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Blinkie got most of them on the common, the 4.2 grammer was from Gumvale Station. Total weight was about half an ounce. Yes 5 weeks is just about right you can prospect at your leisure, I was only doing about 4 hours a day. Plenty for an old fart like me. Probably averaged 4 - 5 bits per day.

Hi Garry, no there is no detectable gold around Broken Hill and Silverton. I believe that gold is a by product of the silver lead and zinc mine at Broken Hill but that is deep gold !

Well just finished a 5 week stay at Tibooburra, got a total of 84 bits (nuglets) plus a nice 4.2 gram nugget. With the introduction of the minelab sdc 2300 gold is getting increasingly difficult to find around Tibooburra. I experienced first hand the power of the 2300 compared to my 5000, when I...

You don't need a real nugget, the smallest piece of lead shot will give off the same signal. Anyone who says they can tell the difference between a small lead shot and gold is fibbing. But best to check serial number with minelab !

My name is Ray, I am retired and live in Venus Bay SA. I have been detecting for about 5 years now mainly during the winter time as we live near the sea in summer. I started with an old SD 2000 modified by Ismael Jones which I still have as a back up great machine ! I am now using a GPX5000 as...