Recent content by Stevoggo

Ha Ha....I forgot to mention how messy my tabs were on the bottom....somewhere I got a measurement wrong and had to wing it! The rivets turned out quite smooth inside, no problem putting my hand (or kids hands ) in there.

Hi guys, This post is a bit of a give back. I have made tons of stuff from tutorials on the net but never posted a tutorial. This is not a full tutorial but i will upload enough pics to make it pretty simple to copy what i did. I believe a good DIY project shouldn't be too hard, should not...

Nice idea....

I don't have any spots to add... That's well covered above ... I just want to mention fossicking with kids....! I have 3 boys and have tried detecting, panning and looking for Sapphires with them. They have had the BEST time when looking for Sapphires and panning... As did I ... Didn't find...

Thanks Goldpick :) ....Duly noted

Thanks for all the replies and good advice. I have the cable taped quite securely, I did try moving it by hand to see if it made the tones but it didn't seem to. Batteries were fresh too. I started with the ground track on lock but moved it to slow to help eliminate one cause. I did start to...

Hi all, This is a beginners story....may help some newbie in the future. Recently purchased a used infinium (from a forum member :) ) Have been taking it to the local beach....getting the hang of it. Just the other day i decided to try it in the Ocean....i'd love to find a ring. but as soon as...

Awesome thanks guys....

Hi guys, Going camping etc with kids near Oberon in Easter. Was looking to make up a couple of Sieve/classifiers to help us look for gems etc. What size mesh is normally used? From what I have read and seen I was thinking 1/4 inch into 1/8. I will be using materials I find lying around and the...

Hi guys, Recently purchased an Infinium and it gets some beach use. I am a keen snorkeller and tho I don't plan on taking my detector diving I wouldn't mind the option of taking it for a snorkel. Or even the option of recovering targets from waist deep water, which would mean submerging my head...

Just wanted to say a thanks for those replies ... Especially metamorphic's explanation of a secondary gold deposit. I believe if have understood it ! Thanks to everyone tho. Cheers Steve

Wow! what a great reply nuggetino....thanks for that. the first point was all i needed...my current understanding is that all nuggets eroded from rich quarz....or escaped via faultlines in a reef... But that doesn't seem to be the case......which led to my initial post.... Also toecutta...

So...I am lurking and reading....and researching.... I understand about some geology So i think gullies around old mine workings are good places to look. But i often hear it said that gold around quartz reefs is too fine to produce good nuggets.... yet my understanding is the heavier larger...