Western Creek again

[Rockhunter62]

The ute and trailer are packed and I'm out of here at midnight. :Y: :Y: :Y:

Cheers

Doug

 

[Jaros]

Good luck. Lucky bugger. I wish you good luck and happy times ahead.
Jaros ]

 

[BigWave]

Best wishes mate.
Are you taking Carol and your Madagascan pal with you?
Looking forward to some great pics mate!

 

[Rockhunter62]

Hi Pete,

No Carol is staying home till next april due to the heat. A mate from Tully is coming with me and the last I heard Larry was still doing penance back in Madagascar.

Cheers

Doug

 

[Pro-oz]

The ute and trailer are packed and I'm out of here at midnight. :Y: :Y: :Y:

Cheers

Doug

I should see you up there Sunday Doug. Probably not to many up there this time of year?

Cheers
Peter

 

[Rockhunter62]

See you up there Peter.

Cheers

Doug

 

[Diggerman60]

Hi Doug, Did you buy that Z yet or still with the SDC ?
I am down at Hargraves NSW. Heading over to Stuart Town next week.
Hope you find plenty of yellow.
Keep swinging
Gary

 

[Rockhunter62]

Hi Gary,

Still running the sdc but I have to send it back for some repairs as it is playing up a bit. Found 4 small bits totalling 0.8 gm. Will post a photo shortly.

Hope Buddy has been sniffing up the gold for you.

Cheers

Doug

 

[BigWave]

Hi Doug,
With the SDC out of action, I'd really like your opinion of the Gold Monster - don't care if it's trashy or upbeat. Your opinion is an independent is one that I'd strongly listen to.
Hope you're doing well mate :Y:

 

[Rockhunter62]

Here is the finds for the weekend.

The wee little one bottom right went 0.11gm and was where I found some nuggets before. Heard a slight noise and persisted in digging it. Was found about 75mm down in clay. :Y:

Would of liked to stay longer but the sdc was playing up.

Cheers

Doug

 

[BigWave]

Wow, 0.11 at 75cm must be some kind of record. With the Zed right?

 

[Rockhunter62]

Wow, 0.11 at 75cm must be some kind of record. With the Zed right?

Hey Pete, you may have had one too many reds, I said 75mm. If I could get the sdc to see 0.11gms at 75cm I wouldn't bother getting a GPZ.

Cheers

Doug

 

[BigWave]

Bourbons mate - Bourbons :lol:
Even at 75mm, that's good detecting - can't be much wrong with the SDC.
We also had another solar storm whilst you were out there.

 

[Rockhunter62]

Hi Doug,
With the SDC out of action, I'd really like your opinion of the Gold Monster - don't care if it's trashy or upbeat. Your opinion is an independent is one that I'd strongly listen to.
Hope you're doing well mate :Y:

Hi Pete,

I only got to try the GM for about 15 minutes last weekend. Having used the zed and the sdc (both pi machines) then trying the GM is like going from a ferrari back to a model t ford. The gm always sounded like it had a loose connection somewhere. Checked coil cable to head unit but that was secure. Giving signals when nothing is there. Don't bump coil either (maybe something loose inside).

Noticed it would give an iron signal to the left swing and gold signal on the right swing but would only be a rock. :/ Had sensitivity down about 6 so I couldn't find all the rocks.

Discrimination worked well, I didn't have to listen to all the false signals. Checked a lot of signals with the sdc (before it played up) Only to find nothing. SDC sensitivity on 5 and threshold on max, 1-2 red leds showing (super sucker mode).

Still early days but at this stage I have absolutely no confidence in the gm. It may get relegated to beach work only. I'll give it a run down there over my next break.

For a beginner with no experience I think that they would be better to try something else. We have not got our moneys worth out of this machine. For us who have used PI machines the GM is nothing but an expensive toy.

This is only my thoughts and opinions and I will endeavour to work this machine out in the near future. For those who are using the GM successfully congratulations. :Y: I haven't given up on it yet.

Hope this helps Pete.

Cheers

Doug

 

[Rockhunter62]

Bourbons mate - Bourbons :lol:
Even at 75mm, that's good detecting - can't be much wrong with the SDC.
We also had another solar storm whilst you were out there.

Talked to the Minelab tech and he believes that it may be an threshold problem when getting too hot. He will put it in the oven and check it out. :Y:

The solar storm came over like lightning does. Indiscriminate background scatter.

Cheers

Doug

 

[BigWave]

Thanks for the feedback on the GM Doug :Y:
Good luck with the SDC - must be getting hot out there.
Cheers BW

 

[Pro-oz]

Was good to catch up briefly at WC Doug, hope you get the SDC problem sorted. Well you did better than me using the ZED, one for 0.30.
I ended up leaving early as well, couldn't handle the heat I was the last to leave out of three other camps yesterday, to my knowledge the camp is empty at the moment.
Sadly I wont be out again until about May next year. Cheers for now.

Peter

 

[user 7268]

Yes she's pretty hot all right ................... was dawn to midday then back to sit out the rest of the day in the air con
Came home with bottom half of legs white from wearing the gaiters and the rest black. Speaking of gaiters .............. Brownie from WC, Kev from DH and Noel from LG are all sporting the latest in gaiters courtesy of Dean from DD Leather. :Y: The guys are pretty impressed with the leg protection offered by Deans gear.

Had the usual great time up there pocketing a nice little assortment of the golden type :Y: Fixed a few bikes and vehicles which is always appreciated by Noel and Kev and even hand printed a calf so I'm told and will be interested to see if he remembers me when next back and that I will be as the hospitality I'm shown every time is second to none.
Oh and ya can't beat the views ...................... I could wake up to this every morning no problem

And of course the infamous Cocker Rock complete with quartz ring

 

[user 7268]

Close up of Cocker Rock ........................ up in the Granite country Dells Hole

A bit of Glamping in FNQ

 

[Rockhunter62]

Now that is roughing it bogger. :Y: You need that up there at the moment.

Cheers

Doug