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  1. davsgold

    Leinster Caravan Park

    yes it's only down 43% from a year ago, they must be doing it tuff, the world must not need much Nickel anymore for all the EV's 🤔
  2. davsgold

    Leinster Caravan Park

    yes it went up not long after you left last year, we know because we were back there and a bit shocked, but hey what ya gonna do if you want power and stuff ay $30 a night is a bit steep for there and it's not like BHP need the money ay
  3. davsgold

    Any info on find

    it won't be gold, gold does not tarnish even when its been in the ground for thousands of years, yes copper and brass and bronze and silver all tarnish with time but not gold
  4. davsgold

    Magnetic Black Sand Separator

    yes that is a very clever idea and works very well, way quicker that a magnet on a bolt sliding inside a plastic tube. do you run it through a 2nd time to clean the last of the magnetic sand from the concentrate???
  5. davsgold

    Angle grinder crushers

    hey Phill be good to see this one up and running and crushing some gold ore, it's a heavy extra heavy duty model that's for sure 👌
  6. davsgold

    Angle grinder crushers

    make your own, I made this one and it works very well 40x40mm RHS feed tube and 200x10mm pipe for barrel drill a series of 1/8" holes for a screen one pass through and it's like flour and yes wear a dust mask ay
  7. davsgold

    How much does it cost in fuel to drive to Kalgoorlie, for you?

    correct tyre pressure also will help with better fuel economy
  8. davsgold

    How much does it cost in fuel to drive to Kalgoorlie, for you?

    like AussieAu says, we like to try and pick the weather pattern when leaving NSW, and heading to WA, we look for a big High Pressure in the bight and that gives eastish winds and opposite pattern for the return trip
  9. davsgold

    How much does it cost in fuel to drive to Kalgoorlie, for you?

    we look at it this way, and have been across and back like 14 times from central west NSW, it is 3050km to Kalgoorlie one way and it takes about one oz of gold to get there and back is the way we look at it. years ago on the first trip in 2009 when gold was around $1000/oz and diesel was, well...
  10. davsgold

    Specific Gravity test help - Gold and quartz

    replied to you message and sent it in an email 👌
  11. davsgold

    Selling gold - how, why, where

    anyone can have a hobby, you can't have a full time hobby, you need other income. you can win lotto and it's not taxable, if you put the money in an investment and lucky enough to get an income from that then that income is taxable. if you claim any expenses for your hobby then, if you sell...
  12. davsgold

    Amazing find crevicing the creek

    haha, yes, durable and comfy, buy once, I don't know about the cry once, at $50 I don't think it will break the bank. 🤔👌🍻
  13. davsgold

    Trilobite App

    very useful, it has all the Aussie states and NZ as well, yes the yearly sub is very cheap and it lest you use all the various maps in that for the price, if yo want to use the mining tenements then each state is a separate extra charge still very cheap, We mostly use it in WA when we go there...
  14. davsgold

    Amazing find crevicing the creek

    haha yes, but once the paint comes off it's just a tool to use, and the handle is very comfy, the hook scraper part is strips of 5mm plough disk heated and hammered down thin and shaped, heat treated hardened and tempered steel after shaping, and the handle is 6mm mild steel rods
  15. davsgold

    Amazing find crevicing the creek

    this is my crevicing tool, that I made 😁
  16. davsgold

    Specific Gravity test help - Gold and quartz

    "Nightjar said: There was a Excel gold calculator floating around years ago that I think was put together by a fella named Bill & wife Sue? Bill was on the admin side of a gold forum? The calculator was very handy but somehow I inadvertantly deleted it. All I have is a photo of what it looked...
  17. davsgold

    Specific Gravity test help - Gold and quartz

    if anyone wants the spread sheet xls that I use and not just a picture, I can send it in an email, you will need to send me a message with your email address, as grubstake says it not something that can be attached to a post on here this is a screen shot
  18. davsgold

    Specific Gravity test help - Gold and quartz

    if your weights are accurate then minus the 2.99 from the 25.68 = 22.69, so aprox 20.74 grams of gold, if what you say it is mostly gold this is the way to do it, I use this spreadsheet calculator and just input the weights
  19. davsgold

    Happy Australia Day

  20. davsgold

    New 16 year old prospector

    that's nice stuff Orlando, keep at it ay 😁
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