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  1. Goldchaser1

    Will this be the Ultimate Prospecting Vehicle?

    Great chatting to you RM,throughly enjoyed it.
  2. Goldchaser1

    Will this be the Ultimate Prospecting Vehicle?

    Some are set up as small motor homes almost mackka,the ex ambo ones and general maintenance etc have a huge pod they fit out,not the track we want to take,more interested in a tough large ute. The boss loves it so im halfway there allready,she's goin hammer and tongs with the cut and polish as...
  3. Goldchaser1

    Will this be the Ultimate Prospecting Vehicle?

    Flew over to melbourne tuesday night,train to albury,got a permit and hit the road wed morning,got home sat,truck ran like a champ all the way to Kalgoorlie. We might keep it,we might move it on down the track,if we kept it major mods will be done and i'm not sure if an engineer can sign off on...
  4. Goldchaser1

    Will this be the Ultimate Prospecting Vehicle?

    Yep hopefully diginit,specs say 2091klms,the gal chassis still being bright silver im hoping klm's are true,interior looks good to,she'll need some work,it's 30yrs old.....
  5. Goldchaser1

    Will this be the Ultimate Prospecting Vehicle?

    Big thanks to Dihusky for advice on the blower and putting this thread up originally,scored this today at the auctions stupidly cheap i think,over the moon atm.....
  6. Goldchaser1

    Will this be the Ultimate Prospecting Vehicle?

    Well life throws many curveballs dihusky,thanks for that,much appreciated,off shift tomorrow for 7 days so i'll send you a pm and give ya a buzz the next cuppla days if ya got time....
  7. Goldchaser1

    Will this be the Ultimate Prospecting Vehicle?

    Hi Dihusky have you still got the perentie? If so are you happy with it and would you recommend one? Got my eyes on one atm,thinking about going back to basics,no computers or bloody dpf's etc. The extra tray size and heavy duty nature of the whole rig is very appealing....
  8. Goldchaser1

    National Luna & Snomaster fridge discussion

    Yeah running 2 for big trips,a cuppla months usually,car is 42 i think,so we can pack meat etc for 2 months nearly,half the big camper one is freezer and the car one as well,i like my meat 😂 It was engel or snomaster for the ute,only went SM cause i was buying one allready,my old yella evercool...
  9. Goldchaser1

    National Luna & Snomaster fridge discussion

    It depends on ya needs grubstake,id love an engel about 80-90 dual zone for our camper but there 80 combo is not a proper dual zone,compared to some there behind the times a bit with there larger fridge,if ya heading out for a while having a proper dual zone is awsome,frozen meat all one side,ya...
  10. Goldchaser1

    National Luna & Snomaster fridge discussion

    Had 2 snomasters near a year now,both are good,the big one is a stand out actually,it's brilliant,you can barely hear them running
  11. Goldchaser1

    Trilobite makes a huge difference!!

    There's no legends on the 100k or 250k geo maps palmerston,we'll not for wa at least,if it's the same in your neck of the woods maybe buy a cuppla paper maps as a base reference until your familiar with it all. The simple geology layers in wa do give you a describition of the formations if you...
  12. Goldchaser1

    Ineos Granadier

    Crawled over this like an ant at the perth 4x4 show yesty,i've been following there progress for a cuppla yrs now,definetly impressive,dual cab will be sometime next year they say....
  13. Goldchaser1

    Which GPS to buy?

    Just a heads up on the Trilobites app,my other half's crashed the last few days,she got in contact with them and it ended up she had to many trails on the app. She couldn't access the app at all,they advised to delete and restore it,she lost all her marked spots in the process to,so if ya have...
  14. Goldchaser1

    Hunting for "REEF" Gold....an approach for beginners.

    You may have i didn't read every post,i'll try and get some pics out and about the next month,a photo can speak a thousand words. I spent time walking around barren reefs early on,quartz was just quartz back then,the "right stuff" as ya know is one of our main indicators....
  15. Goldchaser1

    Hunting for "REEF" Gold....an approach for beginners.

    Great thread Wal Geology is endless and as the topic is for beginners have you touched on the size,mineralisation and colour of the quartz in areas? When we pull up to areas these days we can usually tell if it's worthwhile or not by the texture,colour and size of the quartz if chasing reefs...
  16. Goldchaser1

    GPX6000 - Tips, Tricks, Settings, Accessories & Other Notable Findings

    Usually on the ground nenad,if working a spot with the boss i'll point it at her,sometimes it takes a few goes also but im not doing it near as much as when i first got the 6,some days hardly at all. Just caught up with some blokes yesty returned from up north,a minelab tech was up there...
  17. Goldchaser1

    DPF PROBLEMS

    I think it's 17-20 rusty,they got a mitsubishi turbo,if yours falls in that list your lucky by what ive heard to get to 200,000 klms,ours sounds fine and is running ok now but that's the start of the turbo on its way out im told. Our evaporator went last summer,i haven't got to that yet,it's...
  18. Goldchaser1

    DPF PROBLEMS

    Our 18 dmax threw a code and went into limp mode on the way home from work the other day,code is turbo over boost,the later ones up to 2020 are known to have turbo problems,some blokes are to there 4th turbo under warranty. We got to 80,000klms,i thought we might be lucky our turbo had been...
  19. Goldchaser1

    Which GPS to buy?

    Just had a look online,gps and sat coms all in one 👍 https://www.garmin.com/en-AU/p/623975
  20. Goldchaser1

    Hard rock gold from around the world...

    roger thankyou 😁
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