Today I MADE

[Guest]

Silver I'll have a crack at most things, but even I am not silly enough to splash acid/alkali and molten metal around(any more) Years ago we used to wash out then break up car batteries- get a fire going-trample most of the corrugations out of a bit of roofing iron, bend one end into a v-funnel. Place the iron over the fire and throw the battery plates on. Rake them around with a garden rake and catch the lead in an old saucepan.
OH&S, Dept. of Environment, etc., etc., etc... would have a field day with that one!!

 

[Sandta]

yeah perth mint sell it in granules or in bar/coins - i get them from people in adelaide who send silver to peter w beck to be refined

My appologies to humbolt
Assumption will make an ass out of you me everytime
:8

 

[Sa_bogan]

all good - i will most likely send some stuff i have to humbolt to refine - a big mix of silver items

 

[Humbolt]

all good - i will most likely send some stuff i have to humbolt to refine - a big mix of silver items

ya better send me some of the yellow stuff then too mate

 

[silver]

all good - i will most likely send some stuff i have to humbolt to refine - a big mix of silver items

999.9 Ag would be too soft to do anything with bar drool over it,.... but drooling like that would make you feel real good,.... I'm wondering what the sniff of pure silver (old stuff) would smell like.

 

[Guest]

Still need a lick of paint, a handgrip and some wingnuts and bolts tomorrow. Extra bracket on shaft for hipstick.

Not quite as neat as an sdc or gpz, but compact all the same.

 

[silver]

I can't wait to follow the finds thread for it tim !

 

[Guest]

I decided not to post the 6 inch flat belt pulley I dug up out the back yard in the finds section, or the broken off brass screws. 8.(

 

[BigWave]

Not sure if this idea is widely used - a detecting mate showed me his.

Inserted (drilled and glued) Neodymium magnets (http://aussiemagnets.com.au/magnets/Rare-Earth-(Neodymium)/) into the ends of my picks to test the ground and find that piece of metal in the scoop. Saves a lot of time (if getting many trashy targets).

They have even pick up some heavy ironstone rocks! They're Ni plated so are corrosion resistant and clean with a wipe of the thumb.

 

[aussiefarmer]

I have seen plenty of hollow ones srcewed on but drilling and inserting is by far the best idea i have seen for smooth handle and easy to wipe off. 8)

 

[Guest]

And for the real trashy areas you can make one of these-

Bigwave that mob are a lot better on their prices than any others in Oz I've come across.

 

[kawman]

two heads is better than one mate..

 

[aussiefarmer]

Barely need a detector with that rake Tim 8) should be able to walk along and feel it pull towards the ground :lol:

 

[Guest]

If you lose it just drive around, and it will eventually find the car!

 

[aussiefarmer]

The neo magnet i have will stick to the fridge through my hand , if there was six on a rake like that you wouldnt get it out of the car :lol:

 

[Guest]

Yeah farma they're pretty good. Unless I'm scratching around in real solid stuff I have that in my belt loop. A few years ago I acquired 2 6x4 inch railway signal magnets, about an inch thick. I made the mistake of bringing them together while holding them in front of my gut-which got between them- I ended up with a six inch blood blister! 8.(

 

[Jaros]

Is that what the strap on your left thigh is for???
Jaros

 

[Guest]

If you were handy with a welder and a plasma cutter, you could make a rake like that with a point one end and a hoe the other-out of a bit thicker gauge metal ?????? The rake would have to be a bit deeper to accommodate the hoe width. Maybe just a prospecting pick with teeth down one side? Food for thought..........

 

[BigWave]

Hey Tim, I like your all-in-one rake/magnet. I made a separate "magnet rake" for iron sweeping after raking (the trailing stabiliser is hinged to enable fold-up), but that's just 2 things to carry around. I think I'll steal your idea

 

[Guest]

Got the Sniffer painted and the speaker wire coil(in front of Sniffer) finished. It was made for the Surf, but works better on the Sniffer-good depth and sensitivity for its size.. The one on it is the Tesla-style coil made from internet cable, flat wound from 2" to 6", 14 winds-that was twice as many as I needed for 480uH-whoops, so the last half of the wires are seriesed but open ended. That's the most sensitive one. Elliptical is 300uH-works as good as the ML commander on the Surf. Big coil(450uH) works good on both.

I have the Newhobby NH-5 kit coming in a week or so, then either Crazy-tech's Vandal pulse 2 or Newhobby's Magnum vlf kit .