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  1. J

    Web sites for soil depth surveys

    Hi all, just wondering if there are web sites to use that can tell you how deep or shallow the over burden is in a particular area so you can narrow down detectable areas and if so what am I looking for in the search, should I be punching in satellite image data, or geo whateveryoucallit...
  2. J

    Rock formation

    Hi all, went out for a drive around Daylesford, Newstead Castlemaine area and noticed formations of rock running up and over hills etc. they were all running in straight lines in various locations, some places 7-8 lines wide, not sure what type of rock they were, if you've driven from Daylesford...
  3. J

    First nugget

    Well, after heaps of advice from the guys on this forum, plenty of research and a lot of hours cleaning the bush of junk, finally got got my first couple of nuggets with my gpx 5000, went out with a mate and all up we got 15 pieces between us, only small but at least we got some, awesome day
  4. J

    Help with fox 5000

    went to creswick today and was using the 5000 with a Sadie coil, in fine gold all settings fp, detecting on mullock heaps got first target, a tiny bit of bird shot, then got another target which sounded similar but I could tell it was deeper, as I was pulling soil out of the hole I was scanning...
  5. J

    Crevicing

    question, when crevicing, do you have to process all the material there and then or are you allowed to take it home to process if there is no water in area ?
  6. J

    Specimen bottles

    Can anyone tell me where to get the small glass jars that you store gold in, like little display jars, I think they might be magnified as well, cheers
  7. J

    Slaty Creek, Creswick Victoria information and questions.

    Can anyone tell me if slaty creek has any water in it at the moment, I was wanting to head up that way and run the high banker tomorrow, any info would be great, thanks in advance
  8. J

    Diggings

    this might sound like a dumb question, when you see dig holes like you see around creswick for example, the holes that are like 3 to 5 ft wide, most have broken bits of timber and stuff at the bottom with a bit of soil chucked on top, is that as deep as they are, eg 1m deep or could they be a...
  9. J

    Help with gpx5000

    Just after a bit of advice, I was out around tarnagulla using a gox5000 with a commander mono coil, I'm new to this so not sure if this should happen but even when I lightly brushed the coil over the surface it would sound off like a faint target, sometimes even if I flicked a couple of thin...
  10. J

    waanyarra

    Hi all, i was out around Waanyarra the other day and was hoping to use the highbanker by using water from the the dams around the back of the camp ground but somebody has dug out the side and let the water out, does anyone know why this was done,or was it by someone not thinking and hoping to...
  11. J

    just starting out

    Hi all, just doing as the heading suggests and introducing myself, i live out tarneit/hoppers crossing way fairly new to this but have been researching for quite a long time as my ancestors are all from the bendigo newstead area and were amongst some of the early miners in that area, so the...
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