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  1. rustyhooks

    What Made You Smile Today

    Just returned home with the Dragon lady from a phone conference with the Oncologist at the Geraldton Cancer clinic and Woohoo they got all of the stage 2 bowell cancer she had and she has no Lymph nodes infected with cancer which means no Chemo, to say we feel blessed is an under statement...
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    Tactix Bluetooth headphones and earphones

    i have a set of tactix bluetooth which i will test next week from bunnings $49 for the bud/neck type and $79 for the over ears, the over ear ones are excellent for useing when getting wood with my chainsaw so the bud ones will be awesome if ok as i sweat a lot and the minelab ones get pretty damp
  3. rustyhooks

    Wtb coiltek or NF gpx 6000 coil

    home now mate pm me ok
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    Destructive/constructive

    HMMMMMMMMMMMMM Words well spoken Phil, on our recent quickie trip to the Pilbara before the Dragons hospital journey, we were shocked at the amount of bog roll and wipes at truck bays, On the way home just over a week ago the person with the flash Black Dodge Ram and the Mega Caravan who undid...
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    Wtb coiltek or NF gpx 6000 coil

    i may have a 14x9 goldhawk coil to sell pm ok used for one day only
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    Second medical advice advisable.

    Hello Phill we also had a seachange and sold the hobby farm (13.5 acres) in Esperance as the approach of 70 years of age we were finding it to hard to mow and look after, also we had no wish to finish up in Perth as to hurley burley and we hate freeways, always getting lost, we settled on...
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    GPX 6000 Coiltek 14x9 coils

    Hi all Just back from sandstone, man it was frigging freezing, it averaged 2c most nights and did not warm past that till 10 am most mornings was frosty as well, only got one small flake at the first lease as it was still pending and let my mate know via sat phone it was flogged it had three...
  8. rustyhooks

    GPX 6000 Coiltek 14x9 coils

    just off shortly today for a week at sandstone on a friends lease i will let you know how the 14x9 goes as theres a lot of flyshit there, Pilbara trips off for this year at the moment as dragons off to perth for a operation in 12 days.
  9. rustyhooks

    Shay Gap Construction Camp

    I did my apprentiship with Bell Bros in the late 60s through to the early seventies, lived in Hedland seventys to ninetys spent many days and times around that area working, shooting and prospecting, had a contract to service gmls light vehicle fleet all sites for 6 years in the eighties was...
  10. rustyhooks

    Well Done Patrick...

    Hooly Dooly mqate thats wicked.
  11. rustyhooks

    Shay Gap Construction Camp

    20'2949.97 S 120'10'05.19"E Lots of Donkeys and Camels there now, some good detecting areas back towards the old Goldsworthy town site aye look for the quarts patches near the main drag.
  12. rustyhooks

    Minelab Minelab GPX6000 coil issues

    good morning mate i to have been through 2 x 6000 coils, funny thing my mate who bought at the same time as me but was 1500 kms from us also his unit bombed out on the same day, both the same age both from the same dealer, the mate i was detcting with up in the Pilbara at that time had a one...
  13. rustyhooks

    Suggestions for carrying a gpx 4500 safely on a quad

    Here is the set up i have for carrying my detector on the front of my quad bike, i had a bad experience some years back with at that time my GPX 5000 . I had it slide off the front side ways and ran over the 12" evo coil and snapped the lower shaft with the back wheels, the detector case ended...
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    Suggestions for carrying a gpx 4500 safely on a quad

    Hello i recentley bought a pair of ATV gun Holders off Ebay which i bolted to the front of our quad which has a poli crate also bolted down, the racks in question are on Ebay as vee gun racks, they range in price for $18 to $30 for a cheap pair and up to $120 for the expensive ones, i then use...
  15. rustyhooks

    Minelab GPX6000 Faults/Issues

    Well the GPX 6000 saga it seems is ongoing for some, we did a coil last year up in the middle of nowhere and were lucky our mate was leaving to go home to Ktown for work committments and left us hic coil which we used for another ten days thanks to him we had our best haul of small nuggs and...
  16. rustyhooks

    What Car, what brands do you trust for the Outback?

    after market cooler fitted last year
  17. rustyhooks

    What Car, what brands do you trust for the Outback?

    Isuzu Dmax late 2017/2018 hands down better than most other dual cabs, ours has just cracked 240000 kms with no problems apart from new front wheel bearings, tyres 2 sets and one battery plus a DPF delete, its been remapped and we just had a major service done before we head north to the pilbara...
  18. rustyhooks

    Whinge of the day thread...

    I hear all of you guys in regards to ethnic doctors, after living in Esperance for 20 odd years i was diagnosed after attending a doctors very large practice with really severe lower stomach pain that i was having a bout of gastro by a Ethnic doctor who was notorious for bad diagnosis, ( mates...
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    Caravan off road modifications.

    Well thats a new one, our van had a battery from new according to the previous owner and it was lead acid 120AH unit, i had heard that it was not recomended to have a lead acid battery due to it emitting hydrogen gas when charged, the new AGM units are sealed and are recomended as are Lithium...
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    Caravan off road modifications.

    Goodaye Jig and yes i have sealed all vents replaced all grommets with sika flex, resealed the roof at all points, new pop top seal coming and any cables, pipes and hoses all sealed with our friend Sika, we have been travelling to the Pilbara for going on 8 years prospecting now and plus we...
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