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Regretful sale of my GP 3500 ,is listed on ebay starting at $2350.0 heres a link to ebay for details http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MINELAB-GOLD-DETECTOR-GP-3500-/171902510102?hash=item2806302416 cheers, flash

Thanks from oz for all the good wishes and encouragement to everyone over the past year Joao ,may next year be golden in all respects, or, ave a good un cobber ya bleedin ripper! :lol: flash

great project rickrofe,, gotta get me one of them circle cutters for the plasma , save looking around for a suitable template , how did you decide on the optimum speed of the shaft or are you going to try it and see first ? i see its about 1-1 on the pullies ,is the motor 2400 rpm or so? flash

hey golddig ,have only been out a cple times with the tecta since I posted the pics of the 3 itty bits a while back , to no avail. yes the ground must be drying up we haven't had much rain at all in these parts ,next thing will be too hot and will only want to dry blow in the shade preferably...

yea wasn't really suggesting you use it that fine it comes in various grades and I reckon a sweet spot could be found with it, little sag, very long lasting ;)

when I was looking out for material I tried to find the strongest I could with the smallest diameter of thread , with the hole size I wanted , the thicker the thread/cotton etc is the less holes there are per square inch so creates more resistance . I did find 2 types am happy with at spotlight...

very impressive work mate ,well done ,and good result for an hours work flash

Hi , nitejar ,like the look of the simplicity with the 2 rollers on the wiper motor ,I'm assuming it just pushes the bellows up as rotates ,is there a spring on the bellows at all to pull the bellows down faster or does it just rely on gravity /weight to do the job got to be the easiest...

nice clear view in lower vic ,was amazed how long it lasted , couple of snaps ,not great but gives an idea cheers

any chance of setting up a feeder /hopper of some sort ? I appreciate you have to moniter the feed rate closely though , or at least a flare /funnel on the in shute? just looked a bit tedious/pokey is all , ;)

haha thats awesome mudguts , reminds me of something I was violated with in hospital once 8)

good stuff mate ,the gears proven the goods just need some richer ore and your laughing flash

Welcome John , I have also enjoyed reading your posts , when camping in the bush do you have a lease or on public land ? do you do any "tunnelling" of sorts for gold or is it all surface detector work. cheers , flash

well done kim margaret ,thats a steep learning curve first time out , I'm sure hubby will call you sweeter things when you dig a multi ouncer ;)