⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell

Thanks OPM and Ronk - I didn't actually realise you could see the pics whilst I was editing the post .

Nothing huge amongst them but gold is gold :Y:

Great write up northeast
Very interesting what the GM can do and find.. One to watch me thinks.

So this is the last of what I could find under the Power Lines In the Patch I was working last weekend


1.610 Grams
Total for the Patch ( 5x5 metres ) 6.766 Grams
I Am sure there is still more there :| But the small trees so close together make it hard to get the coil near the ground
Was VERY nice to find a small patch ........ Then rape and pillage it :lol: :lol:

Good onya mate -experimenteur

BillS said:

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Went back and raked the area from Friday. A few more small ones.

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Hi BillS,

I noticed you have been using your SDC to find your recent gold, and a big congratulations to you, well done. I was just wondering if you then run your GR over the ground to see if it can find anything that maybe the SDC missed? Do you still use your GR much?, K

Brigandage, Dam it.

I managed to get out for a few hours yesterday arvo. Sure glad I did

Probably the deepest nugget I've ever found at approx 2 and a half foot in the clay. Straight after this the GPZ went into meltdown and will be going back to Minelab.

Nice one Bushpig. Shame about the Zed. Hope it gets fixed without too much hastle.

Nice nug there bushpig

Beauty bushpig. What weight? I'd go into meltdown as well! Whohoo :Y:

Thanks fellas. It weighed in at 14 grams. I may have done the happy dance

Nice little $800+ nugget

Very nice bush pig . Very cool shape, love to see a pic of it cleaned up. :Y:

kurra said:

BillS said:

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/7764/1498558105_img_2109.jpg
Went back and raked the area from Friday. A few more small ones.

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Hi BillS,

I noticed you have been using your SDC to find your recent gold, and a big congratulations to you, well done. I was just wondering if you then run your GR over the ground to see if it can find anything that maybe the SDC missed? Do you still use your GR much?, K

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To be honest I don't use the Goldracer much in the Goldfields anymore. I did run it over ground I have found gold in before but had no success. I have been out a few times with a mate who only has the GR and he is yet to find gold.

Thanks for you answer BillS, glad your having luck with your SDC, K.

bushpig said:

Probably the deepest nugget I've ever found at approx 2 and a half foot in the clay. Straight after this the GPZ went into meltdown and will be going back to Minelab.

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Ripper BP .... most detectors really punch deep into clay (even the SDC has pinged coins at 18") but that's a real nice pickup with the Z .... ML have a few detectors to work on at the moment, my SDC's going back, they fixed initial problem but created another.

Cheers T.

Teemore said:

ML have a few detectors to work on at the moment, my SDC's going back, they fixed initial problem but created another.

Cheers T.

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I reckon I'm in the same boat with my SDC, don't have any pictures of new finds so I'll leave it at that.

Very nice nugget Bushpig. When you say meltdown - what happened? What have you tried to fix it?

Gday it went into overload. Sounded like a huge amount of emi even with smoothing high. I have tried every possible thing to fault find.

We have been very happy with the machine and have not experienced any issues in the past. Plus its still under warranty for a few more months so I'm not too concerned.

Cheers

Doesn't sound like fun at all BP. Not sure if you've called Minelab but if you haven't it would be worth giving Kevin a call at the service dept and running the issue past him - he's a pretty helpful chap :Y:

You've probably tried all this but just as a long shot:
Turned it off and on again. Tried a completely different location. Tried noise cancelling. Changed gold/ground modes. Tried ferrite balancing. Full factory reset. Turn off the GPS. Checked that sensitivity or volume aren't turned way up. Turned off mobile phones you may have with you. Recharge battery and try it again. Same for WM12 unit.

They are all just guesses but would be nice if it was something simple for you. Insurance for the Z to go back to Minelab will eat up a bit of the gold nugget you just got 8.(

Hope it works out for you :Y: