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    Is It Worth Digging Out Old Alluvial Holes?

    Well what a great read! I was looking for the same original question that was asked and got alot of good answers. Ive found a gully with more than probably 50 diggers holes running along a creek, some that go all the way to bedrock which is around 20 feet and are still clean at the bottom. You...
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    SDC2300 aftermarket coil information and questions

    so has anyone tried the smaller 10x5? interested to hear if its anymore and than the standard 8inch
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    SDC2300 aftermarket coil information and questions

    well well well... check out what minersden has on the shelves. http://www.minersden.com.au/coiltek-11-inch-gold-extreme-sdc-round-coil
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    SDC2300 aftermarket coil information and questions

    why did you get the 14x9 tuner? will they both find same sized gold at same depths? or is it just because the elliptical covers move ground?
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    SDC2300 aftermarket coil information and questions

    well ladies and gents ive ordered my 11inch. it was a toss up between that or the 14x9, as my only detectors are a garrett at-gold and an sdc2300 so ive never used an elliptical but from the research the only real advantage you get from an elliptical is the ground coverage. what's everyone going...
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    Maryborough or Bendigo?

    Great news ladies and gents! They've allowed me 2 days work in the maryborough district... Yesterday i had a job in talbot so when i was finished that i spent about 2 hours with my new wireless booster/headset combo that was atleast twice as clear/louder than the koss ur30's. no gold...
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    Maryborough or Bendigo?

    Thanks rm! Certainly was a surprise as it was so tiny i didn't even think there was anything in my hand until i saw the colour.
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    Maryborough or Bendigo?

    Hey goldirocks! Thanks for replying to me. Wouldnt believe it, i found a small piece today in a mullock heap that is probably only .1 of a g but its my first detected piece In vic. Not long after a wire in my headphone cable broke, rendering my sdc2300 basically useless 8.( 8.( 8.( ive been...
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    Maryborough or Bendigo?

    ahh well... im here now so i will just go where i think i may stand a chance. thanks anyway jethro. :Y: hey mec30, theres nothing i hate more than being falsely accused. i didnt ask for a spot i asked how to access certain information so that i could DO MY OWN RESEARCH as you suggested. buzz...
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    Maryborough or Bendigo?

    sooooooo... no one wants to help me or no body knows? tomorrow the day!!
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    Maryborough or Bendigo?

    I'm not bad at using GeoVic to see the old diggings and that sort of thing but how do i actually see the reports from any particular area? i want to have a bit of a read and find out how much gold was recording as being recovered from certain areas, what depths, what caused the old timers to...
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    Maryborough or Bendigo?

    hey john, im running an sdc2300 and there isnt too many settings to be had... i think i was running it on a 2/5 which is pretty low as it is...just very hot soil out that way i think
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    Maryborough or Bendigo?

    I did think this. lots of trash about.. either people are picking up rubbish and throwing it back out, or the ground hasn't been walked over... In the whipstick near the camp ground there are lots of false signals. Verrrry hot ground indeedio. i thought i was onto some rippers, then i realised...
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    Maryborough or Bendigo?

    Hey all, So the powers that be decided that they didn't need me in either of those places and instead they sent me to Mildura >.< I still got got to drive through the GT and stopped in at eaglehawk for a few hours for nothing but shotty slugs and a couple hours around the camp ground at the...
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    Maryborough or Bendigo?

    thanks heaps for the advice guys. yeah im really liking the idea of maryborough and definitely keen to get into the prospecting supply shops and check out some history. We don't have much in the way of gold anything down here on the island.
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    Maryborough or Bendigo?

    ohhh youre a legend T! thanks for the info matey. ill certainly buy one of those books. i found some nice cheap accommodation in eddington which looks to be in between the two and will work out of maryborough i think so i can be closer to accom and swing and dig around there. i just have to...
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    Maryborough or Bendigo?

    g'day all! first time post as i live in tassie so generally get around the tassie boards. i am coming to country vic for work next week till the end of july and have the option to be based around Maryborough or Bendigo with the hope of getting out after work for a couple hours each night for a...
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