In order of meeting:
BeagleBoy: Very friendly and keen to meet and dig with a smile and laugh. Generously drove me down to a creek in his beaut car and we used his mckirk the first day, and then his walbanker the next meet. BeagleBoy was my first forum meetup and I will always honor him for giving me that chance for the start of prospecting friendships. I owe him a few digs
dylanpennack23: I've known for a short time but feels forever. He always offers a hand, a solution or a companion most eager to learn any form of fossicking, and for his age, his intellect and maturity is much greater. I certainly know if I were to fall down a shaft, his arm would be there to grab onto. No need for explination, he knows when help is needed and jumps to any job that he can help out with. Use of his fathers 4x4 has made the trips a lot more adventurous, today I took the wheel for the first time of it and had a ball. Compared to my BA its like a monster truck!
lilnugget: Offered a few lifts for some digging action and stopped my daughter from cracking her head open on bedrock with a swift gumboot shuffle. It may not have seemed much at the time, but I will never forget it. Always keen for digging and experience and certaintly has a ball baring blood and skin for color.
dirtyharry: A bloke with a heart literally made from gold. It flows through the veins, a detector would blank crazy! Offering me a trip out of the blue with very little knowledge of me and away we went and scored some gold. I don't remember much of the day where conversation ceased as we shared knowledge and spun lingo. His self confidence and clear driven direct paths inspired me with a lot of positive energy and a boost for life.
Sniffy: many pm's and emails we had been through discussing much and a meet up. A couple of days before we met, he offered me a detector, a great one at that, ( Eureka Gold ), with easy payments. Brought his sluice, barrow, basically all his gear which we used and ran through for the day. My first real 'gold' detector and all thanks to him. Not only this, but certainly keen and enjoyable to be around as company
These are only members who I haven't met through the forum and have made an impact in my life so far.. I'm sure as I spend more time and get to meet more this would go on forever in my books.
Forum members who I am either to meet or can't meet due to distance, I could write soo much for all this list. The information, the friendships, the phone calls, the rock samples sent to me, just a general hello and chit chat or even a pm of support, all members in my post have done a lot and made an impact on my life and it just keeps building. This is harder than it seems lol
In no specific order these members have gone out of thier way to spend the time to reply to my PMs. Most of which are not small pms either..
Jaros, WalnLiz, Ramjet, shivan, Hunting the Yellow, Tathradj, Golddigg@, kathy, Retirement Stone, Big Nugget, Goldtarget, gcause, loamer, Boyd William, joshua85, Carmo, Coyote, XIV, Nugget, dave14110, prospectorB, dwt, johnb, casper, Gravity, DiggerTom, ron, joe, golddiggerart, Sandta, Chris Barker, mavsta, TheSilentBugler, aussiefarmer, Heatho, yobskin, Ag Man, Prospector Pete, MJB, Swinging & Digging, scrubby creek, SA_bogan, RamblingRude, Twapster, mfdes, kawman, KingSoloman, SC75, Metamorphic, NeoGeo, numpty, Dr Duck, aushunter, y4k, GypsyGoldAU .. I think I'm missing a couple... omg I know I'm missing some
All members who have given me support through my personal ups and downs and everyone who I've known since I've joined.
Great topic
