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So if you find an old coin sometimes the only way to date the coin is to know your roman numerals. as I understand it m=1000 d=500 c=100 l=50 x=10 v=5 i=1, but I have recently found 2 'one tenth of a pound' florins that have me scratching my head showing the numerals r and b. The one on the left...

hi all, a friend of mine has just picked up a gp extreme and was asking me about mono coils that would be suitable for this very capable machine, it has a 5 pin coil plug but they only came with dd coils. I am in the dark as I still only run my 4500. Thankyou for any responses as I am sure...

Hi everyone, I am about to update my phone to bring myself into the 21st century. I don't want to spend a lot of cash and don't require a lot of tech crap I will never use, but I want a good camera memory and battery life. in at officeworks they have an oppo A53s for $235, it has 128gb memory...

Had a mate come over yesterday with a problem with his older 4500. It was making a ticking sound coming through the headphones sounding like an electric fence shorting out on wet grass, so we packed all my spares into the car and went out for some tests. So first up we did a factory reset, no...

Well you wouldn't think it possible down the southern end of the peninsula at a place called xxxxxxxxxx just there right on the beach front. There I was setting up to make some sinkers for fishing, so I chucked a handful of my collection of lead into my melting pot and started heating on the gas...

just a question to do with hubs. do you set them to 'lock' or 'auto' when normal city type driving. i have a Nissan Patrol myself which i have the front hubs set on 'auto', it is in for repairs at the moment and have been lucky enough that a mate has lent me his Patrol for the time being and i...

Hi all, a mate is in a spot, he is looking to buy a caravan for sale in south Brisbane area [ Springwood ], and he is in Adelaide. Is there a forum member living somewhere close to it who is a little familiar with caravans and their faults who would be able to have a look over this van to maybe...

I was absolutely gobsmacked when this lump showed itself. I knew it was going to be good but I am sure you will agree that this piece is truly special. The full story is in this month's G,G,T. and when I submitted it I was really hopeful that I might finally make the front cover or at least get...

A bit of a rude shock yesterday when making enquiries on behalf of a buyer of my Pontiac and the reg. dept. told me any white on black numerical plates have to be surrendered upon the sale of any vehicle. In my opinion this not only reduces the historical interest in the vehicle but also stops...

When it's too windy to go fishing it's time to pull out the exterra and go fishing in the paddocks best thing is the wind keeps the flies away. I have been to this spot before so wasn't expecting to get a coin first up but there it was only 7 paces in. Scored a 1901 thru-penny bit also and this...

Sadly a while ago I lost a good mate and now is the time to quit his detecting equipment, so I have listed them here to start with. THE GPX 4000 comes with 3 coils, Coiltek 18x12 mono, NF 8x6 mono and standard 11 dd, standard shaft and extra long shaft, harness, battery, headphones, 12v and...

Very strange, this morning when I turned my 45 on and looked at the screen it was upside down. I don't know if this has happened before as I don't often check but it is the first time I have noticed it. All good though switched off and on again and everything was right in the world. Has anyone...

yahoo... just won prospecting for gold by ion idriess. I have been after this book for ages and finally gave up waiting for a cheapie to show up. $84. can't wait till it gets here.

I have just heard that the Ballarat council have unfunded the MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY AT EUREKA as such they will have to close. This will mean the original eureka flag will have to find a new home hopefully at the gold museum. They will only be open for about another month so anyone...

Ahh. when you hit a good spot there ain't nothing like that feeling. only an hour for these treasures on an area I have been sniffing around for a few years now. 1905 half penny, 1920 penny, 1900 six pence, 1952 shilling and an Australian commonwealth military uniform button.

Minelab gpx 5000 for sale $4800. I am selling for a friend and I know this would usually put people off but I know everything about the history of this machine and so can guarantee that all the info supplied is true and correct. GPX 5000 with all the usual stuff.. 11'' mono and dd coils...

just wondering if anyone else has had a story published lately. my latest ' the cocklebiddy goldfield' appeared a couple of months ago and I have not seen any payment for it yet. i'm not terribly fussed about it as I do it more for the enjoyment but they used to pay around a hundred bucks, so it...

out today having a swing on the beach with the exterra 705 and got a 16 on the display, now I don't usually dig 16's as they are mostly the pull tabs off of cans, but there wasn't many signals coming so I dug. I was surprised to say the least, even more so when I waved the coil over the bolle's...

this piece doesn't look it at the moment but as it is it weighs spot on 2 ounces [62.2 grams] and my limited experience doing specific gravity tests gives me a gold weight of 29.7 grams so i'm claiming that I have made a 1.4 g mistake somewhere along the way and that's final. I will give it a...

Hi all I have finished reading this book as have a few mates as well so I will post it on to anyone who wants to pm me their details. I will post it Friday along with a list of all the details of other members wanting a read. Lasseters Gold by Warren Brown, a great read. Cheers Mark.