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Post  Jack0gold Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:17 pm

Hi all, went on a training day held by Nuggets from down under during the week. Everyone who attended found some little nuggets and had a good time running around on some private property. Im quite happy with the 4 little pieces i picked up including the nice one of 2.4 grams.
Good to see theres still some bigger pieces still out there.
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Post  Guest Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:34 pm

Nice M8, very well done.

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Post  byronbinalong Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:36 pm

GR8 looking bits ... more info needed as in detecting,panning etc Very Happy Very Happy
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Post  Guest Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:15 pm

Bloody successful mate cheers cheers

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Post  Jack0gold Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:51 pm

Hi Byron, everyone there was detecting with either a 4500 or 5000.
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Post  Guest Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:58 pm

in the words of con the fruiterer.. bloody beeewwtiiful

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Post  maarit Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:18 pm

Hi JackOgold and thank you for all your help on the trip. Great two days detecting and even I found my first two nuggets Very Happy
By the way how does it feel to have the tittle "The Biggest nugget finder" ???? Shocked Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

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Post  Frog Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:26 pm

Well done jackOgold and maarit on your first 2 bits. Very Happy Frog

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Post  Jack0gold Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:36 pm

hi Maarit, it was a pleasure as always to help any way i can, as for the title of biggest nugget, Its pretty cool but i was just the lucky one who waved the coil over it, it could have went to anyway there. Im keeping it though Smile
Glad you goy your first gold nuggets, hopefully they will come thick and fast for you now.
Let me know when your coming to town and ill give you that bag we spoke about.
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Post  maarit Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:53 pm

Jep thick and fast that sounds good. My little nuggets tiny and midget need some company........maybe the big brother is
lurking there somewhere to be found Wink
Got the OK for the land that we told you about........so have to plan a trip someday when the weather is good Smile

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Post  chopppacalamari Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:45 pm

Congratulations Maarit on your first bits of gold. How exciting. Welldone Jack0gold that gold looks great.

good to hear everyone got gold. Sounds like a good trip was had by all.

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Post  Guest Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:42 pm

Congrats Jack and Maarit!

On this weekends Nuggets from Down Under training day there was a wonderful father and son team Gerad & Jonah. They had never detected before and only picked up thier new GPX5000 the previous afternoon.
Saturday morning they were up at the crack of dawn excited but doubtful that they had a snow balls chance in hell of finding gold.

Thier faces in the following photo speak volumes as to the fun they had and the tuition they recieved.

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Post  Frog Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:50 pm

Nice photo madtuna i can't sleep the night before i go detecting .Frog

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Post  Guest Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:07 pm

wicked photo MT

Great to hear all had a good trip.

Pete in WA Cool

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Post  Guest Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:11 pm

Thanks Frog and Pete!

I've just uploaded a short yootoob of them with thier find, there is a bit of language but they were excited! So was I Very Happy
They were kind enough to give me permission to share the photo and video here.

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Post  artrix Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:49 pm

Good for them ................... you must be a good teacher steve.

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Post  Guest Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:00 am

Hi Atrix,
Nothing to do with me! The gentleman who heleped this pair could teach a rock to swim!
Gerad and Jonah are both keen fishermen so already had two things in thier favour...attitude and patience.

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Post  GoldstalkerGPX Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:39 am


Nice one Tuna, Well done to Gerad and Jonah on finding your first bit so soon after begining to detect, well I'd say now your hooked. What a feeling it is to find your first piece too, I remember doing a dance similar to that one. Laughing
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Post  Jack0gold Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:58 pm

Hey Madtuna, Just got back from the coast. I caught your vid of the guys with their nugget, I remember my first nugget, I recall running down the hill nearly falling arse up to show the mate i was with, Lots of good words came out then too lol
Its a shame you weren't there when i got the 2.4 gram piece the few days before hand, would have looked good on video.
Im looking forward to another trip up that way soon, wouldnt mind catching up if your not to busy now with nuggets downunder.

Cheers

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Post  Guest Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:52 pm

cheers Congrats very nice. cheers

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Post  Guest Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:21 pm

yes a great story and so nice to hear of people going out of their way to help newcomers Very Happy

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Post  Guest Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:24 pm

Hi JackO! yep mate sorry I missed you, your 2.4gr dig would have made good yootoob! Will make an effort to catch up very soon!

This weekend a lovely lady dug a nice 2.7gr flat water worn nugget. It was her first ever go at detecting and the very first target and hole she dug! Some good gold was found by most and a fun time was had by all despite the heat!

I lucked onto a couple of small patches of tiddlers this weekend which was fun with the 8" Commander and gave me a good excuse to do some experimenting with Fine & Enhance which was an eye opener!
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Post  chopppacalamari Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:56 pm

nice gold there.
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Post  HueyDuck Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:15 pm

Well done Tuna,

No doubt the 5000 and 8" commander is an absolute dynamite combination and also a huge thumbs up to Gerad and Jonah...I watch the vid, well it said it all and the huge smiles on their faces>>>Thats Gold!!!!!!!!!!

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Post  Guest Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:37 pm

Thanks Chop and Duck!

Yep Duck, the 5000 with the 8" and Fine Gold timings.
I did some mucking around on a patch no bigger than the average sized loungeroom and pulled up about 5 or 6 in Enhance.

When I was confident I hadn't missed anything I flicked over to Fine Gold and did it again. I pinged and marked anothe 6 or 7 targets!
I switched back to Enhance and checked each one, Enhance either didn't hear them or heard them only because I knew they were there, but nothing or not enough to pull me up and dig.

I'll upload a video later which clearly shows the difference, an "F" word at the end of the video as this one was a BB at about 6 or 7 inches Embarassed

A lot of these little .2gr or smaller fellas were 4,5, 6, 7, 8 inches under!
Some poopah Fine Gold timings as not worth the upgrade but remember 6 inches is only 2 or 3 pick whack into the ground, so no effort to dig and retrieve. These little fellas also cover my fuel each weekend plus have paid for my detector.
If you do an area in Enhance and are pulling out the tiddlers, go back over it in Fine Gold and you may be pleasantly surprised.

cheers!

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Post  Jack0gold Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:10 am

Thats some nice work there Steve, Its been awhile since i came across a small patch like that...or even a big one. Your right about the timing between enhanced and fine gold, its a big deference between them. I too have played around with the settings and would have missed small pieces if hadn't been using find gold setting.
Well, My work has been pushed back for a week till Sat 5th Feb, Ill be looking to get out for maybe an over night run before i go back, Hill End maybe...
Pm me if you like, let me know what your movements are. Or anyone else whos interested in a run.

Cheers

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Post  HueyDuck Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:59 pm

Tuna,
Your a great bloke, unselfish in sharing that information with us...Thankyou so much Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

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