Recent content by sprintz25

Hi All, So technically these arent my 'finds' as i bought them from ebay. Both are Australian gold nuggets, bought from different sellers. Both feel and look like gold. The issue i have is that one looks really really orangey yellow gold in colour and has a semi crystalline structure...

So so sorry guys, after posting this initially and getting a few replies i logged in yesterday and looked up the threads i'm subscribed too and found all of these new posts. I had read some other posts on this forum in the last few weeks but didnt receive any notifications that anyone else had...

Thank you all for the advice, i'll check it out, much appreciated.

Hi, I need to buy a speaker for my GPX5000 so myself and my wife can both listen at the same time. Does anyone have a recommendation for a good cheap(ish) speaker? Thanks in advance, James

Ok, thank you for letting me know, much appreciated.

Hi, I did a search but couldnt find anything relating to the GPX 5000. Does anyone know how to find out what firmware my unit currently has and how to update to the latest? Thanks in advance, James

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. Going to spend today reading the GPX 5000 manual, no point taking it out if i dont know what i'm doing. Also going to spend some time looking for info on good prospecting spots in Cooma and surrounds. Our property has lots of large quartz, some iron...

Thanks for this info, the first method is by far the least complicated, probably not super accurate but accurate enough for most peoples purposes.

Hi All, Hello and Happy New Year. Just joined the forum, looks like i have plenty of reading up to do, this forum looks like a great resource. My interest is to do some gold detecting with my recently acquired Minelab GPX 5000 around the Cooma, Jindabyne and Canberra regions. Best Regards...