⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell

[walshie1000]

I just go out after it rains and wear my special servo sunnies and pick em up off the top of the ground. It works 9 times out of 10, 70% of the time, every time!

 

[Wishfull]

Awesome walshie, good job there.

 

[Chewy]

Servo sunnies huh? So that's the secret.

 

[walshie1000]

Yeah any pair that makes you look like a speed dealer will do the trick

 

[Digginholes]

Lmao don't forget the bum bag to carry your nuggets and scales in

 

[GypsyGoldAu]

Yeah any pair that makes you look like a speed dealer will do the trick

Bwahahaha...no wonder your having bash-ups in the bush, they think your after their labs/stash lmao.

 

[mbasko]

Yeah any pair that makes you look like a speed dealer will do the trick

I use the mirrored ones so other surface speckers can't see where I'm looking. Don't want anyone knowing my spots :lol:

 

[dam it]

I did manage to get out for a little while over the weekend

Total 0.393 grams not the best results but as some one once said
" I like Turtle,s " :lol:

 

[walshie1000]

Good stuff mate. It all adds up. Did better than me this time round. I went out to a new area with a bloke i hadn't met before. Both had an awesome day in a new area but only got one small bit each for our troubles.
There's areas I can go to and confidently get small stuff as you have seen from the pics. I've decided I'm gonna head out to a few new areas/fields in hunt of some bigger bits/patches.

 

[dam it]

Hey walshie
Weird I have been thinking the same thing . Like I am sure there is still loads left in some of my areas but ........

 

[walshie1000]

Yeah I feel ya mate. Those spots are always there for dry spells when focusing on patch hunting I spose. After you've got a few hundred small bits you just want some big shit haha

 

[SteelPat]

Very chilly cpl of days in the bush. Plenty of ice/frost first thing in the mornings but did end up with 4 bits for just over a gram.

 

[walshie1000]

Onya patty. Nice looking nugs

 

[SteelPat]

Yeah I was pretty happy with the result but I covered a lot of ground for those. Feeling it this morning. Think I am getting old.

 

[gemstones]

Coronation medallion/medalet george v and queen mary 1911 shire of ararat president s.calvert secretary robert speed 15ct 6.43grams just wondering if anyone knows anything about it and what it could be worth??? Tried to upload a pic but using mobile apparentaly file is too big

 

[gemstones]

Also wondering if anyone knows how to upload pics from phone

 

[BigWave]

Many of us thinking the same Walshie and dam it. A few of us tried new spots (away from our comfort zones) in search of larger bits, but came up with very little. Was good hunting company though.

 

[GypsyGoldAu]

"15ct 6.43grams just wondering if anyone knows anything about it and what it could be worth???"

Based on smelted gold value = ~$160.00 max. however, a collector familiar with the item may pay more if definition is still very good and pay above this value if they need it in their collection...

Gypsy

 

[gemstones]

Its in mint condition cant find much info on the net about it. It has s.s on the bust of george which means stokes and sons but there website has no information about it. The meuseum of victoria also has no information on it but has a similar medal with only marys head on it in bronze gilded and another silver gilded Meuseum of ararat also has no info on it. What i did find out tho is ararat railway station was named after samuel calvert and that he was also a justice of the peace

 

[gemstones]

A medal was issued in commemoration of the victorian juvenile industrial exhibition in 1888 naming s.calvert as shire president of ararat (nu.34528) a medal also naming calvert was issued in 1887 for queen victorias jubilee (car.1887/74) and 1897 for queen victorias diamond jubilee (car.1897/15 and 1897/47) in 1911 he was again named shire president on a medal issued for the coronation of george v and mary (car.1911/6) but still no mention of anything in 15ct and cant find a photo anywhere