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Post  Kon61gold Thu Oct 11, 2018 7:59 pm

G'day all

3 hrs of ground time today, netted me only one bit of colour for the arvo, but Oi, the tiddlers seem to be growing in size Shocked Q35
Take care & best of luck out there all.

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Post  GemQ Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:42 pm

Lovely piece Kon Shocked - those babies are definitely growing up
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Post  moredeep Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:29 pm

bewdaful,it looks like south america,
well done kon,
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Post  Guest Fri Oct 12, 2018 12:16 am

Well done Kon. Nice gold. I can't remember the last time I got anything that big.
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Post  Guest Fri Oct 12, 2018 11:28 am

Very nice nuggy there Kon.    T06    Good to see they’re getting bigger, congrats and thanks for sharing.   T25

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Post  Kon61gold Fri Oct 12, 2018 12:08 pm

Cheers gents. Q11 T25
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Post  Travelergold Fri Oct 12, 2018 6:18 pm

Geez kon, see what happens when you dont get out for a while. Gives the little buggers a chance to grow. Nice nugget. Cheers TG

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Post  Willo Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:15 pm

Well done Kon, thats a nugget on steroids and wearing the gold jersey at the Tour D France!

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Post  Kon61gold Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:16 pm

Thanks TG/Ian.  Yes it has been some time, I'm plagued with one to many family commitments at the moment. Just in case some people on here might be thinking I'm hitting areas of private ground, I can assure all here, I aint. All these bits of colour, were found on/over flogged to death crown land. The trick here is to pick an area carefully (where one thinks or believes good gold might have come out from in the past) & go low & slow, working the ground methodically, listening for the faintest break in threshold response.  
I get a good laugh when I see someone swinging a coil faster than Speedy Gonzales can run, whilst moving over ground like a whirly whirly. Shocked Q35

Cheers guy's  Kon. T25
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Post  Camohunter Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:26 pm

Well done what a great nugget, affraid

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Post  deutran Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:53 pm

A really nice find Kon.
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Post  Kon61gold Sat Oct 13, 2018 1:15 am

Thanks Camohunter/deutran. The largest bit of colour found, (on the shallow bank by the side of a 3 foot boulder) gave a faint signal. It was sitting in a clay, 13 inches down.  A further 18 inches down, 2/3 feet away, in a shallow, narrow, worked feeder, could be seen slate/bedrock.  
I can only conclude & ask myself, what else could be sitting in the ground between where the nugget was found & the bedrock bellow that we're not hearing?
This is why I say, the only thing thrashed to death, is not the ground that gives us no further signal responses, but the limits of our detectors depths.

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Post  Detectist Sat Oct 13, 2018 12:57 pm

Well done Kon61. A nice bit.
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Post  Kon61gold Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:14 pm

Thanks Detectist.

Cheers Kon. Q11 T25
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Post  slimpickens Sat Oct 13, 2018 8:49 pm

I'm sorry Kon, but forum rules  do not allow nuggets over 10 grams to be called tiddlers.Laughing  Wow! Good onya man. T06
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Post  Kon61gold Sat Oct 13, 2018 9:16 pm

Thanks Harry. Picked up within the first 5 minutes of switching the detector on. The only other target response was a part rusted old nail further up for the whole 3 hrs of ground time spent. This tells ya that the locality has had the eyes picked out of it. Clean of all junk targets. Shocked

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Post  hapalogh Sat Oct 13, 2018 10:56 pm

Hi Con congrats on your great finds.
Talking about low and slow and flogged out areas,using the 2300 det I always get small lead shot, and the same day I got a signal that was less noticeable than the tiny lead shot I was finding.
Almost left it but decided to re ckeck again ,and  got the same tiny signal again, and low and behold, I scored a .03 grammer now thats a tiddler.
Now that was hard to find as well, as yours,so any time you want to swap, let me know:lol!:

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Post  Kon61gold Sat Oct 13, 2018 11:29 pm

0.03 grammer Shocked Nah, there's no way known I can compete with that size slug of gold hapalogh. The smallest in that picture weighed in at 0.4 gm. Although we shouldn't be by-passing &/or leaving behind any loud signal we come across, without seeing what the target is, it's those very faint signal responses  we should pay careful attention to. A faint signal in the ground (less a pocket or section of highly meneralized ground) can only be one of 2 things, a very small target closer to the surface, or like in my case (& on/over the 4 larger nuggets found), a larger target deeper down bellow, just within detector/coil reach.

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Post  AnnieL Mon Oct 15, 2018 10:52 am

Very nice finds there, Kon. Hope they keep getting bigger. Q15
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Post  Kon61gold Mon Oct 15, 2018 1:35 pm

Thanks Annie.

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Post  Nightjar Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:27 am

Well done Kon,
The beauty on the scales looks like a young fella looking to heaven praying for a few more. Very Happy








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Post  Kon61gold Tue Oct 16, 2018 4:28 pm

Thanks Pete. I know see what you mean (with the forehead, eyes, nose & chin looking up to the heavens). I'm always in awe when through orientation of any nugget, tends to take the shape of some some other living creature. My luck can't keep going on like this forever. I'm bound to switching back to finding the real tiddlers soon. Shocked Q35  

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Post  Nightjar Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:05 am

Kon,
Maybe there is some truth in this prediction, time to hoard a gram or three...

https://news.goldcore.com/ie/gold-blog/gold-price-seen-doubling-to-new-record-over-2400-per-ounce-asian-gold-demand-to-double/




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Post  granite2 Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:48 pm

Good one, Kon.
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Post  Kon61gold Mon Oct 22, 2018 8:05 pm

Thanks Jim

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Post  ben digo Wed Oct 31, 2018 6:03 pm

I would be very happy with that small one Smile
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Post  Kon61gold Wed Oct 31, 2018 10:06 pm

Thanks ben digo. Although getting harder to come by, It's still good to know that the odd bit of gold, is awaiting to be uncovered.

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Post  Kon61gold Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:17 pm

G'day fellow prospectors

Just when I thought it was all over, netted this 19gm bit of gold, in heavily worked/thrashed ground a couple of days ago & only now after an ultrasonic bath, posted it up. Considering it gave a good clear signal, & was only a measured 11 inches down, embedded in clay in amongst slate, I cannot understand how anyone could have missed it. My first bit of gold for the new year & it had to be the biggest bit so far? Shocked
Nightjar, I think you're on the right track about the hoarding a gram or three part.

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Post  Guest Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:31 pm

That’s a nice start for the new year Kon. T06 Congrats for your nice solid nuggy and thanks for sharing. T25 Hopefully there’s a few more hiding there for you to find.

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Post  Kon61gold Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:52 pm

Thanks Mike & I sure am looking forward to what the new year has in store for me. Best of luck all.

Cheers Kon. Q11 T25
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