Deeper ground?
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Hungry boards Go on the side so you can fill er right up to the makers name, usually put on things so you can hold more stuff with them ,... my old Dad used to recon I needed them on my breakfast bowl when I was a kid.
Ironrock won't need em with his though. 8)
Ironrock won't need em with his though. 8)
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Interesting subject. I've got a dingo mini digger that I'd love to take out into the bush to strip the top layer. (but won't, because we all know the rules about machinery ) Got me thinking about making a small grader blade that I could hook up to the winch on my 4wd and drag across the ground to remove a little dirt. It would have to have something heavy on it like a drum of water or me standing on it to cut into the ground. Anyhow, it was only a thought and like the mini digger idea, I won't be doing that either.
I wonder if a small grader blade ( 1 foot long ) with a drum of water attached somehow would be able to be dragged across the ground by one or two men? I also made a shovel that looked like a backhoe bucket (minus the teeth) to use in the creek when highbanking. I found that the shovel when used to scrape the ground did a better and faster job than anything else I've used. Just a few of the ideas I had. Problem is many ideas sound good until you try them
) Got me thinking about making a small grader blade that I could hook up to the winch on my 4wd and drag across the ground to remove a little dirt. It would have to have something heavy on it like a drum of water or me standing on it to cut into the ground. Anyhow, it was only a thought and like the mini digger idea, I won't be doing that either. I wonder if a small grader blade ( 1 foot long ) with a drum of water attached somehow would be able to be dragged across the ground by one or two men? I also made a shovel that looked like a backhoe bucket (minus the teeth) to use in the creek when highbanking. I found that the shovel when used to scrape the ground did a better and faster job than anything else I've used. Just a few of the ideas I had. Problem is many ideas sound good until you try them
A hand plough or something like that would probably work in loose soil if you had a large rake or similar to move the soil after its broken up. I wonder if the dog'll let me hook him up to a plough? I'd buy him a steak if we find anything of course
Seriously though if you had access to a horse or something that can pull a plough (pigs, goats, teenagers?) I reckon that would probably work, still a lot of effort in moving the soil of course, but if you stuck with non-mechanical methods I'm inclined to think the way to go is to look at old implements which did a similar job. It's not that long since most things were done by hand, and there was a long time in developing those hand tools before motors became attached to everything.
Seriously though if you had access to a horse or something that can pull a plough (pigs, goats, teenagers?) I reckon that would probably work, still a lot of effort in moving the soil of course, but if you stuck with non-mechanical methods I'm inclined to think the way to go is to look at old implements which did a similar job. It's not that long since most things were done by hand, and there was a long time in developing those hand tools before motors became attached to everything.
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Would just like to add to my post from above: In Gippsland, the leafs/sticks and decomposed matter can add 6" or so of depth to some areas I want to detect. I've often used a firefighters rake to clear a large area but the mess it makes is unbelievable. After busting my gut the last thing I feel like doing is returning the ground to its original state as I'm so exhausted. A few times I've had to clean up the area the next time I went out. (It should be done before leaving, the day it's done)
Although I commented about ideas I had also about removing excess dirt I can't help but think of the damage some may leave behind. After all, some don't even bother to fill detector holes. A few times I've cleared a section that's produced gold before. After removing a fair bit of top soil the results weren't really worth the effort, probably better to just wait for better technology like the gpz 7000 and the 19" coil.
Although I commented about ideas I had also about removing excess dirt I can't help but think of the damage some may leave behind. After all, some don't even bother to fill detector holes. A few times I've cleared a section that's produced gold before. After removing a fair bit of top soil the results weren't really worth the effort, probably better to just wait for better technology like the gpz 7000 and the 19" coil.
