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Welcome to the Forum lap, Good to see some new members who are also into gems. We enjoy cutting our own finds as well.

Not trying to compare one boot against another as I have had quite a few redbacks during my commercial building days and recon that they are a great bit of kit. I also buy OZ made when I can but I guess that I'm not that patriotic to buy something of quality made elsewhere, maybe I should be...

There's been a bit of interest by some members regarding doing a family fossicking trip with the idea of chasing a bit of Opal along the way. We spend a lot of time at Tibooburra north of Broken hill chasing gold during the winter months, and on most of our return trips we head home via White...

Good to see the patriotism but I bet all your other clothing is not made in OZ alone. Been using Olivers for a very long time and can't fault their quality durability and wear ability,... last for many years under extremely adverse conditions for me. Several good boots on the market and I guess...

Agree with you there Goldie as there was a lot more large nuggets around then. These days it's a challenge for many to even join the "One Ounce Club". Times have changed and one ounce pieces are worthy of talking about these days....the old timers certainly knew their craft.🤔

Hey Rick, If that fell on your big toe I'm sure that the sound would be of a four letter variety word and couldn't be posted on this forum;)

Done a fair bit of testing when the NF Evo's first came out and found that they consistently had an edge over the Advantage coils in both depth and sensitivity. Like Nightjar says the original Minelab 11"commander was great and every bit as good as the NF Advantage coils. Testing the...

What do you recon the Hand of Faith would have done when it fell through the pot Rick...clunk, tink thug, "crash", 😮

Tricky one Franko,....Flake, picker, nugget,...these days you couldn't say it needs to be picked up by a detector as with the sensitivity of our current range of detectors some very small "flakes" are now easily picked up. 🤔 Our American friends call anything that is easily picked up a "Picker"...

Welcome to the Forum Pam. That part of QLD is a bit outside of my prospecting range so hopefully someone on here closer can give you some informative advice. What I can add though is it's "never" a waste of time, as no matter what you find, even if only a quartz crystal, the chase is what the...

Oliver composite toe work boots for me. All my mates working in the mines also use nothing else. Use cheap boots anywhere north of the Pilbara where kicking rocks and spinifex is regarded the norm will soon make a mess of cheap alternatives. Twisted ankles from inferior boots can also spoil what...

Not so much cagey Geo, but as you know gold is not like fish which spawn and replace themselves every year. Once you take a nugget from its resting place it is gone forever, and most who chase it do too much research to just give away the spots where they have had success, especially on a public...

Well done Scott and that coil has produced a lot of gold for me as well, to the point I use it on most occasions. Hope that retirement nugget finds its way under that coil on one of your next trips....Wal.

You've got that Evo humming along beautifully Scott. And if I was a teacher in elegant hole digging I would give you a mark of A plus. You can be my foreman on the next paving job Liz sets up in the garden for sure. 😮 Far better than me...mine look more like a wild pig has just uprooted a...

You are spot on Dave with the barren quartz statement. Too many newcomers think that if they follow quartz they are on the gold. What they don't realize is that quartz is the most abundant mineral on the earths surface and as such only very little contains gold at all. What we have to determine...

Love your location Dave and wish I could spend more time in your region these days. I'm sure I have mentioned mineralization and colour of the quartz within the thread but I will double check to make double sure...age can effect the memory sometimes. 🤔 The last 15 years we have spent most of...

Nice collection there geof and totally agree that the reef gold is worth the effort chasing. The lot you got from near Leonora looks very similar to the gold we got from near the Iron King mine some 60 ks north of Leonora many years ago. We got more reef from there than nuggets in total gold...

Welcome to the Forum Wes. Good to see you are back into the hobby again. Detectors can be a difficult choice and in most cases is what one can afford at the time. I'd certainly get a 45k in preference to the 4k and would only get the monster if you are looking for mostly very small nuggets...

Agree totally with you Goldie, but was so attached to the gold I found that I still have at least 80% of it in a bank vault. The best superanuation fund in the world in my opinion. ;) ☺️...I leave Bitcoin to the newcomers ;)

Was certainly easier in years gone bye Aaron and when I first started nearly 60 years ago there was very few chasing gold and the rewards for those chasing the metal was very worth wile. This all helps us old fellas as we worked the fields with not the same competition as today. These days we...