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G'day WP, The ring is definitely of an older style (putting an exact date on it would be tough though). But I can say with 100% accuracy that the Opal is just a cheap triplet. It's basically made up of three layers -hence the name. It's compromised of a general base of potch, ironstone, glass...

G'day HeadsUp, Cheers for the kind words! It's forever a battle with the EMI/hot ground combo there for sure. I totally agree, Iron Maiden is right -even with the Zed on some days! :lol: It's always a bit of give and take in spots like that. There are definitely areas out there where I've...

I did read in the article that she admitted to tripping through the barbed wire fence surrounding the shaft (All the shafts here are required to be filled in or covered and fenced off safely). Lucky it was only shallow at 24 feet deep otherwise it would've been a dire outcome. It definitely...

Can't say I've ever had the battery issue, even when swapping out from the supplied 5000Mah to the Jaycar 4500Mah batteries just recently. My trick for battery install is to slide them in gently while holding the SDC horizontal (armrest and handle upright) and sit it pretty level across my lap...

What a beauty, Doug! Now that's how you break in an SDC! :D All the best, Shauno.

Could be worth handing them back to Minelab while still under warranty, gents. Can't say I've run into an issue as such yet (touch wood), but I wouldn't hesitate in boxing it up and getting them to nut it out. Bit of a bugger to have happen though understandably. I still find it strange that...

Now that's a good day on the detector by anyone's standards, Les! :o Should be a few more waiting there for you with bits like those hanging around :D All the best, Shauno.

Just caught that video over on YouTube. Absolute ripper nugget! :o Sounded extremely good at the surface. :D Keep up the good work, Rick. Been a great area so far by the looks of it. All the best, Shauno.

Well done Jamie! Nice piece too. Only more to come from now on :Y: Sure is a beautiful looking four grams though! :D Keep up the great work all! Some really nice gold coming to light this year. Definitely keeps that gold fever under control until next year's adventures. Kindest regards, Shauno.

Good to see you're off the mark with some real beauties Trevibear! Welcome aboard. Hopefully the first of a great gold collection to come :Y: All the best and good luck out there! Shauno.

G'day Ben, Heatho and I, along with a few others were swinging pretty close with the SDC's at times. We must've been well under ten metres/thirty feet or so apart without major issues? We did a little test with the Zed and SDC a couple of weeks ago, along with two Zed's. The Zed and SDC...

Definitely the Solar activity, Bill. Some of the worst we've copped in ten years. It's still going on too. Had it a bit rough today on the Zed again around lunchtime after a relatively quiet morning. Easy way to tell on the Zed is after a bit of an EMI spike the WM12 module will blank slightly...

Definitely! It was as smooth as silk compared to the last few days. First four targets this morning were all little nuggets between six-ten inches deep (for around 1.02gm all up) while just chasing faint ground noises on a patch with the Zed. Winds picked up again around 1:30pm to stir things...

Been hearing it for the last two days. The spikes are quite frequent on the Zed, couple that with the strong, gusty fronts moving through and it's a real recipe for a rough old time on the detector. Be glad to get a bit of stable threshold after it's all passed by. :Y: Cheers, Shauno.

Bummer. Definitely an SDC plug. Were you just chasing a waterproof set for the 3030? Hope you get it sorted easily. +1 with the CWPS statement. Great bunch of folk to deal with and very good service. :Y:

I reckon it's just beautiful as is, Les! :Y: Definitely worth more in their natural state as BigWave mentioned above. Sometimes just trying to clean or polish via the wrong methods can ruin what was a nice nug to begin with. It's usually only those dodgy-looking man made nuggets (from...

We use a couple different fossicking terms, though these are fairly generalised across the opal fields around Aus. Specking is what it is just simply fossicking by eye, but Noodling is the term used when you take two bits of timber board and gently crush the opal dirt looking for opal nobbies...

Good call! I was going to mention that last night along with possibly meeting up with someone that owns an SDC and comparing in the same locations. The other thing I was going to mention (though most of us pretty much know this) is to keep the mobile phone off (or on airplane mode). I generally...

Definitely a head scratcher on that first morning for sure! I would've put money on it being the wet grass getting moisture inside the coil cover. Easy to rule it out though once it all dried up mid morning and still continued to interfere. Usually a quick process of elimination will sort out...

Agree with BillS above. Check your skid plate now and again and make sure it's clean and free of debris :Y: I also use a rare earth magnet on the blade end of my pick. Used it since the first week of the SDC's release and have used it with the Zed over several weeks with no issue. Unless you...