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Hopefully we'll catch up. We don't plan too closely when away because itineraries can be stressful to follow. I have a few must do's. I have to pick Mrs M up at the airport on 6th, I have a birthday party to go to at Cape Palmerston on 10th and I'm going to look at and most likely pick up the...

I left home this morning after Mrs M left for work. I'm sitting in Kalgoorlie waiting for daylight. Heading east to pick Mrs M up in Brisbane.

Many years age we were new to prospecting and still trying to find our way using paper maps. We'd found a little gold in a few spots on pending ground and noted the colour of those patches on the geology maps then went looking for more pending ground of the same colour. It was in the middle of...

Looking at the green in the recesses I think it may be a copper alloy?

Shazza, we're too busy at the moment for prospecting activities however I think if you were to get your gear together and make it to a caravan park in a town in the goldfields you are likely to connect up with others prospecting in the area. The caravaners seem to be a pretty social group and...

Mackka, there's a very good chance that you're vehicle has been fitted with a water level sensor in which case the engine might not have actually overheated at all and therefore no damage done. Sandra's Mercedes Vito will tell you if the coolant level is low, the brake fluid is low, the oil...

I briefly tried both the NF 12x7 and the Coiltek 14x9. I'm not a fan of NF coils in the way that in my opinion they are like a small coil in a large housing. You have to get right over the target before detecting it so that one was out to start with. I like the performance of the Coiltek coils...

Nigtjar, that reminds me. I grew up in a family of seven kids and we used to travel in a Vanguard ute. The youngest in the front between Mum and Dad and the other six in the back. It made the trip from Upper Brookfield to our holiday hut on Hope Island a long cold one. We had a tarp and a few...

They'd most likely start the diagnosis with a pressure test. It's done with a small pump and pressure gauge that fits the radiator cap hole and you pump to a pressure usually a little above the radiator cap pressure setting. Plastic radiator tanks have a limited life. The plastic colour usually...

I have the same situation with Mrs M preferring to tinker with the rusty gold in her job. I like the real stuff so I need to get out there a little more often but I don't have your courage. I built the little Hyundai iLoad into a quite comfortable camper for one that was I don't have to give up...

I just had this insistent knocking on the back door so I got up from the computer and opened the laundry door but the knocking was so loud and continuous I wondered if it was safe to open it o_O As I walked past the front loader I realized the noise was behind me. Mrs M had loaded the washing...

This is a diamond, note the crystalline shape. I have these in my greasy little palm but are they diamonds? No, unfortunately they are Octa hedral magnetite so interesting enough but not quite as valuable :(

Bully, It might be worth trying to get a loan Coiltek coil for your E1500. Both NF and Coiltek might be flat wound but they perform differently. I've not had any success running NF or Detech coils on my GPX4500 but it likes the Coiltek coils however Coiltek coils are heavier. I sold my 11"...

I'm stalled waiting for my reordered Isuzu diff parts to arrive. On my recent prospecting trip I left the cook at home and took a lot of frozen meals she prepared. We don't usually have a microwave but this time I took it and found it great to heat the precooked meals. So today I took on the...

I guess you just have to pay it Mackka but labour prices these days are shocking. If the radiator can't be replaced and tested within the hour the mechanic needs to find a job he's better suited to. My realestate agent called the locksmith to fit a deadlock that had five holes to be drilled and...

Dennis, I've not owned a 5000 but I've had a GPX4500 for many years. I have my favorite settings that hardly ever change and it seems to make very little difference when I change coil sizes. The same settings seem to suit all the coils I've had attached. I've rarely used the DD coil so I can't...

All of the above is good advice. Both the NF and 11" Commander mono coils are going to find you gold with the GPX4500 however only if you are on good ground and that is becoming much harder to find. If you are very limited in time perhaps a guide is good advice. Bringing a dog to the goldfields...

Great video Glen. We’re always looking for a little patch like that but they don’t come around very often. :)

Phil I guess it depends on where you go. We left on the day the first of the rain hit. Now there’s water everywhere and I wouldn’t attempt to go off-road.

I suggest you ask your Mines Department.