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Gudday all.
As a newby I thought it would be a good idea to post my prospecting efforts here for you to comment on, provide advice, constructive criticism, guidance or general blah.
I went out today with my Garrett DD in my custom backpac to a locale known for its alluvial and reef gold and scoured some dry creek beds. I am still familiarising myself with my newly acquired equiptment. The detector bleeped heaps of times, even when I discriminated out the iron, aluminium and silver. Dug a few times without anything showing up. Even the handheld pointer was frustrating me. I tested it out on a gold ring (not a wedding band - no - me single) and it squealed loud and constant. So it works fine. Then I found a red button in the middle with "p/p - target" written on it and pressed it when passing the coil over the ring. It really squealed. Not sure why but I guess it's important.
So, found loads of serpentinite, mud rock, granite, but no gold.
Tomorrow marshalling at a 4WD comp so no prospecting until Sunday.
Hope you did better than me.
As a newby I thought it would be a good idea to post my prospecting efforts here for you to comment on, provide advice, constructive criticism, guidance or general blah.
I went out today with my Garrett DD in my custom backpac to a locale known for its alluvial and reef gold and scoured some dry creek beds. I am still familiarising myself with my newly acquired equiptment. The detector bleeped heaps of times, even when I discriminated out the iron, aluminium and silver. Dug a few times without anything showing up. Even the handheld pointer was frustrating me. I tested it out on a gold ring (not a wedding band - no - me single) and it squealed loud and constant. So it works fine. Then I found a red button in the middle with "p/p - target" written on it and pressed it when passing the coil over the ring. It really squealed. Not sure why but I guess it's important.
So, found loads of serpentinite, mud rock, granite, but no gold.
Tomorrow marshalling at a 4WD comp so no prospecting until Sunday.
Hope you did better than me.