⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell

Bob
Congrats on the personal best. Well done.
I'll PM you in a few weeks regarding the broach.
My son is on semester break from next week and doesn't need to do any more photography for a while. He will need to do more next semester.
Cheers Andy

Great work Reeks and Bob, nice pieces there :Y:

Just a few with the SDC on Sunday, any day with gold in it is good.
4 pieces and 1 specie.
Cheers T.

I got 7 or 8 bits yesterday (no pic), another 6 today, (pictured) plus a '58 Penny!!

This weekends find from the West



A nice little one with a hole in the middle.

Got these late last week from a new area for me. Biggest was just under 2 grams.

Had to finally move from a couple of well gone over patches...lucky the next creek over had some early joy and shows promise too
Only small stuff but one nice pendant piece....still haven't dug a deep hole with the 7000! (with gold at the bottom) Hoping that's cause it's all shallow and i'm not missing any...

Last months finds went into some nice 18th bday pressies for my daughter! I'd love to be as good as my mate in creating these from nuggets.

and i'd love to be able to get the photos the right way up!!!

Found an interesting speci today near Bendigo.


I couldnt see the detail in it until i cleaned it with a toothbrush and took a close up pic.

Gawd those species are beauties :Y:

Stru said:

and i'd love to be able to get the photos the right way up!!!

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there ya go.

thanks silver

Nice finds LC & Stru :Y:. Stru those nuggets turned into jewellery look awesome I'm sure your daughter will cherish that gift for life. I'm still trying to up the telly to do the same for 3 daughters just need to find a new patch. LC76 that is a ripper it'll be interesting to find out how much is in there.

Great finds and pics all, very interesting

Love the finds....

Great finds guy's :Y: :Y:

LC76, very nice specimen mate!!
Any idea on the weight?
Are you going to leave it as is or crush it?

madhatter said:

Great finds guy's :Y: :Y:

LC76, very nice specimen mate!!
Any idea on the weight?
Are you going to leave it as is or crush it?

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It looks like it might be half a gram.
For now i have it in some diluted Ali Brite to try and bring out some more detail.
If it looks no different after that ill likely thermal shock it and break it apart.

Looks like there's quite a bit of gold inside?

Hard to say but looks like it might be full of fine gold.

The story behind the find.

Was detecting in what is now a creek but i think its diggings that have eroded away leaving behind the occasional pillar of clay and rock.
This particular pillar was a good foot taller that me and i was curious what was on top,so i had to hold the GPZ over my head just reaching the top of this pillar of clay and part mullock.
Got a nice target warble and stood back thinking how the hell do i get this target without bringing down the whole pillar on top of me.
Managed to reach the spot with the pick and scraped down some of the loose rocks and detected around my feet and there it was.
Apologies for weird camera blur...was experimenting with settings.