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HI All,
I have been reading the forum for some time now and decided to sign up.
I have been panning and detecting for some time with very little success.
I was detecting earlier this week near an old mine in Walhalla and was just running the detector as my mate and I were walking down the old road to the mine.
All of a sudden my Goldmonster went troppo making noises I had never heard before and actually reset.
After a reset I tried it again a bit slower and the Right gold bar indicator we bouncing so hard I thought it might break the LCD.
A Digging I go. You would think this road was made from reinforced concrete it was that hard. I was using a pick, crowbar, hammer & chisel to get the digging done.
Every handful of burden I strangled from my hole got passed over the detector as you do.
An hour later a solid object began to rise from the dig as I loosened the stone around it. Get the Gold Monster out. Yep still going nuts.
I had a good look thinking it may have been some sort of conglomerate. I chipped at it with my Geo pick hammer then noticed shiney marks where I did.
BLOODY HELL!!! the penny dropped it was some sort of lead pipe. 8.( At this stage I was both amused and annoyed. I pulled the pin and called it a day.
Was still a fun day outdoors and I enjoyed every bit of it.
Glad to be here See ya in the soup
I have been reading the forum for some time now and decided to sign up.
I have been panning and detecting for some time with very little success.
I was detecting earlier this week near an old mine in Walhalla and was just running the detector as my mate and I were walking down the old road to the mine.
All of a sudden my Goldmonster went troppo making noises I had never heard before and actually reset.
After a reset I tried it again a bit slower and the Right gold bar indicator we bouncing so hard I thought it might break the LCD.
A Digging I go. You would think this road was made from reinforced concrete it was that hard. I was using a pick, crowbar, hammer & chisel to get the digging done.
Every handful of burden I strangled from my hole got passed over the detector as you do.
An hour later a solid object began to rise from the dig as I loosened the stone around it. Get the Gold Monster out. Yep still going nuts.
I had a good look thinking it may have been some sort of conglomerate. I chipped at it with my Geo pick hammer then noticed shiney marks where I did.
BLOODY HELL!!! the penny dropped it was some sort of lead pipe. 8.( At this stage I was both amused and annoyed. I pulled the pin and called it a day.
Was still a fun day outdoors and I enjoyed every bit of it.
Glad to be here See ya in the soup
