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Went out to on Sunday morning to an old patch in Amherst. This patch was found by accident by my father 20 odd years ago he fell over a branch as he was trying to step over it. Being close by as he was in his late years and recovering from Bowel cancer at the time I was told by my mum to keep a watchful on eye him. I rush over and help him up being very concern about his well being, all he was interested in was the signal that he heard before going A up into the vegetation.
I stood back and watched as he dug up a very good nugget of 10.5 grams, we then decided to grid and rake the area and managed to get over 2 ounces from that area.
Over many years we would always go back to the area with every new detector that we brought it saw the 15000, 16000, 17000 2000, 2200 3000, 3500, 4500,
and the 5000. We would often just go there and dig up a bucket of soil just so that he could pan it off at home. Each time a little bit more of the that yellow stuff came to light. It was hard ground to detect that red clay with ironstone through it and the odd bit of charcoal that would make the detectors scream.
So after buying the zed 7000, what the hell give it a go on the old patch. Dad's long passed away so I don't think that he'd mind. Tried the 7000 for a while and found some shot gun pellets but no gold.
After that thought give the old 5000 a go that machine just loves to work well and came up trumps with the gold. It may have been small but it's still gold.
OK so it so small that it doesn't even register on the scale but it does prove that the 5000 is still a great machine. Reckon the old mate would have approved of the effort.
cheers db.
I stood back and watched as he dug up a very good nugget of 10.5 grams, we then decided to grid and rake the area and managed to get over 2 ounces from that area.
Over many years we would always go back to the area with every new detector that we brought it saw the 15000, 16000, 17000 2000, 2200 3000, 3500, 4500,
and the 5000. We would often just go there and dig up a bucket of soil just so that he could pan it off at home. Each time a little bit more of the that yellow stuff came to light. It was hard ground to detect that red clay with ironstone through it and the odd bit of charcoal that would make the detectors scream.
So after buying the zed 7000, what the hell give it a go on the old patch. Dad's long passed away so I don't think that he'd mind. Tried the 7000 for a while and found some shot gun pellets but no gold.
After that thought give the old 5000 a go that machine just loves to work well and came up trumps with the gold. It may have been small but it's still gold.
OK so it so small that it doesn't even register on the scale but it does prove that the 5000 is still a great machine. Reckon the old mate would have approved of the effort.
cheers db.
