Recent content by bbrook

There's a poppet head a few Kms southeast of Maldon , at the "red white and blue mine "site in the bush at Muckleford It's accessible by car via butchers rd off the Maldon - Castlemaine rd .It shouldn't be too bad for light pollution , but I don't know what the tree cover is like thanks, Brett

#1 is a ink bottle , the ledges on the sides are to rest your pen on (commonly known as a "cabin ink " ) , 2 could be a medicine bottle and 3 was some kind of poison , the color , odd shape and embossed sides were to warn illiterate people and also to make them recognizable in the dark . There...

First ep. of season 3 showed on abc comedy last night ( friday ) at 955 pm . Available on i-view if you missed it . It's a fantastic show , i'm looking forward to it thanks , Brett

Don't forget the coiltech cammo elite ,14 " but same spiral wound design . It is the one that stays on my detector 90 % of the time . A hip stick helps with the weight , and I prefer closed over open , they seem to glide over the ground better and not catch on the twigs ( I am a scrubber!)...

Hi all , had a bit of a swing on the long weekend and drove off without my pick ; just a home made one but it has a good magnet in the handle and has found a few grams... I have made another , so if anyone is in the area its yours if you find it !! Go west up Rilens rd (golf club track ), and...

bell shaped lump is a bill spike ,sat on the desk and had a 8 inch wire spike . for skewering bills and notes thanks, Brett

hi Brad , unfortunately geovic shows all crown land , most areas with "park "or "reserve" at the end of it is out of bounds ( State or national park , historic reserve etc.) Stick to "state forest" and you should be right . Google this to get a pdf of where you are allowed to go round...

Aldi have thermal undergear and snow stuff at the moment thanks , Brett

Hi no eye deer , try this website , http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/visit/popular-activities/fossicking Chilton / Mt Pilot covers Reedy ck , and the Beechworth historic park has some areas below Beechworth . Good luck , always better if you don't have to look over your shoulder thanks, brett

From the same page as referenced by The Mediocritist above "Prohibited Crown land Prohibited Crown land is land where recreational prospecting is banned and includes land that is: a park under the National Parks Act 1975 including land that is a national, wilderness, State or other park or...

That's the info , I suspected as much . Thank you , far from mediocre After I posted I had a better look in geovic , pl's can be overlayed there also. thanks Brett

Hi all , I was wandering around a state forest in Vic. a couple of weeks ago and came across a corner peg with a name , Pl number and exp date in the future . I assume that's a no go area for detecting ? I've tried google but can only find regulations for the holder and how to apply for one . I...

I used a Trojan brand one from Bunnings for a while , looks the same , made a longer handle out of hardwood .Still works well , though I use one I made from a plough disc now because its shorter so it fits in a hole easier and the blade part is wider and better to scrape with . thanks ,Brett

Sorry I cant help on hard copies of maps , but the incidents and warnings website http://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/ uses a high quality topo map .There are 2 maps, a regular google type one and the "good " one . Toggle between via the map icon lower left screen it is zoom-able , with all...

Hi all , my first specimen , tossed it out of the scoop twice before I realised that it was the target !! looks like clean quartz but tried a spaz grav and got a negative number so I either stuffed up or the lump is hollow ! it seems to be just that bit on the surface and wafer thin so it...