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    wanted-blue bowl concentrator.

    bugger ..I have one I dont use ...I use a different system for sorting my concentrate .......anyone interested ?
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    assaying

    heatho i have sent you an email ....ill put a photo up of my sluice when i can
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    assaying

    swinging and digging ..you are like me and most people who are more familiar with teh victorian goldfields ..everywhere is different as in gippsland gold is not like the golden triangle i loved to get up hawthorn creek or similar in gippsland ..no big nuggets or any really just creek gold but...
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    assaying

    ahh rowville ..know it well used to be in dandenong
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    assaying

    you have no idea .... http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=platinum%20beach%20sand its always been there ...knowing how to extract it ..thats the part almost no one knows though i may write a book about it one day im happy no one knows
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    What's in a name? Diggings names that may hold the key

    hows this for coastal gold ....miners beach near port maquarie ..diggers beach near coffs harbour ..also diggers point and a diggers headland then theres new zealand beach and chinamans beach further up evans head ballina way and more i could mention i rememeber being at maroondah city council...
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    assaying

    can anyone recommend someone to assay some concentrate... i have ( beach sand) i have 2.6 oz on hand more if i want to put through my beach sluice...out of that i reckon 1 grain in ten is gold when put under my microscope ....man if only they were nuggets instead of minute sand type grains...
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    Minelab Eureka gold tips, settings, questions

    wow i think ill buy a 6 inch coil for my xt18000 as WOW A SECOND HAND GB2 JUST WENT FOR $1053 ON EBAY ...SECOND BID WAS $1012.....HELL THINGS HAVE GONE CRAZY WITH THE AUSSIE DOLLAR YOU COULD ONCE BUY ONE us $769 AND the high aussie dollar just about paid for the frieght ...now they are something...
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    Buying a gold bug 2 and what coils are best to use

    WOW A SECOND HAND GB2 JUST WENT FOR $1053 ON EBAY ...SECOND BID WAS $1012.....HELL THINGS HAVE GONE CRAZY WITH THE AUSSIE DOLLAR YOU COULD ONCE BUY ONE us $769 AND the high aussie dollar just about paid for the frieght ...now they are something like $1400 new is oz ..and cant get them sent here...
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    Classifier Sieves information and questions

    or is 50 mesh already an imperial size
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    Classifier Sieves information and questions

    sorry if i seem a little ignorant ..is anyone out there good at mesh sizes on sieves ..i have a keene sieve listed at 50 mesh however i need a much smaller mesh ...there is one on ebay 1/100 of an inch ..mot sure how that compares with what i have .i have been googling trying to compare sizes...
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    olympus x

    mmmm just looked at price ....makes the newest minelab look very cheap
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    olympus x

    i was just watching catylist on the abc and they had this electronic tool that could read lead levels in paint and soil ...and i though mmmm could it read gold http://www.olympus-ims.com/en/xrf-xrd/delta-handheld/delta-scrap/ i have never heard of this has anyone else ...you could just run it...
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    Minelab Eureka gold tips, settings, questions

    did you mean a white stripe on the dial or on the box around the dial
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    Minelab Eureka gold tips, settings, questions

    i am unsure as i lost the tone dial ..when i pulled it apart to put a dodgey battery setup that works fine ...i just went to jayco and boufgt an everyday aa battery holder for about 2 dollars instead of genuine item ...i just tape it to the control box ...ugly but works great 70617 is the...
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    Mufflers on two strokes

    gday guys ..my trade is specialising in exhausts....car exhausts really but e strokes are a bit touchy with exhausts unlike 4 strokes wheew wxrea backpressure is not so critical.....to be honest with the price of 4 stroke pumps from china being so low i would just buy a 4 stroke rather than mick...
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    Minelab Eureka gold tips, settings, questions

    i live in an area that is full of quartz veins ..i am thinking of buying a gold bug 2 to wave it over the veins ....millions of them around tho i would say 99.999 percent are baren but with the aussie dollar as it is i am thinking of buying the six inch coiltek coil for my xt1800 ---(much the...
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    My attempt at a Bunnings Sluice

    i reckon buy a wheelie bin ...not a full size one but the many smaller sizes then cut it in the shape od a sluice ...they even have an outward taper and the wheels to wheel your sluice around and .... make up some riffles out of aluminium and simply rivet it to make a removable riffle plate...
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    Australian History

    heres one for you .....how much gold was found in the city of brisbane sydney and melbourne as they were being built yes i have researched it and nuggets were found in the middle of all cities
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    Can someone help a Gippsland newbie !

    hawthorn creek is always worth a go just head out from south neerim when you get to the main river and bridge your pretty much at hawthorn creek ...now the gold is not large it is more flood gold in the banks but its there nad it is patchy but if you find a good patch you will have fun dont...
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