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Not exactly sure , but mica was sold by the square inch . You had to cut it so that it was 1 x 3 inch etc. The miners would take it in to the depot by the bag .

Mica was mined in that area before the last war . After the war , mica from India and plastics coming into use , saw all the mines close .

Better prizes cost money . Perhaps we could have a donate area ? Money donated for 3 months could buy better prizes or given as cash or lotto tickets , to the winners ? Better prizes will give more incentive to enter . JMO ..

Beautiful drinking water , from the bore near the Police Station ! When I was there , many dead finches in the tank water . I set the windmill going and got clean water . Stopped the wind mill and left it as I found it .

Beryl I found on the Harts Range . 2 cutters and 1 non cutter .

How many years has the CTX 3030 been out for ?

I guess it is in the hand piece like my Nox 800 . I think of it like a mobile phone stuck on a stick !

You can recover gold by flotation . I have seen it done in the lab . I think it works with alluvial gold but not others . I can ask my old boss , he is a metallurgist , if any body is interested .

Lot of people camp at Oallen over Christmas .Not a good time to go . Kids on mini bikes etc. I packed up and left .

I have always recovered the cost of my detectors by getting coins off the beach . But you do need a coin detector . I did use a Garett Deepseeker to begine with , before 1 and 2 dollar coins . Cost of 9 volt batteries stopped me from using it . To day it is not easy to get...

I was given a cheap tile saw . It did not last long , motor burnt out . They do not like cutting thick material .

I also had gold Oallen fire assayed . It is 96.9 % gold . Both were "free bee's " ! They were done by Andre a well respected fire assayer , they even knew of him in South Africa . You need to supply 0.2 of a gram of gold dust to do fire assay . An XRF needs a small...

I would like to know the purity of gold around Windeyer . Had a look on the internet but cannot find it . I had a fire assay done for Turon River gold , will have to go and find the result . Found it , 87 % gold . Does not say what the rest was , most likely copper .

I set up a wind powered charging system at my camp . Bought 3 carbon fiber blades from the USA , $150 at that time . Generator was from a tread mill . Really need 6 blades to do any charging . I have still got it all , for sale .... I like those ball looking wind chargers that...

Not a meteorite , not been heated up , by just looking at that photo . JMO .

I have a rough sketch with sizes ,of the rod mill , that the mets. use in the lab . It is s/s 300 m.m. long and 211 m.m. i.d . I think they put in 1 k.g. of sample plus water . It is very noisy but I did have an idea of sticking some of that sound deading foam to the out side and on the...

I have used plastic change bags in the past . Coins from the beach are worn and under weight . So... they will not accept them unless you make up the weight . The old coin counting machines worked on the weight only . I think the new machines are scanning the coins looking for...

I take my coins to the NAB . The new coin counter there will accept a lot of coins the older machines would not . It is like an ATM . It will accept them even if they are dirty looking . Yes, I have managed to jam the machine up ....

It cleans better with sand . Not gravel .

I used to tumble coins with sand and water . Add a little gravel ?