Recent content by Pecky

Hi Wayne, Sorry for the delay in replying, I have been away with limited internet access. Unfortunately I have both cleaned it with a wire brush and soaked it in vinegar like it was suggested on the forum. It is now dull black and looked much better in the photos I posted :( I wasn’t planning...

Life is like a roll of toilet paper - the closer you are to the end the faster it goes

I had thought possibly Chisense too for some reason. Thanks for the link Husky, I will send them a photo and see if they can help. Thanks Nightjar, I have cleaned it up with a wire brush and tretaed it with rust converter before I found out how rare it was. I will give molasses a go. I will...

G'day all, I found this can opener about 10km west of Cue whilst detecting and I reckon its probably worth more than the 0.21 gram nugget that I found after 10 days there :argh: I have found many images of Bully Beef can openers on the internet which seem to be a simialr style. But I was only...

Hi Jaros, After over a week of detecting and I only got a 0.21g nugget on day 8 :argh: but others had better luck. One lady picked up her second ever nugget which was 7g and another guy got a 37g beauty. cheers Pecky

I just came back from 10 days at the APLA annual camp and I'm glad to say that I had no real issues. Various aches and pains (feet, hips, shoulders, elbows) depending on what I was doing (lots of kneeling, walking, swinging etc.) but nothing as bad as what I initially felt. It took a while to...

Hi Phil, In GeoView use the Cadastre layer as it shows Unallocated Crown Land (UCL). cheers Pecky

I'm sure I read it on the forum here but can't find it again, but someone mentioned that you can get a free program called BlueStacks which allows you to run android programs like Trilobites on a windows computer. I tried it and it works great, with the bigger screen its much easier to do your...

Life is like a roll of toilet paper - the closer you get to the end the faster it goes.

Sorry Grubstake I have to disagree (but I am biased towards Subarus). The Forester has many reviews saying it is one of the best off road SUVs. I am in the WA Subaru 4WD Club and I lead six of them across the Simpson desert, and back to Perth via the Anne Beadell Highway. We did 9000km and...

Hi Bear, At my local APLA branch they recommend UNDERSTANDING GEOLOGY - Geology for Non-Geologists https://understanding-geology.com/ which is pretty good. Its not only the book but also includes a 40 lecture type PowerPoint presentations. The author is a prospector and a lecturer at the...

Thanks Shoveller, always looking for something interesting to read. cheers Pecky

Yes I did try switching arms, which felt a bit odd but I think its something worth practicing and getting used to. I hadnt thought of adjusting the shaft length, I just extended it fully as I thought that was how you did it. Another thing to try out. Knee pads are on the shopping list for next...

Thanks again everyone. Nothing wrong with keeping the fluids up :playful: With regard to XLOOX post about balancing the detector I thought of that before I went out and made a spreader for the harness and had the SDC hanging off the centre of that with a bungee. I fiddled with the tension and...

Thanks Loamer and everyone else that has contributed; this has been a very educational post and a credit to you for being willing to share what you have learned over many years. thanks Pecky