - looks so natural (like a nugget).