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Hi Mackka. As most of my local ground has been worked over really well, the 6k is the weapon of choice to pick up the scraps that other machines miss. The Coiltek 10x5 screams on those little tackers. It’s actually a pleasure to use in those tight, overgrown areas.

A couple of little bits from an area that someone had raked. Love it when someone else does all the hard work.

Made some charcoal briquettes this afternoon using some of the smaller crushed charcoal and some other additives. They should be ready to use in a few days. Made from natural materials only with no chemical additives.

Normal can be quite handy for pinpointing once the gold is out of the hole. (I’m talking about those bits of gold that the scales don’t recognise)

Hi Folks, Went out for a swing in the local area yesterday with Gregyem. It was great to get out with another member and chat about all sorts of stuff (including the gold we have yet to find) The gold gods must have been on holidays as we struggled to find anything but hot rocks. We did manage...

Hi Folks, Its been about 3 weeks since harvesting the worms so it’s now about time to empty the beds. The worms were fed a little bit of molasses and wood chips followed by some horse manure about a week later. This tempted many of the little critters to come to the top for a bit of a snack...

Just finished sorting the charcoal I made two days ago for the BBQ. As promised, a video was posted in the video section for those interested. The latest batch of charcoal turned out really well. I will be using some of the smaller bits for making charcoal briquettes and possibly some bio char...

Hi Folks, I just made a video clip that’s a bit different to what I normally put up. I have been making my own lump charcoal for the BBQ and thought that some of you may be interested in how it’s done. There are plenty of methods available for this task but I use this one as I don’t need to...

Hi Folks Just had my first swarm for the season. Developed a new method for catching the bees. When I shook the branch containing the swarm, the queen must have landed on me. Quite a few of the girls decided that I was a good resting place. Kept them on me for about 15 minutes before having a...

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Good point. I always water the carpet down and soak it Before leaving it sit outside in the elements for a few weeks.

Hi Catapult. Location is your first consideration. You don’t want worm farms in the sun. They can get too hot in the summer. I’ve got my farms in a shaded area surrounded by trees. The bath tubs are on 4 treated pine posts at about waste height. The bath outlet is covered with a piece of fly...

Hi Folks, With the family coming down for the holidays, I thought I’d better get in and make some lump charcoal for the BBQ. Added a lid and chimney to my setup to improve efficiency and fired it up last night. It’s a pretty simple rig really basically a 44 with internal, semi sealed drums in...

Hi Folks Went for a play with the 10x5 Goldhawk coil yesterday. The area is normally noisy due to emi but the little coil ran very well and I was able to get quite close to powerlines. It appears to be very sensitive but loved hot rocks even more than the standard coil. Managed to jag a couple...

Hi Folks, Went out yesterday with the 6k for a few hours before the rain set in. I was targeting small pieces of gold locked into conglomerate rocks. The rock in this area has produced quite a few pieces over the past couple of years. Using the small Coiltek Goldhawk 10x5 made this task a...

Gee Wal, it’s been a while since I‘ve “cracked a fly off a tippet”. The biggest threat to the worms is the family of kookaburras who sit on a branch above where I’m working. They don’t miss much if a worm drops to the ground.

Hi Folks just thought I’d post a bit of info on my worm farms. Today was the day to harvest worms in preparation for emptying the castings out onto the veggie patch. I have 8 worm beds in total and keep the little fellas in old bath tubs. A couple of times each year the beds are emptied. The...

Same as you NE. Contacted Minelab and I was told to send my coil back. Phoned a mate and suggested that he check his coil. It was cracked in a different part of the lug. He sent his back as well. I was pleased to hear that changes to the design of the coil were implemented to solve the problem...

After reading the thread, I thought about the first time that my detector was removed from the box. The first thing that came to mind was the very thin lugs on the coil compared to every other coil that I have owned. It’s a natural consequence of pushing limits of design to achieve bragging...