Gully' reports from Bendigo
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Maybe as the song says, "When you're hot you're hot; when you're not, you're not!" Or maybe you just weren't holding your mouth right, last time out?
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In any event, congratulations - that's an excellent result. :Y:
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In any event, congratulations - that's an excellent result. :Y:
Nice finds.
Moneybox
Philip & Sandra Box
Gully said:
Gully that's one of the problems with a fully automatic machine. The only way you know what sort of performance you're getting on the day is by reading the results. We often work in ground where there is little or no lead or other rubbish and unless you're actually detecting gold you just have to hope it's performing on the day.
On one particular day Mrs M dropped a 1g nugget right by the coil on top of the ground. She only had it long enough to hear the weight hit the plastic spade while she threw the handful of dirt in and saw a tiny bit of colour. As she picked it from the spade it dropped into the marble sized gravel but it was the same colour as the red soil. I found her in tears searching for it. The SDC couldn't locate it less than 20mm away. I told her to leave it I'd find it later. I came back with her after a cuppa and slowly dragged the coil through the gravel on edge until it hit the nugget and I couldn't believe it was as big as she said. It was really hot soil and in the heat of the day and the SDC had detuned its self to handle the soil but seemed to be operating as normal.
It the same conditions the manually adjusted machine was noisy but at least you knew what it was it was doing.
I agree moneybox, went back tonight for an hour after work and signals were so faint compared to last night. I did manage 2 bits but lost 2. Last night was a really clear night, tonight was overcast and rain coming in, detector was warberly.
Maybe there was EMI because of the rain front moving through lots of static in the clouds ?
4 small bits this afternoon and about 20 bits of lead. Nice sunny arvo spent outside scratching around. Sdc was a bit over the place so I tried sitting it the ground every now and then leaving in on whilst I enjoyed a cuppa, seemed to work. I feel I am getting more consistent every time I go out
It all adds up.
I went today and found only bullets and metal. Very wet at the Whipstick
I went today and found only bullets and metal. Very wet at the Whipstick
4500. Lots of bullets in one area.
Out tomorrow for another try.
Out tomorrow for another try.
Out early, back early this morning. Struggled to find anything bar lead and could only just hear that so I changed sensitivity up one then bang straight on to a few bits. Happy to find the last bit as it was around 4 inches deep in vertical shail at .13 of a gram.
graybeard77 said:
"So much work for such little gain" - a bit confused, not Bendigo surely, that produced 22 million ounces or more?. Or are you referring to the latest mining effort at Central Deborah that only produced about $50 million (a lot less than spent on it). If so, there were not many new tunnels in the latest effort, just the decline and a few drives - it produced a lot more in the past from the old shafts and tunnels that it sits within.
Pretty amazing those old shafts and tunnels were dug by hand, it's a different world ago. If we were to try anything like that these days it would be impossible with all the OH&S red tape, just makes it not viable. Having fun all the same covering the ground the old timers hammered imagining what it would have been like. Surely they couldn't of found all the easy shallow yellow???????
Nice looking pieces Gully,
Well done. That should put a smile on the dial.
Cheers
Les
Well done. That should put a smile on the dial.
Cheers
Les
Couple of nice pieces this afternoon. Weather held off with only a couple light showers. All 4 pieces found around old workings no deeper than 1 inch. Might get out early and thoroughly cover this spot instead of just wandering around in any direction.
