⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell

[Nothing Great]

Thanks mate.

I don't really touch it anymore.

Just turn it on ground balance and go.

The old K.I.S.S theory.

 

[Flowerpot]

Whats the old K.I.S.S. theory NG?

 

[MegsyB007]

KISS. Keep it simple, stupid..

 

[Nothing Great]

That's the 1 Megsy.

 

[goody2shoes]

What metal detector do you use Nothing great?

Goody

 

[Guest]

Trip to Hill End a few weeks back for some R&R.

Pictures work for me! Gold was scarce but its a great spot to stay. Glendora Camp area.

Plenty of rain stopped detecting but could not stop a play in the Tambaroora Creek in semi flood, nothing much to show for the effort.

Not a fan of this sluice, I think an aluminium one with proper riffles and matting would hold the gold more secure. Im more of a high banker man and shovel till you can not lift the shovel any more. Volume = GOLD. Alas my banker and Honda pump sit idle!

Old gold mining relic on Bald Hill.

View towards Hill End from Bald Hill lookout.

Two days for nought then this one showed up, GPZ 10\11 inches deep I reckon.

Weighed.

Daybreak at the Cassilis rest area after an overnight stay on the way home. Set off before the idiots hit the road!

Any trip away from "normal life" is good but a bit of gold sweetens the whole experience. SDC for the tiny stuff.

Love reading everyone's show and tell stories, keep it up!

Cheers

RS

 

[trekkie]

nice photos rs espially specy

 

[Nothing Great]

What metal detector do you use Nothing great?

Goody

An gpx4500 with 12 evo coil mate.

Gotta say getting that evo coil has made all the difference. Those things are so sensitive its incredible.

 

[goody2shoes]

Hi Nothing great,

I have been looking at buying SDC 2300

Only because it is lite to carry around all day,

And easy to use,

From what I have read about the gpx 4500 is they are a lot harder to master,

Goody

 

[SC75]

You always take great pics RS.
Cool looking nugget to mate :Y: well done

 

[Nothing Great]

Well I finally have cracked my first century of nuggets. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that would be possible back in August when I started looking for a second hand detector and joined this forum. Its been an incredible few months since my first two weeks of trudging around the hills of Beaufort in between snow falls and hail storms for nothing but bullets. Joining this forum and gathering information from much more experienced operators has been terrific.
Not to mention all the great people we get to meet here.
Anyway cheers to all the guys here that have given me advice.

 

[Eluvial]

Well done NG.. Top effort.. :Y:

 

[Booney]

Well done on your century NG ,top innings mate.
Cheers Booney

 

[kemjak57]

You need to coach the top four Aussie batsmen NG. They could all do with a ton.

 

[RM Outback]

That's a ton of memories no one can take from you :Y: top marks mate don't change a thing :trophy:. I'm game enough to bet you've got the best average of all who've posted finds this year.

 

[Mackka]

A century, mate forget the nuggies and lets get you you WA for the next test, we need you!
Congratulations
Mackka :goldnugget: :goldnugget: :goldnugget:

 

[Krugerrand]

Well done NG . your jar of nuggets must look fantastic.
I like this forum and keeps me inspired...........just need to find the time to get out :/

 

[diggit]

Well I finally have cracked my first century of nuggets. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that would be possible back in August when I started looking for a second hand detector and joined this forum. Its been an incredible few months since my first two weeks of trudging around the hills of Beaufort in between snow falls and hail storms for nothing but bullets. Joining this forum and gathering information from much more experienced operators has been terrific.
Not to mention all the great people we get to meet here.
Anyway cheers to all the guys here that have given me advice.

The poor folk of Beaufort have been really concerned about recent earth tremors.

They've mistaken the ground shaking stampede of rapidly approaching prospectors for the prequel to a massive earthquake.

Stay off NGs patch you rascals and turn around lol :lol:

[video=480,360]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dIBL4tYQPI[/video]

:koala: :koala: :koala: :koala: :koala: :koala: :koala:

 

[Moneybox]

Hi Nothing great,

I have been looking at buying SDC 2300

Only because it is lite to carry around all day,

And easy to use,

From what I have read about the gpx 4500 is they are a lot harder to master,

Goody

Goody, the SDC is easy to setup and get going but it's not light to carry all day. It's an awkward machine to handle. I usually end up feeling it in the hand, wrist and shoulder so before too long I happily back swinging the 4500.

You'll find a 4500 with a standard 11" mono coil easier to swing and the setup only gets complicated if you go looking for more settings. As long as you have a couple of switches preset like Mono, Enhanced and Fixed Tracking. You can hold down the start switch on the 4500 and it will reset to factory settings. On this default setting you'll find most gold if it's under the coil. There's no need to fiddle with the myriad of settings available to you.

However if there's only tiny little gold available then the SDC is the way to go :Y:

 

[goody2shoes]

Thank you for the information on it Moneybox :Y:

Goody