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  1. davsgold

    (WA) Western Australia Tengraph information and questions

    when in Tengraph goto Layers and then Cadastre and tick pastoral leases, you will then see the name of pastoral leases as you scroll around, in the screen shot I posted you will see "Mertondale" and "Minara" both of these are pastoral leases and you will see others as you scroll about, the...
  2. davsgold

    (WA) Western Australia Tengraph information and questions

    anything that is Blue is ok, but remember there is a lite pale blue, that will have a live green lease under it these type you need the lease holder permission on Tengraph you can get the info as whether or not there is live lease and what and who is under the pale blue. no you dont need...
  3. davsgold

    New here - WA info needed

    no you dont need permission from the potential holder as they are not yet the holder, you do need to let the pastoral lease know you will be prospecting in an area on the pastoral lease, you dont have to get their permission just let them know your intention
  4. davsgold

    Stuart Town Time Capsule Opening

    yes its a bit strange, no further info that I can find about what was inside the capsule, it's so secretive you'd think there was a body in it 🤔
  5. davsgold

    Stuart Town Time Capsule Opening

    Fifty years ago a time capsule was sealed and buried at Stuart Town in central west NSW and was opened recently I hope this video plays and is viewable
  6. davsgold

    Sword found in Germany

    I found this very interesting a guy reverse engineering the Ulfberht Viking Sword video
  7. davsgold

    Fools gold or real gold

    you would at least think the person being the first post and asking a question would at least acknowledge the peoples replies, and this is why most people will call their question rubbish and not bother to reply
  8. davsgold

    Fools gold or real gold

    gold melts at around 1064deg C if you don't get a blob of gold in something your using to melt at these temps then it is NOT gold "Can you melt pyrite? Pyrite doesn't melt. When heated, it gives off part of its sulphur and turns into pyrrhotite. Further heating, with plenty of air, will...
  9. davsgold

    Aurora Australis

    nice
  10. davsgold

    Today I MADE

    it was looking good to Graeme, oh well that will let the big gold nuggets through now just gotta keep an eye out for em, and yes I know you will be able to weld it back on when you find it 👌
  11. davsgold

    R.I.P - Forum Members and other prospectors

    RIP Jaros
  12. davsgold

    red back and new dolly

    I'm going to this store tomorrow it says they have them in stock Mudgee NSW
  13. davsgold

    red back and new dolly

    HaHa, yes they kinda get the idea 🤔
  14. davsgold

    red back and new dolly

    I found a couple of pictures of the end on the chisel it fits nicely in the small dolly pot in the above picture
  15. davsgold

    red back and new dolly

    it seems like Bunnings have this size Hebel Blocks 600x200x100, now days which will work just as well as the size ones I used when I made my furnaces
  16. davsgold

    red back and new dolly

    I used Hebel Block 600x200x200 from Bunnings at the time and just cut with wood saw and drill and hole saw etc, the Hebel Block cost a whole $13 at the time and yo get 3 or 4 furnaces out of the one block as they do crack up eventually For the dolly pot setup I used a jack hammer chisel in the...
  17. davsgold

    red back and new dolly

    yes Stingray, what your doing works, I know as I did it that way for a lot of years, and you have a very nice lot of fine gold on the scales there, next step is to melt it into a bar 😁 I made a melting furnace and have it on a Youtube video
  18. davsgold

    red back and new dolly

    I got tired of the dolly pot and hammer thing and made this Chain Impact Mill grinds the quartz to powder cheers dave
  19. davsgold

    Impact Mill , Chain Type .

    yes Mike, I've been using my impact mill a bit used it again a few days ago and knocked a bit of gold out of some quartz I have put "D" shackles so I can change the outer links quick and easy and it all seems to be working well this is when it was first made and it has pounded up a lot of...
  20. davsgold

    NSW Bushfire advice and information

    exactly, I have a good mate that is out there, his camp and gear got through unharmed, but he spent a good amount of time helping stop the fire about 27,000ha in total according to this map
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