Recent content by Thomo

Cut them up and bury them after20 years..? I call bs on that. They are just a turbine like they use in the Kiewa and Snowy hydro scheme only above ground Those turbines were installed back in the 1950s and sit there underground producing power. Wind turbines will be the same only above ground...

The only way to cope with flies is to shit your pants. ;) It keeps them off your face

Only around the Sydney area but not all of it ? But luckily l live in Sydney ? Its a fantastic resource for seeing what was there in 1943 compared to now. My son and myself have been using it for the last 6 months or so with great success

Get the equinox 800. You wont be disappointed. Takes the worry out of getting it wet, if you were using the 540 it will be in the back of your mind and becomes a distraction which you dont need My son and myself have been detecting different parks in Sydney and cleaning up with the 800

Phosphoric acid is used in some etch primers. It can/will etch metal. A guy l worked with years ago said hed show me how to clean a bicycle chain. He threw it in a bucket of phosphoric acid, the next day it was a black sludge in the bottom

I saw a tiger snake lying in frost with a half grown rabbit halfway down its throat in the Kiewa valley. I can just picture you smuggly walking through snakes with your waders on and walking into the water and discover youve got fang holes :lol:

I have no idea how it will be on gold but can tell you for coins etc youll be finding some great stuff. Put a larger coil on it for coins/relics.

Just an iPad They are oriented correctly before l post but come out sideways after

Ps. Wthf do my photos come out sideways

Been finding some good finds recently. Here is a small selection of many, l just dont have the patience and time to resize photos ( l dont know how) My son has bought himself an equinox 800 as well and hes been hooked big time after l took him to one my honey hole. Hes been killing me on finds...

Hes a member on Dig it detecting on Facebook. I just posted the link on there

Thanks goldierocks, the guy that posted it up on a different site said he knew nothing about it and l advised him to do some homework on it. I did a little for him and did track it down to around this era. Because l showed interest in it he asked me if l wanted to buy it for $200 which l reckon...

I know there are some very knowledgeable members on here who might be able to help. Ive been offered an old Chinese cash coin which appears to be silver but l cant see it in the flesh. I know that most cash coins are copper/brass/ bronze cast coins. Ive dug a few over the years. This one appears...

I was digging an old bottle dump in Queersland many years ago when l felt something under my pants crawling up my leg. My dacks have never hit the ground any quicker than they did that day, and it was a bloody huge centipede about 10 to 12 long.

How many wives do you have nublet :8