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Found two bits yesterday with the 5000 using an 11" commander at a few inches deep. 
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Great finds and pics fellas, thanks for sharing.
Cheers T.
Cheers T.
What was the weight bushpig ? they would have to rank as one of the smallest species I have seen, not that I've seem hundreds of them.
Way to go BP. Your'e really nailing them, as I hope you are with Ballarat's "finest". Cheers BW
Found this little beauty just a couple of inches deep last Sunday but with a massive hangover from the doggys game, was a tough day
One more to the collection but had to sell up wife's orders lol
Nah just needed the $$$ kids expenses don't come cheap
One more to the collection but had to sell up wife's orders lol
Nah just needed the $$$ kids expenses don't come cheap
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SC75 said:Found this little beauty just a couple of inches deep last Sunday but with a massive hangover from the doggys game, was a tough day
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/5730/1475827209_fullsizerender_7.jpg
One more to the collection but had to sell up wife's orders lol
Nah just needed the $$$ kids expenses don't come cheap
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/5730/1475828374_img_1907.jpg
Wow great collection!
Well done!
Moneybox
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Mrs M and I left in April this year for a birthday party at Shark Bay. We spent the first month fishing and sight seeing with many of our family members from the eastern states. From there we headed northeast to escape the oncoming winter thats quite cold and wet in WAs southwest.
Before leaving home we packed all the tools for prospecting. We have a crow bar, shovels, sieves, rakes, picks, detectors, hoes, rope ladder, ropes and chains, maps and GPS and a PLB just in case something serious happens. Weve shared our months away looking for old bottles, gemstones, rusty relics and gold. Wed planned on three or four months away but I was always hopeful it would still drag out a bit further. The nasty weather down south helped me there
This is the result of some serious research and several weeks or really intense detecting in the Pilbara region of WA. We took a break on a couple of occasions collecting colourful rocks, bottles, coins and things and then hit the gold again.
There were some huge gold finds while we were there. Several groups of people were involved prospecting on a pending lease just a few kilometres down the road from Karratha. Over 1000 ounces were reportedly found but as the news spread of each new find the place was crawling with vehicles and detectors. We're not that keen on being seen in the field so for the majority of the time we headed off to more remote locations hoping to pick up the odd bit. We travelled into remote hills and valleys where at times there were no roads or tracks. Fortunately our vehicle only suffered one puncture in the bush and a tyre blow-out on the highway.
The detectors needed some attention while we were in the bush. We purchased and wore out 5 skid plates on the SDC and ended up repairing the last of them to keep going. I started out with a new skid plate and wore out 2 more on the 4500 before repairing the last one of those as well. The coil hinges wore out on the SDC causing the coil to flop about with no way of tightening it. I used the plastic from a yoghurt container to form a replaceable bush in the hinge, something it should have been made with. The battery charger on the SDC was always troublesome but it got to the point where we had to replace it and while we were at it we bought a third set of rechargeable 'C' size batteries. The adaptor cable on the SDC gave trouble again so Mrs M ended up using the original Koss earphones but it looks like the audio plug on the detector is a bit dicky because it still gave her trouble. I had trouble keeping the skid plates on the 4500 until I got Leukoplast from the chemist. It's much more abrasive resistant than the insulation tape I used previously. The batteries on the White's GMT (our pin pointer) went flat as well and they were only about 18 months old
We got lucky, very lucky, because we are used to finding quite a bit of small gold but rarely get a decent sized nugget. This time we got several and many of them came from well worked ground that has seen way too many GPZ7000s over it in the last couple of years. Hunting the yellow we used the GPX4500 with a 14" Coiltek Mono Elite and an SDC2300 along with a little blood, sweat and tears :/
Before leaving home we packed all the tools for prospecting. We have a crow bar, shovels, sieves, rakes, picks, detectors, hoes, rope ladder, ropes and chains, maps and GPS and a PLB just in case something serious happens. Weve shared our months away looking for old bottles, gemstones, rusty relics and gold. Wed planned on three or four months away but I was always hopeful it would still drag out a bit further. The nasty weather down south helped me there
This is the result of some serious research and several weeks or really intense detecting in the Pilbara region of WA. We took a break on a couple of occasions collecting colourful rocks, bottles, coins and things and then hit the gold again.
There were some huge gold finds while we were there. Several groups of people were involved prospecting on a pending lease just a few kilometres down the road from Karratha. Over 1000 ounces were reportedly found but as the news spread of each new find the place was crawling with vehicles and detectors. We're not that keen on being seen in the field so for the majority of the time we headed off to more remote locations hoping to pick up the odd bit. We travelled into remote hills and valleys where at times there were no roads or tracks. Fortunately our vehicle only suffered one puncture in the bush and a tyre blow-out on the highway.
The detectors needed some attention while we were in the bush. We purchased and wore out 5 skid plates on the SDC and ended up repairing the last of them to keep going. I started out with a new skid plate and wore out 2 more on the 4500 before repairing the last one of those as well. The coil hinges wore out on the SDC causing the coil to flop about with no way of tightening it. I used the plastic from a yoghurt container to form a replaceable bush in the hinge, something it should have been made with. The battery charger on the SDC was always troublesome but it got to the point where we had to replace it and while we were at it we bought a third set of rechargeable 'C' size batteries. The adaptor cable on the SDC gave trouble again so Mrs M ended up using the original Koss earphones but it looks like the audio plug on the detector is a bit dicky because it still gave her trouble. I had trouble keeping the skid plates on the 4500 until I got Leukoplast from the chemist. It's much more abrasive resistant than the insulation tape I used previously. The batteries on the White's GMT (our pin pointer) went flat as well and they were only about 18 months old
We got lucky, very lucky, because we are used to finding quite a bit of small gold but rarely get a decent sized nugget. This time we got several and many of them came from well worked ground that has seen way too many GPZ7000s over it in the last couple of years. Hunting the yellow we used the GPX4500 with a 14" Coiltek Mono Elite and an SDC2300 along with a little blood, sweat and tears :/
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Wow Moneybox 8) thats amazing
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Incredible stuff MB, Congrats to you both, that is some serious hard work.
thanks for posting it,
John.
thanks for posting it,
John.
Fantastic result Mr & Mrs MB. It's great to see the final tally. I've thoroughly enjoyed reading your epic adventure. Hope to be able to do it myself one day. Your adventure is inspirational.
Thanks so much for taking the trouble to share it. Safe travels.
Thanks so much for taking the trouble to share it. Safe travels.
Mr & Mrs Moneybox,
Fanbloodytastic effort...
Good on you both I have been reading your posts enjoying your travels and the photos....
Of all the knickknacks you both have found....some I recognise from days gone by others not so...lol
Enjoy a well earned rest at home .....lol ( if there is such a thing )..lol
cheers Nanjim
Jim
Fanbloodytastic effort...
Good on you both I have been reading your posts enjoying your travels and the photos....
Of all the knickknacks you both have found....some I recognise from days gone by others not so...lol
Enjoy a well earned rest at home .....lol ( if there is such a thing )..lol
cheers Nanjim
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Great write up thanks for posting, special.
Can't wait until we have the same experience a few years away yet but stories like this one keeps the dream alive.
Can't wait until we have the same experience a few years away yet but stories like this one keeps the dream alive.
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