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Been there and still doing that. I sometimes wonder if the fishing gets in the way of the prospecting or the prospecting gets in the way of the fishing…. At least I can say that I built my own boat. The main thing is that we are out there, being active and having a ball. What else could we wish...

You are right about that but there is also another way of looking at it. It’s quite easy to spend a couple of grand a year playing golf. When I used to play, occasionally I’d win a chook on a Friday afternoon in the comp. I think it may have been cheaper to buy the whole chicken farm…… I chase...

Can we purchase scales that read down to 0.0000 grams? Pretty sad state of affairs really.

Good luck Solid Luck. I reckon they are a couple of good coils. Hopefully you’ll end up with a 0.1 gram monster lol.

Thanks Mackka. Pro-Oz, we both use headphones so it doesn’t impact on us. I did use the machine for a while without headphones the other day and it drove me insane. Thinking of sending it back for the upgrade. I use the speaker when filming a clip so that people can hear what I’m listening to...

Hi Folks, I’ve been swinging the Coiltek Goldhawk 10x5 on the end of the 6000 for about two months now and decided it was time to put together a review of the coil. I originally purchased the 10x5 as I thought it would be a good little cleanup coil to pick up the scraps of gold missed by other...

A few “Weight Watchers” bits from a local haunt. They definitely need a good feed. cheers Les

Hi Folks Here is a clip I put together of a day in the bush late last week using the 6000 and the Coiltek Goldhawk 10x5. It was a lot of fun finding a bunch of small nuggets with this new coil. Still scratching my head as to how sensitive this coil is. Even getting the nugget into the scoop...

Went out for another hunt yesterday with the 6. Decided to do a bit of filming for a clip and stopped at an old timers pile that I’d worked to death over the years. Just planned to film an introduction at that particular point and do a quick run over the mullock heap as I knew there would be no...

Just cleaned up the little scraps that I found yesterday. Not a lot of weight but definitely heaps of fun. cheers Les

Hi Folks, Went out with a mate today for a swing using the 6k’s. We found some small bits but also took a bit of footage to send to a mate in relation to the performance of the Coiltek 10x5 compared to the standard coil on really small gold. It is particularly good on the small stuff. Camera...

Got a screaming signal on a vertical bank in a gully yesterday. When I looked to see where I should start digging, this is what was shining back at me.

Hi Folks, Had a spare hour or so today so I decided to knock up a wicking bed. Never made one before so this is an experiment. The bed is made from a 205 litre plastic drum that I cut in half. The first step was to insert a drain hole about 160mm up from the bottom of the drum. A hole was...

Hi Folks, A mate and I went out for a swing yesterday with the 6k’s. We had the standard coil on one machine and the Coiltek Gold Hawke 10x5 on the other. We were both running in difficult and sensitivity 3. A decision was made to mark any targets and then compare the coils response before the...

Hi Folks, Here is an example of the charcoal briquettes that I make for the BBQ. If you are interested in how they are made, have a look at the video section. It has just been uploaded. cheers Les

Hi Folks, Just posted a clip on how I make my charcoal briquettes from the smaller pieces of charcoal. Hope it gives you guys a few ideas. cheers Les Homemade BBQ Charcoal Briquettes

Thanks for the tip. That will also be a valuable part of the comparison.

Picked up my 17x13 today. Its A nice looking beast. Just out of interest I put both coils on the scales. The Nuggetfinder came in 6 grams lighter than the standard coil. Yeah, I know, it’s not much but at least it’s not heavier. A mate wants to do some depth tests compared to the standard coil...

Just picked up a swarm last night. Quite a big one. It was about a metre long. Needed two boxes to hold it. The hive was positioned next to the swarm and the branch containing it was cut. The bees then started to march in.

Hi Folks, Back to the same area again but pushing further into the bush. The Black Wattles are tall and skinny now. It’s a bit like peering through the bars of a jail cell. (Or so I’m told) A few of the old mounds are reasonably detectable so getting the coil to the ground is now a...