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Hooray. Already costs had blown out by 230% from $2.6B to $6.0B in barely 18 months since they were announced with still three years to go. A lot of the expense was to be on low cost, low quality accommodation for athletes, which would not normally pass council planning approval processes. The...

Just thought I would pose a question as to what members think Minelab might be cooking up for their next gold machine. 5000 released 2010 2300 released 2013 7000 released 2014 Gold Monster released 2018 6000 released 2021 Seems we might be approaching the time window for a new one. Would love to...

Eagerly waiting to resume goldfield travel in our underused caravan. Noticed that the existing AGM battery is on its last legs. Considering just swapping it out for a Lithium battery without changing anything else. Would doing that cause any harm to the lithium battery? I'd be quite happy to...

During our wanderings, us prospectors are more fortunate than most, to have the ability to encounter many things in nature that amaze and cause wonderment. I thought it might be worthwhile to start a thread on that so that we can share some of those things amongst ourselves. They may be trees...

Thought I would put this up as a thread as have found many good videos about geology on You Tube. I called the thread video geology to distinguish the thread from any videos specifically to do with prospecting or other matters, as I am sure that other members could do a separate thread for...

Sold my 7000 a few years back. but moving house recently located a few odds and ends that should have gone with the sale. A J strut for the harness, battery power cable, data cable, Velcro hood for the display (DD I think). No use to me any more so offering them to anyone who genuinely needs...

Bit of a long shot, but asking around if anyone has a spare or unused Pro Sonic transmit module and 2300 adaptor cable for it, that they may want sell. Recently moved house and have lost or inadvertently thrown mine out or taken it to the op shop. Chances of finding it are diminishing daily...

Solid Luck said in the show and tell thread “ I estimate I have dropped about a gram of gold around the house never to be seen again lol, two specis disappeared from the mantle, must be the gold ghosts” I can relate to that. A very long time ago my kids got to my little jar of sparkly sand and...

Just thought I’d start up a thread for things we like to have, just because we do, no other reason than that. Selling our house at Daisy Hill, and going through everything to see what will go and what we (that is I) want to keep has made me try to justify to my wife why I want to keep certain...

Just thought I'd start a thread about Australia losing control of its important resources and businesses to foreign ownership. Today's news is that one of our biggest Energy companies Origin energy has received an offer to sell out to a Canadian company. The directors of Origin are recommending...

Wanting to make up an S bend upper shaft for my GPX 5000 and wanting to buy a quick trak button and cable.

Regrettably we have to sell our house in the Victorian goldfields. 22 George Cook Drive Sth, Daisy Hill, 3465. it is 5 acres and only 7 mins 12.3 seconds from the Aldi bottle shop in Maryborough. It has town water as well as a tank and an excellent dam. Electricity is connected and supplemented...

At the request of my wife have recently bought a two door metal stationary type cabinet so that I can store ALL my prospecting gear in one place. To retain the larger items - detector, coils I use super magnets with hooks stuck to the metal walls. My question is however would the proximity of...

Another wet day in the GT to fill in and just pulled out my map folder. Have been collecting them since my interest in prospecting began. Used to go into the Mines department in Melbourne and view the maps they had for sale to see which ones I would buy to guide my next trip. Most are pretty...

Looking to buy a NF 17 x 11 advantage solid skid plate (grey). New or used in reasonable condition.

Just working through the Betts Specific Gravity Test Greenhornet linked to in his post on “OLD LEAD PIECE" At first I didn’t quite believe that it would work then afterwards just felt so dumb that I had been doing the SG test the hard way for all my prospecting life. The difficulty I had with...

I need to make up two hip sticks for my wife and I. I have previously used a commercial design which had a belt mounted ball swivel. The annoying part of that design was that when pressure was lost on the bungee, the hip stick ball often used to jump out of the swivel socket. Maybe I had the...

A fairly recurring subject in our forum is on identification of minerals. Sometimes we can as a group help but sometimes not and the specimen might need professional help to identify. I spoke to a representative of Museums Victoria’s public information section and he said that they offer a free...

Asking for a bit of advice and opinions. Went out two days ago successfully with the 5 just purring. Today was horrible with false signals coming in thick and fast. Both days were in the same (although difficult) ground so why the difference. Has to be atmospheric EMI but although the skies...

My wife and I are time share owners and make full use of our week (nominally at Phillip island) by also swapping or taking up additional cheap bonus weeks at other resorts Australia wide. Apart from the Kyneton bushland resort which is within driving distance to places like Heathcote...