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    ID on a handle

    This was found about 5 inches under the ground. Looks like a handle or a machinery key of some sort . The triangle link is not something you see everyday and both of the links are rusted onto the handle. Both links are solid with no gaps or welds .
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    Deans Jones Passes away

    Tragic news. RIP Dean. https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/dean-jones-dead-australia-cricketer-ipl2020-commentary/article32685327.ece
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    New Australian Citizenship test

    Effective from November 15th , there will be a revised set of questions. My question is , i got all the questions correct in the practice test ,but only got a pass mark of 85 %. Why only 85 % ? https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/test-and-interview/prepare-for-test/practice-test-new
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    Are gold tracking maps tracking us ?

    All these phone apps for finding and mapping gold and mineral areas are great . You can locate and tag places you want to go to ,name them and leave a breadcrumb trail and do many other things with them with all the overlays. Not knowing the ins and outs of this industry and not trying to be...
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    Queen`s birthday honours

    https://www.gg.gov.au/australian-honours-and-awardsaustralian-honours-lists/queens-birthday-2020-honours-list Did anyone here make the cut ?
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    Cheap GPX4500 on Ebay

    Just saw this for sale . https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Minelab-GPX-4500-With-extras/224035313641?hash=item34298b97e9:g:K50AAOSwVHle2iT0&frcectupt=true
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    machine guns found with a metal detector

    At Lake Hume. https://www.9news.com.au/national/man-finds-submachine-guns-buried-lake-hume-victoria/04b377fb-fd31-428f-a15c-ec23770223f3
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    Possible new mining around Ballarat

    Interesting to read ; https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/6750280/london-gold-miners-set-sights-on-ballarat-with-700-square-kilometre-licence-application/?cs=12
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    A spoon from the past

    This is a table spoon i found many years` agoin the GT that looked like it had been lying on the ground for many years before that . It had a green tinge with surface rust type of look to it. The pictures don`t do it justice ,but it looks very old. The only ID i got off it was the stainless...
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    Bell siphon pump for a sluice

    This is a project i have been working on for the past week . I finally started building it yesterday and modified it today . It`s a bell siphon pump in a 10 litre square bucket on legs. Yeah , i know. I am trying not to laugh ,too. What i am trying to achieve is a working bell siphon pump to...
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    Has anyone used one of these ?

    This was at a garage sale today and is something i never seen before. I was told they called it a winara or winera or something similar. A very interesting piece of old equipment. It has a hopper up the top , a big sluice set up and possible a shaker system in the middle of it and what...
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    Gold or not gold. That is the question ...............................

    ! am trying to identify if this is real gold or not . This is a piece of quartz about 1 1/2 inches by 1 inch by 1/2 an inch indiametre with a darkish gold coloured coating on the outside on half of it with specks of bright gold strewn throughout the rest of it and with thin veins of gold...
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    YouTube subscriptions gone

    Has anyone else had their youtube subscriptions deleted ? Got on to have a look this afternoon and only 3 left of about 25 subs. Chris at Vogus mentioned this happening a couple of weeks` ago and all was ok for me back then ,but now his channel, Pioneer Pauly ,Tassie boys, abandoned mines and...
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    Pinpointer lessons

    A few years` ago i bought the Whites pro pointer TRX ,just after it was released . I did all the research beforehand and this one trumped the rest ,going on reviews i watched and read. The one thing that sold me was that it was claimed it doesn`t interfere with your detector. Up until the `45...
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    Dating a horseshoe

    This is the horseshoe i found about 3 weeks` ago and have been slowly cleaning it since then . I am not a horse person and always assumed the horseshoes were made of steel ,but this one is made of lead with 4 square steel nails still in it on each side. Some questions come to mind about...
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    Alluvial sinkings

    What exactly are alluvial sinkings ? Is it scraping the surface dirt downwards to access gold without actually digging a mineshaft ? What would the area of alluvial sinkings look like while they were being worked ? Are we looking at big holes being scraped out ? I know they used puddlers ,but...
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    Geovic3 problems

    Good evening ,everyone. I have just loaded the latest Geovic onto my computer and can`t get the bugger to work. Can`t get a map up. This is all i get . What am i doing wrong ? Can anyone help me , please ? Thanks. FOZ
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    What is your oldest or rarest coin or medallion ?

    I like to collect the odd old coin and thought it would be interesting to see what old coins or medallions people have . My earliest is an 1867 penny turned into a medallion. Not by me.Well before my time. I have also got an 1897 penny A 1915 penny that looks like it went to war ...
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    For anyone interested in the history of Ballarat ( Ballaarat )

    This is on the Ballarat Courier website ,so i thought i would share it . Thanks to Michelle Smith for the story . The link to the story is here : https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/6252273/taking-a-walk-underground-without-leaving-your-seat/?cs=2599 Take a virtual tour under the Mechanics...
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    Bottles from the past

    I had the flu all last week and didn`t go on the hunt over the weekend ,so i took the opportunity to clean some bottles i found sometime in the past, Can`t even remember where or when i found them. First one is a little square one , about 2 inches high.It has got Angus & Co on the bottom...
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