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I was just having a wander through some bush today for a rest from driving and was one step away from landing fare square in the middle of a 5' black snake today . It soon Got the senses going again.

When walking over a Victorian goldfield area detecting, is there any advantage to go E/W to increase the chances of intersecting a reef line ? .Looking at the odd map it would seem feasible.Rather than heading N/S .

My partner has no intention of doing any prospecting whatsoever ,so the funding for my not for profit adventures can be tight. Recently I've come to the conclusion it's time for me to get me a good Pi detector. Of course the decision was the easy bit, getting the funding from the minister of...

Q. What do you think would be the percentage of 5000 buyers that got a full return on the cost of their machine. If they were a regular 40/50 day a year for five years, user and had at least half a clue of where to look ?. Be positive here please .

I just thaught the outcrop looked pretty good. No colour though. Do you test every stringer or is one in a group enough ?

I went to get a new v belt for the drill press ,couldn't be bothered measuring so I just took the unit off the stand . In doing so I thaught that this would be a pretty cost effective way to build a small sampling mill. Just put a welded bolt in the chuck etc ,and a 6" or 8" piec of pipe .you...

I got a few hours in today to continue with my sluice . Here's a few photos. I ended up making the classifier I wanted it a bit longer than 3" and want to keep the flow as smooth as possible into the trap. I am having a bit of trouble keeping it straight, but it's a great exercise and I can...

Tomatoe day today 80 kilos to bottle ,the best bit is fireing up the 44 and then the spuds n damper at the end.

After my purchase of a plastic welder which was pretty cheap by the way ,I had a look around for plastic sheet to buy ,naively I thaught it would be inexpensive ,turns out if I was to get new sheets cut or bought a whole sheet of ABS or Polyurithane it would cost almost as much as a new bazooka...

Does anybody have a quick fix for noise suppression with two strokes (small pumps etc) I understand they need a certain "flow" of gasses but is there a relatively simple muffler you can braze on or construct.

Garnets at what size do garnets ,citrine etc become worth keeping ? There's always the odd one but I never know if they are worth it .

It's not really dyi but using these 20 litre grow bags instead of buckets works well .You can break up conglomerate in them ,they are tough have a handle and you can fit half a dozen next to no space.

I did a bit of a test of my wooden sluice and thought I might add a few bits and make it into a small high banker . I tested the water flow and would need appx 1200lph minimum .it clears out really well very happy with it. There are 4000 liters per hour pumps for $80.00 or so are they the go ??

The boys n I had a great arvo panning ,even found a spec or two.Suprising how much water was in the creek for summer curtesy of a few storms ..

I understand when granite has gold within , its from secondary enrichment ,pressure/heat etc . And mineralised reefs that have formed above the granite are from waters seeping through the granite ,is this during the time that the granite is forming or after ,and I take it that this is a...

I stopped for a break from driving yesterday and followed a line of Quartz down from a roadside to the bedrock of a river . The area was dredged and there was also some reef mining in towns nearby this has probably been checked a million times ,but the practice alone was worth it . I took a...

Crushed a small sample of limonite /quartz (i think) from Lal Lal vic. Puddler bill mentioned I have bornite on the rock ,question is is it possible to have gold bonded onto another mineral or would it be more likely to be a copper .Looking closely to these specs there is clearly two metals one...

I made this a while back ,sad to hear they might be banned. Probably overdone it with the riffles , fun making it though.