Recent content by goldbug

Hi guys I'm debating wether to purchase a new GPX4500 or the QED PI2. I'd like to hear from anyone that have owned or still owns both the 4500 and QED.. I understand conditions, coil choice and tuning is all important, putting those variables aside which in your personal opinion do you...

Hey Fingers Have owned a 705 and found it was a good machine for relics and coins, but I wouldn't recommend it for gold hunting in Australia. Currently own a Gold Monster and think it's a great machine for chasing the very small gold that most other detectors miss. It handles hot ground quite...

Purchased 6 bottles of Half Moon 2011 Riesling.. grown in the Mongarlowe area.. yum yum :)

Hey thats quite perceptive, they could very well be for a SSG! The components are part of prototype battery management system I'm tinkering with to protect a couple of LifePo4 cells I'm using to power my GP Extreme. Hmmm I suspect your also interested in overunity devices :)

Hey LR, thanks for the tip about the newer coils, was thinking of getting a 6 inch Coiltek or commander mono, but Ill heed your advice there and make sure they are backwards compatible with the extreme first. Not surprised Minelab are rejecting modified detectors, I guess they are tired of...

Hi DD, The battery pack Im building weighs in at just 860 grams so that will lighten the load up a lot ..so thats the number one problem sorted. Regarding the silent search mod, never know, if over time I become used to the threshold tone I may not even bother with the mod. At this stage the...

Just wondering if anyone has had any interesting mods performed to their GP series detector and how effective were they? I'm currently working on a few mods for a late serial number GP Extreme which I recently purchased. First mod involves ditching the HEAVY old school SLA battery for a...

Geez you've done well, 6 mth's of hunting (almost every weekend) and I haven't found enough gold to pay for the first weekends gas bill 8.( BUT there is always next weekend :)

Ordered 2 x LifePO4 cells, 4 x MosFET's, 1 x smart charger, a bunch of resistors, capacitors and diodes. A C band satellite dish and linear actuator. A drink bottle and a rug.

I was like a kid in a candy store at Detect-a-den, there was so much to choose from, talk about sensory overload! The credit card was running on empty near the end, so had to exercise some self control and buy just one Mc Kirk sluice. Damm it, I wanted them all 8.( Ended up with the Mc Kirk...

LMAO!! Love it !

No worries, I should have added the Super Sluice is better than the Turbopan for gems. There are some good videos on how to use the Turbopan here: http://turbopan.com/videos.html#.UZSo0ysY2K0

I have a Turbopan and a Garrett Super sluice and tend to favour the Turbopan. The Turbopan is very easy to use and does a great job. There is no trick to using it, the just load it up and swirl the gravel in one direction and then the other whilst the pan is in the water (with the water level...

Purchased a GP Extreme and McKirk sluice from Detect-a-den, going to pick them up on Saturday :)

I haven't used one Nugget but I'm driving down to detect-a-den on Saturday to buy one, can post a review after I use it on Sunday. From what I have seen on youtube its ideal for small creeks, which is the application I have for mine.