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    Keeping track

    Hi all. Just wondering how many people keep a field diary, is it a paper notebook or electronic, both, what info do you put in it? i was thinking keeping one, with Lat and Long, date time, depth, machine type, settings, coil, gold, weight, no gold. ground type. In either paper or electronic...
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    Nugget of a name

    So does anyone name their nuggets, or what weight would be your minimum for a name?
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    4th times the charm

    Got out for my 4th swing today, found an old old track leading to some workings from the old timers, so i figured, maybe the old timers lost some stuff off the wagons cart or whatever along this road. So i swung along about 200 meters of this old overgrown track. found 4 old bullets, and some...
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    Natural Sluice??

    Hi all, The pictures don't do justice but, I stumbled on this today, it is in an old river bed, the old timers stacked stones along both side about 2 feet high, it goes down hill and there are 2 large steps. kind of like step, landing, step landing. Each landing is about 6 foot long and the...
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    Third time out

    Got out for my third swing today, not much but rusty junk. i think i've got the machine sorted, now i just have to learn how to read the ground or theres just no gold left out at Mt Doran... although with all this rusty stuff, im thinking of starting a scrap metal business... haha still it was...
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    First swing today

    So i finally got out for a swing, my first. I'm using a GP extreme with an extreme 1100 coil I went out for a few hours around the Mt Doran area looking for the old digging sites. i dont think i was really in the right area, I think i got the settings sorted on the machine but reading the ground...
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    yet another newbie

    Hi all, Im from Geelong, have a GP extreme with an extreme 1100 coil. haven't had it out yet, but im hanging to get out there and have a go. So i guess once i get out there i guess i should be rich in, what, 2 weeks or so :P :D see ya round the digs.
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