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Do not leave your fly net at home. If you don't have it the flies will drive you mad. As for using a vlf machine around Tib, we always did well around Tibooburra with our VLFs in the old days. The gold is mostly very small but often shallow. The ground is mostly good but some salty areas will...

Up until a few years ago we always did well around Leonora. We found gold on old patches and found many new patches, none had anything bigger than an ounce or two but a great many little bits. But our best country was north of Laverton. We visited the area with another couple and didn't do too...

I knew Nev when he helped build the Coiltek Gold Centre, he did all the plastering and did a great job, too. A great character and well liked by everyone. He will be missed.

I have withdrawn the items above from sale but cannot see how to get rid of the photo and text.

Having got to that time in life when my eyes are not as good as they once were and my hands not as steady I find I can no longer make Gold Nugget Jewellery. I am selling what Findings I have left as they might as well be used instead of sitting in the drawer. I have four 14c bails for fitting on...

I wrote this for the Gem and Treasure some years ago but for those who didn't see it, it may help you gain access to private land. GAINING PERMISSION TO ENTER PRIVATE LAND As many good places to detect are on private property being able to access these places is very desirable. We have...

Dead Horse Gully is National Park, you must pay at the Parks office in Tibooburra. But no fires, smelly long drops and little water.

I didn't know Herman all that well. Bumped into him a few times on the goldfields and in the Coiltek shop. He was a great character, no doubt about that and very helpful to many people. RIP old fella, many of the oldtimers who began detecting forty years ago are passing away, what stories they...

On turning seventy Bette Davis said" turning seventy aint for sissies

A friend of mine was one a WA goldfield care taking a lease. She went for a drive to check a windmill and came across this old bloke with a detector staggering along in 45 degree heat. He had got lost and couldn't find his car. She picked him up gave him water and took him back to the homestead...

Teresa Creek dam is a great place to stay. When you are not detecting there is good fishing and plenty of redclaw yabbies to be had. No power but flush toilets, hot showers and a cafe/shop for essentials with plenty of room. Feeding the parrots is also fun. We loved camping there and only...

We used to go bush at Easter gold prospecting. Some of our camps were within distant earshot of the Western Highway. 24 hours every day we could hear the constant roar of traffic going both ways and felt pretty smug that we weren't out there with them.

BIG ALF Back in the 1960’s I was shearing in South West Queensland. One weekend we went to town. It was a big weekend; the local tennis championships were on, along with a host of other sporting events. The town had a permanent population of only a few dozen people. Its one claim to fame...

We visited Roseberry in 1991 and found it a charming little town. We stayed overnight in our campervan at the caravan park but unfortunately didn't see too much of the place as we were running late for the ferry back to the Big Island. Two following trips to Tassie didn't make it to that part of...

Pinkies, Correllas are one of my favourite birds. They are the only birds who seem to fly just for the fun of flying. I call them the clowns of the sky for the way they seem so exuberant when flying and dashing all over the place.