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I stumbled across this blokes channel and had a look. Now, is he any good? I don't know the answer to that as I don't cut gems. But I do know he is rather relaxing to watch. He lives near Bendigo in Victoria. https://www.youtube.com/user/cliffsearch/videos

Dr. Barry McGowan author of many books on the history of early gold digging in the south eastern area of Australia, passed away on 1st of September 2018 in Canberra. His funeral was held yesterday the 7th September 2018 at St James' Uniting Church in Curtin. Barry was awarded an OAM at the last...

If anyone has the book "Bungonia to Braidwood" by Barry McGowan that they are interested in parting with I am keen to buy it.

Myself and two other detectourists went to some of the old Mongarlowe diggings for a few days over the weekend, the visit unfortunately was cut short by rain. I can't say where we were exactly as I wasn't driving, except to say, I know it was a long way upstream from the Nerriga Rd. bridge. But...

It irks me that you can't save your own programs to the puter, so every time you do a switch between operating system versions you lose all your settings. I was sick of losing scraps of paper with my settings on them. What I did is I created a PDF image based on this picture I had (don't recall...

A quick tip to clean your optics, binocular or camera. Instead of using lens cleaning cloths and risk scratching the lens by grinding grit around and around, use a small ball of Bostik Bluetack and just roll it around the lens. It will pick up all the dust and dirt without grinding it into the...

Spent the day walking around the bush in Mogo with a friend, both of us armed with XP Deus machines. Didn't find any soft yellow metal but boy, we sure cleaned up a lot of rubbish left behind, mainly in the form of .223 blank cartridge cases. Given the amount we found in a relatively small area...

Which white coil do you have and why did you pick the one that have? I'm tossing up at the moment whether to go white or not, looking at Clegy's site it is not possible to compare the two as he has some info on one coil but not the same info on the other coil. The question is, do I go round or...

I joined today after many months of reading here. You all seem like a nice bunch of people. As a first gesture here I would like to thank Wal for the design of his WalBanker. I have built one but not yet finished (need pump and hoses). Thank all