Clermont revisited in July 2017

I have posted before on my finds at Clermont & Dells Hole, Qld.  On my return trip I stopped at Clermont again and stayed for about 3 weeks and came up with these (still some Quartz & ironstone in some nuggets -

Very nice Annie, well worth stopping, and thanks for the pictures.

cheers dave

You little ripper Annie, and who said there was no more gold at Clermont.

Cheers

Doug

Nice haul and some great species in there as well.

Congrats Annie.

Regards Axtyr.

Gold looks great Annie well done..I see you have upgraded to the 7000 after using the 5000...I have done likewise recently Can i ask what your thoughts on the GPZ are so far?

Cheers
Bill

Well!.. look at you go girl!  nice haul,    I too would be interested to hear your opinions and comments on the 7000.

Wayne.

Thanks for the compliments everyone.

Wayne & Bill, on the GPZ 7000, I thought the weight may be too much for me but I have coped quite well with the aid of the hipstick.  JP also set me up with a Camelback with a booster and I find the Camelback pretty comfortable with the benefit of having 3L of water on board.

Clermont required a lot of walking, hills & gullies, and I like to find new areas (not just the tried and true well mined areas) and I found a rest stop every couple of hours and a stop for lunch were a must.  

What I feel about the GPZ -  I love just having the one coil and feeling 'confident' in its ability to find all size nuggets.  Travelling in a caravan permanently, there is not so much gear to take with you and choosing the best coils to take with the GPX 5000 is a thing of the past.  I can lock it up in secure drawers in the back of the vehicle.  I don't have the larger coil and don't know for sure if I would even buy one.

I felt like a lot of things I've learned in the last 5 years just seemed to "gell" this season and I had a 'nose' where to look. Last year I was in WA and felt a bit 'lost' over there. Hard to explain.  Other prospectors were also good to chat to and run things past.  I also was detecting with a friend, Jim, who detected a 41.3 gram nugget down 500 cm with his GPZ and I watched him dig it out.  What a buzz!!

Excellent results there AnnieL

Glad to read your view on the 7000

Look forward to seeing more soon

Hello Anne, Good detecting, also I think I have to get a detector like Jim's. A 41.3gm at 5 meter depth is quite an achievement Cheers. Hermann.

Hermann wrote:Hello Anne,  Good detecting, also I think I have to get a detector like Jim's.  A 41.3gm at 5 meter depth is quite an achievement Cheers.  Hermann.

   
Hey Herman,we can see Annie didn't really mean 5 meters  But i know you can dig em deep

PS..How you going?

Cheers Bill

Hi Annie, nice nugget for Jim  I hear what your saying, it is good to hear you feel you have turned a corner in your detecting, I think most of us get that feeling at some time, its a sweet feeling, I think they call it self confidence  I am sure you have earned it, good luck for the future.

Wayne.