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Unlike minerals, rocks are never of pure unvarying composition which would allow their properites to be exactly expressed. Rocks of the same general classification eg basalt, granite etc can and do have a range of mineral composition ratios, properties and colours within general parameters...

Just a post to let members know that a further post I made doubling down on criticisms about the S7 issue has, after review by moderators, been withdrawn. I have been correctly reminded that interpretation of the changes as representing a ban on recreational prospecting in areas designated as...

Found this from OzGeology whose videos on gold and general geology I enjoy watching. Was up at Nerrina prospecting just recently and am appalled to find out that the area is out of bounds and we may have been prospecting illegally. How can these changes be crept into regulations so easily. I...

Happening everywhere. Down in Vic gang violence on the community, mobster protection racket fire bombings, habitual domestic violence perpetrators all out there doing their stuff. The police know who they are and even when caught they are protected by laws that keep their identities secret. I...

Hi Nathan Whipstick would be your best area around Bendigo although have also found gold at Kangaroo flat. Laanecoorie is where the fabulously rich Posiedon area is located but unfortunately that is on private property. Probably Laanacoorie was mentioned as a good place to stay as it only a...

Thanks for the heads up. Checked out their other products and thought I would give the 6000 speaker horn a try. Good to see people thinking about the practicalities of detecting and producing different products. Always willing to help out to support.

Just read that Costco in the US was forced to recall 80,000lbs of butter. The reason? - The label did not mention that butter is made from milk. The stupid are coming for us...

The sooner you get it back to Minelab the sooner you will have it back. Whilst it is disappointing to have faults develop, I have found Minelab are very good at responding with warrantee and service matters. Also make sure that you have tested all variables. Eg Does the noise persist after...

Would a plastic zip tie around the shaft just above where you want the bungee collar to sit work?

A 6000 and spend your 4 weeks trying 28 different spots. The fortune you will discover will not be in gold but in finding out something important about yourself and what you want out of life.

My surgeon frightened the beejeezus out of me when he mentioned the “B” word if I didn’t follow the eye drops instructions exactly.

Whinging about being stuck at home following a cataract operation (well my wife mostly). Had the right eye done two weeks ago and have to have three different eye drops four times a day for four weeks. Have been warned by the surgeon to follow the eye drop routine strictly so just difficult to...

It is the black DD coil that came standard with the GP extreme model. I think back then the smaller mono coils were white. The larger monos may have been green. If you still need assurance, you can easily check by putting it on your machine and switching the DD/Mono switch. A mono coil will not...

Don't get me started on Halloween. Only two outcomes the following day. 1. The parents will be poorer for all the stuff bought 2. The kids will be fatter.

Just something that popped into my Facebook feed today. The silt jetties of the Mitchell river in Gippsland, Vic as it discharges into the Gippsland lakes (lake King). You can drive the full 8Km length right to the tip of the Southern side. You can also boat all the way up to Bairnsdale and...

On this day 24 years ago, was the last time that all of humanity was together on our planet. Since then there has been at least one person living outside our planet in space. That of course does not count a number of deceased persons whose ashes have been rocketed off into outer space.

We have all observed how soil moisture seems to intensify or even create ground noise signals. Sometimes when electrical storms are approaching, I get a feeling that the air is becoming increasingly electrically charged. At those times even while there may be no lightning discharge observed or...

The 2300 with its standard 8” is optimised for sensitivity on small gold and whilst there are larger after-market coils available, I cannot see a great deal of sense in compromising its designed strength on small gold by fitting larger coils. Smaller coils are also easier to use in a wide...

The 45 and 50 are both very good machines but even among seasoned prospectors there are opinion differences. I have expressed mine in other posts but don't want to add anything more here. As a new user what is the question that raises? Probably how are you going to get the best out of either...

We all start gold prospecting with the vision of a large nugget in our minds or at least the back thereof. Reality is though that you would have a better chance of getting a $100K nugget, by putting the detector money into Tattslotto tickets, hoping to win a big prize and buying such a nugget...