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Minelab Go Find 22 44 66 - New series tips and questions
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<blockquote data-quote="RuddyCrazy" data-source="post: 582954" data-attributes="member: 19700"><p>Ok guy's please go easy on me as this is my first metal detector.</p><p></p><p>Now I live on a 85 acre I own with is about 7K's from the old Kanmantoo mine and when the mine was going they come over to my place and had a bit of a look. I did manage to get a copy of the aerial run they did over my farm where the hot spots are shown etc. Now the head geo said to me oneday they over on the next farm and one of the guy's kicked a quartz rock and he found about 2oz of gold sticking to it.</p><p></p><p>I laughed and said well tell me the general area where he just siad not far from your huge dam :argh: </p><p></p><p>Anyway my wife told me about these detectors she saw in the bcf store so I went and bought the 66 using afterpay.</p><p></p><p>My farm has many quartz belts running thru and to date with the small amount of rocks I have gotten I have a found a bit of gold but not enough as yet to quit my day job 8.( </p><p></p><p>When I got the detector I scanned my front paddock above the shed dam and by a huge rock it went off saying it was metal but I dug away and found what looks to be the swing gate on a butterfly valve that would be well over 100 years old.</p><p></p><p>Now going out to the back of my farm above the dam I scanned an area where the detector was going crazy but knowing it is solid rock just under the ground. I did find a small nugget that got me just under a $100 so the day wasn't a total ride off.</p><p></p><p>Cheers Bryan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RuddyCrazy, post: 582954, member: 19700"] Ok guy's please go easy on me as this is my first metal detector. Now I live on a 85 acre I own with is about 7K's from the old Kanmantoo mine and when the mine was going they come over to my place and had a bit of a look. I did manage to get a copy of the aerial run they did over my farm where the hot spots are shown etc. Now the head geo said to me oneday they over on the next farm and one of the guy's kicked a quartz rock and he found about 2oz of gold sticking to it. I laughed and said well tell me the general area where he just siad not far from your huge dam :argh: Anyway my wife told me about these detectors she saw in the bcf store so I went and bought the 66 using afterpay. My farm has many quartz belts running thru and to date with the small amount of rocks I have gotten I have a found a bit of gold but not enough as yet to quit my day job 8.( When I got the detector I scanned my front paddock above the shed dam and by a huge rock it went off saying it was metal but I dug away and found what looks to be the swing gate on a butterfly valve that would be well over 100 years old. Now going out to the back of my farm above the dam I scanned an area where the detector was going crazy but knowing it is solid rock just under the ground. I did find a small nugget that got me just under a $100 so the day wasn't a total ride off. Cheers Bryan [/QUOTE]
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