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Sounds like you have a great transition into retirement well planned with this ripper hobby. Joining PA is another great move. So much information from very generous, and like minded people. Welcome ?

A few months ago I dug on a nice solid signal that was coming from the bottom of a mullock heap near where it meets with the Undisturbed ground. The 1st 5 or so inches of dirt was a gravelly clay mix. Then the dirt changed to a plain gray clay. I remember thinking, ah, just hit the virgin soil...

You're well on your way now Aussiemate?

Thanks HH, have printed a few off.?

Great results Graham, your experience seems to support the theory that I subscribe to; right or wrongly. I just think that when I find a nugget, then what? Just wander off and find another one somewhere? Or use the new knowledge to your advantage if possible. Knowing where you found it , and...

It's just that then I start a search upwards and below to see if other pieces were liberated at a similar time,and followed the same or similar path. Maybe rake a track up the imagined pathway and give it a good working over. All based on gravitys and erosion s effect. Haven't found any siblings...

Say you find a nugget low down on a slope heading into a gully. Looking up the slope there is a reef at the top that at some time shed a good quantity of gold. When I'm trying to track how the nugget got to be in this particular spot, l tend to imagine how water would have to travel down the...

Any chance it could be a Silver nugget. Have seen photos very similar.

Welcome to PA Aussimate. Good luck with the search. Plenty of good info on here.

Welcome to PA EasyLife. Enjoy the search?

Brilliant work Deepseeker. How could anyone complain about that.

Welcome to PA Steve. Best of luck with the search.

Thanks for you're input guys. I wasn't sure if it was the right thing to do. I have seen areas cleared off whilst in the bush with little or no effort to repatriate. Could almost go unnoticed but to the keen eye with new leaf litter already masking the work.Thanks again . Stocky.

Hi, wondering if there is a protocol on the raking of leaf litter when detecting. Am keen to get the coil as close to the ground as possible, that mallee scrub can really build it up. Obviously prepared to repatriate the area after searching, but don't want to cause trouble for, or within the...

Finally got a couple of days spare and headed out to try the new GPX4500 in the Golden Triangle. Love the balance and feel of the new setup. Managed to swing it all day without too much aches and pains. A bit of a challenge on the first day with ground balancing, heavy overnight rain seemed to...

Welcome to PA Mulla. Good luck with the search. :goldnugget:

That's an inspirational report Money Box. Makes me want to jump in the car and fire up the machine. Thanks for you're input. I'll find a few days spare next week, so I'll be into it. I'm thinking Whipstick. Steve

Welcome Roann to PA. Good luck in you're search.

Sounds like the mono has the edge. I was aware that it was a slightly more sensitive coil, but thought the dd may just be a little more forgiving if I'm not quite getting my settings right. In for a penny, in for a pound... the mono it is then.

Thanks Goody, am looking forward to getting stuck back into this great pastime. Steve.