⭐ Gold Detecting Show'n Tell

[TTKooAu]

Hey Nenad, thats what its like now your getting older. .......good days......bad days
Sorry mate, couldnt help myself

hahaha.....you crack me up paul-mac!

speaking of bad days.... how's the foot???

(sorry for butting in!)

 

[Guest]

Hey Nenad, thats what its like now your getting older. .......good days......bad days
Sorry mate, couldnt help myself

hahaha.....you crack me up paul-mac!

speaking of bad days.... how's the foot???

(sorry for butting in!)

Hahaha! Its getting better thanks mate, see the surgeon on the 2nd. Ill let you know how I go.

 

[Dignit]

Well done Damit.

 

[Chewy]

Well done dam it.

 

[oncoarse]

My first ever gold find. This week at Creswick using my Nokta Fors Gold. It was covered in Ironstone and I didn't realise it was a nugget until I got it home and looked at it about 20 times. Eventually convinced myself it wasn't a piece of brass. STOKED !!!! It weighs 10 grams! Still needs a bit of cleaning.

the 2nd pic is how it looked when I found it :/

 

[Wishfull]

How deep was it. Nice piece you'd be a happy chappy.

 

[Guest]

May there be many more oncoarse.
well done.
good feeling hey?

 

[RM Outback]

Good on oncoarse 10gm for a 1st bit is a ripper, keep it up

 

[Ridge Runner]

Looks like many of us are looking for flatter ground Maybe that's where the big ones are lurking

Maybe its just we are all getting older and cant cope with the hilly ground :|

My knees are knackered from too many years of indoor soccer, but they magically feel great when I get to the goldfields.

Geeze, I didn't think that you were old enough to have to suffer such things, Sorry to hear that Mate.

Best you go and build a cabin out in the Goldfields then, Instant Cure, and Not One quid paid to medicare, :lol: :lol: :lol:

John

 

[oncoarse]

Thanks Sandta, yes, great feeling! it was about 10cm deep, right next to a fallen tree branch which obviously hadn't been moved for quite a while.

 

[oncoarse]

Thanks Paul_Mac1, great feeling for sure. I just wish I'd realised straight away that it was gold - I would have got the buzz instantly. I'll know next time Still learning though. Cheers.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Paul_Mac1, great feeling for sure. I just wish I'd realised straight away that it was gold - I would have got the buzz instantly. I'll know next time Still learning though. Cheers.

Its all part of the learning curve mate.

 

[Dignit]

Oncoarse ..... You certainly are, if this is your first gold find.
What a ripper!
Now that's certainly going to motivate.
Congrats

 

[SC75]

Congrats on your first find oncoarse. You never forget that first nugget.well done mate.

 

[Coota]

Hi Dig'n,it, I was swinging the ZED mate.
I ended up with 24 grams out of that specimen, sure surprised me.

 

[oncoarse]

I cleaned it up using 9% Hydrochloric acid, then toothpaste, then Nitric (which didn't seem to have a great deal of effect,) then bicarb, then Hydrochloric again, then finished it off with the ultrasonic cleaner with a drop of washing up liquid and a dash of cloudy ammonia - worked a treat. Here it is, I don't think I'll be touching it again

 

[Dignit]

Coota and oncourse ....... Both jaw droppers.
Both very very nice
Congrats

 

[oncoarse]

Thanks Dig'n-it. Much appreciated.

 

[Pig Iron]

Beat this prospectors. Half of an Echidna nose.

 

[Guest]

SDC?

Beat this prospectors. Half of an Echidna nose.

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