⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell

[Calico]

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Yes, must be a bad photo. This 1.9g nugget is so shinny it looks false. It came from about 300mm down found today with the GPX6000, well Taz actually found it but I dug it. It was on a quartz ridge, the surface was hard but as soon as I scrapped the stones away it revealled that soft dark red soil that usually indicates just a noisy patch of ground. The only thing that made me dig further was that the detector sound was like a faint musical sound like we'll often get with a small piece of fine wire. It didn't give a proper signal until I'd dug down about 200mm and came to a small quartz reef.

Well done what a nice piece, goes to show the need to dig every signal despite the insanity of trash pieces!

 

[SteveG]

Found this beauty near the Palmer River in Far North Queensland last year. Total weight 15.6 ozt, specific gravity indicates 14 ozt gold.

I've named it the Palmer Dragon

 

[Mackka]

Very nice mate.

 

[Nightjar]

Found this beauty near the Palmer River in Far North Queensland last year. Total weight 15.6 ozt, specific gravity indicates 14 ozt gold.

I've named it the Palmer Dragon

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Definitely a keeper, would never put that in the dolly pot. Congratulations on your find.

 

[Nap.in.Cbr]

Not quite the Palmer dragon, but I broke my Pb today.

 

[user 12139]

^ thats it, I'm going prospecting!

 

[20x]

Another fun arvo swinging the 5k

 

[Mackka]

Excellent mate.

 

[LORD]

Been a long time between swings and posts.
Managed to get in an overnight camping trip to Ulooloo gold fields with the misses. Was very happy with 14 tiny nuglets and the company
Even though there's not much weight I always appreciate gold from my home state SA as is so bloody hard to find here. It holds a special place in my collection and heart

 

[20x]

Couple more bits

 

[20x]

A nice ironstone speci today
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[Moneybox]

When you can't find the big ones you just have go for numbers

It took 677 pieces to get the 4oz but at least it's gold. Some of these bits are too small to register on the scales and some of those tiny ones were found with the 14" DD after the mono died. I never liked this coil but I've been converted, it really did perform well on big patches of bare ground where it's extra cover made sweeping the area much easier with no noticeable difference in its ability to find gold.

 

[20x]

An arvo swing in a new gully, amazing quality gold fellas

 

[Moneybox]

An arvo swing in a new gully, amazing quality gold fellas

That's very nice gold scott but I don't think your detector likes you getting too close

 

[20x]

That's very nice gold scott but I don't think your detector likes you getting too close

Yeah as you can see if I'm anywhere near the above field of the coil, it's mental

 

[7an7]

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When you can't find the big ones you just have go for numbers

It took 677 pieces to get the 4oz but at least it's gold. Some of these bits are too small to register on the scales and some of those tiny ones were found with the 14" DD after the mono died. I never liked this coil but I've been converted, it really did perform well on big patches of bare ground where it's extra cover made sweeping the area much easier with no noticeable difference in its ability to find gold.

I love the numbers too if there’s enough

 

[Jaros]

Still a nice smiley holiday?

 

[Davent]

Dusted the machine off, very slow day.

 

[Mackka]

Dave i think you did well compared to other photos i see on here.

 

[Nap.in.Cbr]

9 bits for me today. Seems like the 6k is just as good on the small gold as my sdc.