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Only for coins and rings with a bounty hunter iv did really well over some yrs paid for most of my 5000 will be going to north qld next month for six week trip hope to find more and learn all I can cheers
The big bit was 2grm and my first ever nugget
The big bit was 2grm and my first ever nugget
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dam it said:That takes the tally to 16 little nuggys from the same patch ummmmmmmSCROUNGER said:
Today was my second go over a part of the area :|
Just shows ( I am not very good at this yet :| )
And that it is very hard to say an area has been picked clean
Size could be a bit bigger but hey I will dig the little ones up all day know worries
dam it I don't think it matters how good you are you'll always leave some of those little ones behind. You have to be a bit lucky to detect them anyway and you only have to approach them from the wrong angle and you'll never know that they're there.
Way to go dam it. You've got that SDC humming!
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I went out yesterday and had a great day, went out for a couple of hours today but the heat was too much for me. The biggest piece is about 3/4 of a gram. The piece that is most interesting for me though is the second largest piece at the bottom of the shot. Now i'm far from an expert at detecting and don't want to tell others how to suck eggs, but i reckon there's a lesson for all of us with that little nug.
I was detecting on flat ground between old dig holes and i swept the coil over a pointy piece of ironstone that was sticking out of the ground by a few inches, as i swung over it i got a feint signal, which kept repeating as i swung back and forward a few times over it. My very first thought was that i was getting a signal off the ironstone, and not to bother, but i thought it was worth checking in the end. So i removed the ironstone rock with the pick and sure enough there was still a signal in clear ground.
Now, plenty of members on here say dig everything, and i couldn't agree more. That little nug was hiding under that ironstone and without a doubt would have had plenty of coils going over it, only last weekend there were a mob from one of the detecting clubs working that very same set of diggings and that nug was on open ground in a great looking area where others would definitely detect.
So, lesson learnt again, dig everything :lol: :lol:
I was detecting on flat ground between old dig holes and i swept the coil over a pointy piece of ironstone that was sticking out of the ground by a few inches, as i swung over it i got a feint signal, which kept repeating as i swung back and forward a few times over it. My very first thought was that i was getting a signal off the ironstone, and not to bother, but i thought it was worth checking in the end. So i removed the ironstone rock with the pick and sure enough there was still a signal in clear ground.
Now, plenty of members on here say dig everything, and i couldn't agree more. That little nug was hiding under that ironstone and without a doubt would have had plenty of coils going over it, only last weekend there were a mob from one of the detecting clubs working that very same set of diggings and that nug was on open ground in a great looking area where others would definitely detect.
So, lesson learnt again, dig everything :lol: :lol:
On fire Scrounger well done mate, top hunt.
Nice colour Scrounger and pretty to look at, well done mate and great observations.
Cheers
Mackka
Cheers
Mackka
Awesome work again Scrounger. You're gunna have to change your name to McCain, cos you've done it again. Good detective work for that nugget hiding under the ironstone to. 8)
Good detective work for that nugget hiding under the ironstone to. 8)
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I think I'm going to have to go against the grain and advise everyone to not dig everything... at least not if you are anywhere near the golden triangle! Why you ask... because I don't have a metal detector yet but I'm moving up to the area and I'd like there to still be something to detect when I move there
In all seriousness though well done to everyone... I'm currently living vicariously through your finds... it's funny how gold that can sit on a 5 cent coin can excite about as much as a nugget that would dwarf it... it's simply that notion of finding it and bringing it out of the dirt.
But if you could leave some in the ground for me that would be appreciated
In all seriousness though well done to everyone... I'm currently living vicariously through your finds... it's funny how gold that can sit on a 5 cent coin can excite about as much as a nugget that would dwarf it... it's simply that notion of finding it and bringing it out of the dirt.
But if you could leave some in the ground for me that would be appreciated
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Very true blennus, gold, no matter what the size, has a mystique about it that is hard to define. It's amazing how the unearthing of something so insignificant (in the case of these small pieces at least) can have adults excited like young kids at xmas.blennus said:I think I'm going to have to go against the grain and advise everyone to not dig everything... at least not if you are anywhere near the golden triangle! Why you ask... because I don't have a metal detector yet but I'm moving up to the area and I'd like there to still be something to detect when I move there
In all seriousness though well done to everyone... I'm currently living vicariously through your finds... it's funny how gold that can sit on a 5 cent coin can excite about as much as a nugget that would dwarf it... it's simply that notion of finding it and bringing it out of the dirt.
But if you could leave some in the ground for me that would be appreciated
The fun for me is often not just in the hunt, and certainly not in the value of the gold, but in trying to imagine what it must have been like 150 years ago on those very same diggings that i'm now detecting over. Walking across ground and searching for the same precious metal that people came from the other side of the planet to find is a unique experience imo. I get a real buzz being alone and walking through those old diggings, trying to visualize what it must have been like when the rush was on.
There's plenty still out there mate, good luck.
Now there is a brand name .... Golden Circle ...... but I think it's been already used. Ha Ha
Well done Scrounger. That's a real nice collection. A few grams by the look.
Well done Scrounger. That's a real nice collection. A few grams by the look.
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Well done Wally, no stopping you now!
Well done Wally, nice bits.
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Got this saturday everning at Talbot
Looked a bit like a .22 bullet at first had a bit of clay caked onto it ( at this point I realised Im no rock sucker :| yer nar to much clay uuuuuum GRITTY )
Cleaned it off and thats no .22 bullet
Hey tryhard1968 remember were you took me ? and were I got my first signial ? If so ....... next pic is were this came from next time you are out that area have a look see how close and how many times has that ground been walked over
I am still PUMPED with it
Bottom three in next were from more down the gully in the mullok pile,s
Top nuggy in pic above is from Heathcote sunday on the wat home
Another AWESOME weekend
at Talbot
Looked a bit like a .22 bullet at first had a bit of clay caked onto it ( at this point I realised Im no rock sucker :| yer nar to much clay uuuuuum GRITTY )
Cleaned it off and thats no .22 bullet
Hey tryhard1968 remember were you took me ? and were I got my first signial ? If so ....... next pic is were this came from next time you are out that area have a look see how close and how many times has that ground been walked over
I am still PUMPED with it
Bottom three in next were from more down the gully in the mullok pile,s
Top nuggy in pic above is from Heathcote sunday on the wat home
Another AWESOME weekend
dam andy you're killing it mate
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