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one advantage of buying a gold nugget of ebay to test the 705 is you can wind up your mates/family...its amazing where a gold nugget can pop up ;) reckon my father in law will have the whole garden dug up by next week :D

Well just to let you know, thanks to his mud maps i scored myself some awesome Red and Green Jasper specimens! They really look great when wet. Now i just need to procure myself a polisher/rock tumbler to bring out the shine. Does anyone have any recommendations on a good quiet unit that doesn't...

Cheers guys for the info. Ill look into the magnets and a pin pointer then. We ended up going to Walhalla and whilst i didn't find any nuggets (well not one that i didn't buy beforehand - thats another story ha ha) we did find some specks in the creek and an old shotgun shell which my mates boys...

Hi Guys. So a while back my wife bought me a 705 as a gift and ive been out a couple times with it - nothing serious. Anyway recently my father in law and I spent a day in Ararat having a good laugh digging holes and looking for nuggets. Needless to say we were unsuccessful (although i scored a...

finally got my hands on lens book. its awesome!!!! thanks for the tip, hopefully get back out this weekend

OK so i thought i would put this in here as you guys have some experience in this. I'm not starting a gold mine per se, just looking to drive in an adit at my property and then excavate out a small underground chamber. Although the area is very 'reefy' so might find something... The geology is...

jade maybe? looks really nice

Thanks Billy. I know it was a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question :8 but i just wanted an idea of the gold nugget finds people are getting with this machine. So i need to get this gold detecting coil then. Ill have to schedule a time to visit MD in Adelaide then. :)

ok i have a question for you guys....honestly what is the minimum size nugget i could detect with the 705? Does it only pick up big stuff or can i get something the size of a grain of rice for example? The reason i ask is that i have now got a 705 and want to use it to look for nuggets rather...

Well had a great day out yesterday, cheers for the info all! Found the Pegmatites and got some awesome Mica specimens for the collection. Also got my eye in to the geology there so next time ill go up and have a good go at finding some Beryl. Also got the detector out down at Watts Gully and...

Well guys this is brilliant! I really appreciate this. With all this info if i don't find something this weekend i must be on the wrong planet!

im in Aldinga beach but have a property up at Crafers too (might be some mineralisation on the block methinks..). Am 36 so have plenty of energy to explore some of the more physically demanding locations.

awesome thanks for the tips dughug :)

Hi all First post so be gentle but im planning on heading up to Mt Crawford in SA this weekend to have a look and see if i can find some nice gems. Not fussed what, just something nice. Does anybody have any tips? Good panning spots/ techniques etc? I've never tried looking for gems but have...

hi zorgs i just joined the forum today...also have just acquired a 705 and am from Adelaide too

Hi all newbie here thought i would say hello just got bought an Xterra 705 from my wife for our 1 year anniversary and am looking forward to getting out and using it to hunt down some gold. Also into gemstones, fossils and anything else interesting that comes out of the earth (im a geologist in...