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Lol love your family er um I mean collection mate! The excalibur in post #163 is my go to utility knife. Have had it since I was 16 though mines a little more "loved" than yours. Will put up a few pics of my own pointy things when I get home. TGW.

Nice, the Palmer at dawn and dusk is truly something special. ...Almost makes you forget how bloody hot that bedrock gets when the suns fully up! :lol:

Try looking up the youtube series by Dan Hurd, in one of his videos (cant remember which one unfortunately) he runs through a pvc crevice sucker build with his class. Was nearly going to make one myself until deciding to go down the modified bait pump path. Cheers, TGW.

Gday Lee, Wish I could help you mate but I haven't come across any nuggets so far, just gold confetti! Hopefully someone around here can help you out. Best of luck, TGW.

Not plans as such but there are any number of posts on the forum about diy builds for suckers. Or you can buy a bait pump and adapt it to do the same thing... Or im sure theres 1001 different pages on the internet as to how to go about it. All depends on how much time and effort you want to...

Have picked up these two over the last 3 months, both passed off as 5c pieces. Not exactly worth much but nice pieces all the same :D

Have a look back at some of the 4x4 discussions on here... Its pretty much horses for courses mate, how much gear and passengers do you need to haul? How much are you willing to spend? What is the worst terrain you want to drive over? As has been said, you can get any number of trucks for sub...

Good on ya Simmo, it's always appreciated when blokes like yourself open their MLs and keep the gold fever alive is us hobbyists. Nice finds there kemjak! Gotta be chuffed with that for a weekend away :D

Yep, 20 degrees this morning cool and clear. Going to be another warm day.

Gday Dave, good to put if not a face then an avatar at least to the name! Another fellow prospector and reader alike from Cairns. Mainly alluvial I chase though Kemjak, Cairnspom and the others keep trying to convert me to the electronic type of prospecting :lol: Look forward to your next...

Gday itsdw and lozza, good to see some more cairns lads out and about exploring! If you want some hands on help with panning and sluicing or just a yarn and a beer sometime let me know ill happily come help. Will prob have to wait for this rain to bugger off but it should be gone by easter...

Good on ya Brother, thats a great gift! Kane, if your dropping by after mid April your welcome to the guest bed at our place mate. The wife and I will have the keys to our first house by then :D

Points for the build mate!, if only it was a hand powered pump then youd more or less be in the clear with it. But that leads to other problems like not having the third arm to work the pump constantly :lol: TGW.

Looks to me like the start of a limestone formation from the way it seems to run in a ribbon down the face of the stone. If you have a small piece there are a few tests you can do to narrow down which mineral it is.

Hi Polky, try the guys at Trekmaster in brisbane for advice on you suspension upgrade. The dobinsons are great springs best teamed up with Tough Dog or OME shocks. Speaking from personal dealings these guys are always happy to give advice and discuss what will work best for what you want to do...

Gday Paul, Welcome to the forum and Cairns, always good to have another prospector in Fnq. As Kane has said unfortunately youve just missed our last meeting for the year, next ones likely to be February or March weather depending. Theres some info on here on the Cairns reigon and plenty more...

Might help to narrow it if people knew what reigon your in mate? Never know whatl pop up. TGW.

Goodluck with your endeavor Steffan, sounds like youve done quite a few sums to get to this point. Though im not sure a 36inch sluice will handle 20-30 tonnes of material each (itch) :P hour? Even with water this seems a bit optimistic... As has been said your probably better off buying a wash...

I personally drive a 1997 Prado Vx v6, when I bought it it got 18lt/100km off road, 16.5lt/100kms city (stop start driving ) and 14-15lt/100kms on the hwy on road tyres and stock shocks. Since it suspension lift and mud tyres its about 21lt/100kms off road, 17-18 in the city and 16lts on the...