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    Cutting Steel Rings from an 8.5kg gas cylinder

    would be quicker to use a ring roller .
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    Cutting Steel Rings from an 8.5kg gas cylinder

    or doable with a normal old hand hacksaw . i have a fair sized steel cutting horizontal bandsaw and to hold that job to cut it in that saw would not be easy . the vise would just crush it or not hold it tight enough.
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    No detecting today ....

    when i was a kid i used to look forward to a good fall of snow because i used to charge people a penny to shovel the snow from their front door to their front gate . i had a few customers and it meant extra money on top of my thrupence a week pocket money .that was the other side of the world...
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    Minelab Equinox, GPX6000 & Manticore Cover Kits.

    got it and fitted it thanks deb . :Y: :D
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    pillows

    i use a feather down pillow because i can fold it or shape it to suit i need a pillow to be hard or very firm a bit like a footy or a brick wrapped in a towel . i cant stand a soft pillow that you sink into because i sleep on my side and i like both ears to be working while i sleep not one...
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    Minelab Equinox 800 vs 600

    well i bought the 800 yesterday .
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    VEGE PATCH. What's growing in yours?

    nothing zero zilch . no water no hope . even the native to our area gum trees are dying . had 2 roos come into my block and drop dead in the last few months.looks like we have had a bush fire but we aint
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    Today I BOUGHT

    went to brisbane today to buy and cart back a new display fridge for our shop got that no probs ,but when i unload the ute a few hours ago this was in there too , that would explain why my wallet took a caning today . johno. P.S. i think the old terra 705 is sulking in the corner at the moment...
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    Minelab equinox 800 with 6 inch coil and accessories

    not posting cuts out 95 % buyers including me .
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    decisions

    how does one decide between a nox 600 or 800 as an upgrade from the old 705 ( which i will still be keeping ) for relics and some salt water detecting or is there a better choice for the beach .also if i am in a gold area with my 4500 the wife may be able to swing the other machine with a chance...
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    feeling good

    i just had the greatest feeling reuniting someone with a lost ring. a guy came and asked me if i had a detector (some one told him i did ) and could i maybe go out to his farm and try and find a ring his wife lost in a truck load of cane mulch . the ring was her deceased mothers wedding ring ...
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    went for a swing

    yep i did first time in quite a few months , i took the 705 out for a couple of hours to my normal old spot and harvested a lovely pile of scrap and a few coins . the coins i have still to clean up but i know i have a few goldies from one section of this spot and a few small old silvers from the...
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    Please be careful this grey nomad season

    toowoomba is quite well known for drivers doing the unexpected more than average . i have twice in the last few years seen some one go the wrong way around a round about in toowoomba and also turn left from the right hand lane from ruthven into james street. in texas i have maybe 10 times seen...
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    Please be careful this grey nomad season

    back when i first started driving it was trucks that held everybody up . back in them days it was an old perkins 6354 pulling an old gates and tarps trailer that would struggle at every hill . boots on the other foot now . and i have driven my fair share of trucks carting grain ,cattle and hay...
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    Queensland Durakai GPA

    rock outcrop . more info via pm would be nice for when i get out there . weather is getting more pleasant for detecting but i should think there will be lots of bodies in there over easter and there is a very large facebook group going in there on anzac weekend . johno
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    My Silver Values

    this one mate ,you just need to change it from US to AU dollars at the top of the page. https://www.australian-coins.com/silver-calculator/australian-silver-coin-values johno
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    My Silver Values

    no crowns though . no sov's either johno
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    My Silver Values

    did this the other day just to see what i had collected over the last few years while i have owned my terra 705 . i separated all my silvers into coins size and then into silver content and did a tally of the melt value of each and then a total value . the only silver coins i never included were...
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