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Hope to be up around Wongan hills area. I lived in Geraldton for a bit & worked in a mine south of Yalgoo. Swung the 15000 around a bit there but had little time & a growing family. My daughter trod on the lower plastic stem & broke it..twice! I got the hint & sold it for a steal. :) So i hope...

Thanks SunriseBoy, have been on the site for w few weeks, as you say "a good start". Just though there would be a few W.A. members on the forum.

Thought I'd ask because I'll be going over there to live, probably somewhere about 100kms N.W of Perth, & would like to catch up with some of the local prospectors sometime. Bill

Hi Sheryl, looks like I will miss you by 2 weeks, will be there 9sept for a week or so. Lovely place & looking forward to it again. You should enjoy it. The 'common' still has its fair share of finds u just have to swing over them. There is a bit of info on PA as a few of us have been there...

Good to hear that you have found a few, Tib has always been a producer. Did you find them on the common or did you go further afield? The common was still producing when i was there with several nuggets in a day or so. What was your total grams of your haul? Five weeks is quite a stint sounds...

Well Mike, it's a bit over my head but I do admire your technical skills and your neat and thorougher installation on all your workings. I much enjoy following your fit outs from batteries to heaters and always look forward to the next project. You certainly know what you are doing. Thanks for...

As the 'man' says, if coil don't go over it, no detector will find it. This is my first machine so I can only compare it with other people I detect along side with. I can say that I am very satisfied with what I have. Having said that it would be helpful for people with limited knowledge of...

Well done PP, decent looking snapper, what! Thanks for making me jealous :lol: though I think the better catch is the wife & the Jack Russell :)

Hi Jonnymc, welcome to the forum. My only input on detectors is that do your research and whatever detector you chose learn how to use it to it's ability, because in the end/field it doesn't matter how good your machine is if the coil doesn't go over it you ain't going to find nothin'. :). We...

Hi L68, welcome to the forum. You are in a long line of people that are learning here, so dig in. :) Lots of people have shovels Blessings Bill

But u need a lot of small pieces to be worth it!

Met a father & son there, professionals, the father had a 5000 the son a 7000, with the banter & competition the gist of if was that there wasn't much difference with the 2 machines.. they both picked up the gold if the coil went over it! Probably not a good area to test the 2 machines because...

Thanks Zuke_L, I'll try that. Gain 1/2-3/4 means dial position 3/4 around to max? I was having trouble with ring pulls so I played with it until I got rid of those, with GB at a more central position there would be more depth. I also forgot to say- get $1 & $2 at a depth I would not want to...

Thanks fellas, I hope there are others that can help me with some finer settings. A coin/ relic machine might be next on the bucket list. keep swinging Blessings Bill

As you can see by the settings the machine is running totally out of balance but I have found that as long as you keep a steady swing and distance from the ground it seems to work. These settings are for the standard 12" coil which brings me to ... Coil Candy; nails(rusty or other wise), metal...