door_matt22
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We all know prospecting is a lot of research, hard work and a bit of luck. What's the one item you thought would be game changer for your prospecting or detecting that ended up being total flop, and thrown in cupboard?
That not so game changing item...
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:lol: :lol: :lol: Sucks To be YOU :lol: :lol: :lol:Dave79 said:
Dave take this as a Joke :|
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But still Funny ( 4 Me ) :Y: Maybe
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Nar !!!Dave79 said:
I tried the highbankers & panning thing Yeah Nar Nar Yeah Nar :/ Not my thing .
I like My 7000 & 2300 :Y: :Y:
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My sluice
It wasn't a flop but does get left at home more than not.
I though buying a sluice would cut down on the amount of pans i had to wash in a day.
The reality is I prospect in alot of creeks that have no running water for the majority of the year.
ickshovel: :goldpan: :goldnugget:
It wasn't a flop but does get left at home more than not.
I though buying a sluice would cut down on the amount of pans i had to wash in a day.
The reality is I prospect in alot of creeks that have no running water for the majority of the year.
ickshovel: :goldpan: :goldnugget:
Thats gold Simmo. :lol: :lol:Simmo said:
Bjay said:
Looks like it could give you a first, second and third opinion! :8
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A Bridgewright 'gold' detector that my old man bought.
Lots of hype that it would only pick up gold. I remember testing it and they were right, it would only pick up gold. The only snag was the bits had to be about 4g (or was it 8g?) or so and above, and as long as they were pretty much on the surface. real handy ... :N:
Lots of hype that it would only pick up gold. I remember testing it and they were right, it would only pick up gold. The only snag was the bits had to be about 4g (or was it 8g?) or so and above, and as long as they were pretty much on the surface. real handy ... :N:
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Looks very similar to the one they used on me :awful:Manpa said:
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Turbo pan.
At a CP in CV, a fellow prospector proudly displayed a device like the Hawkeye which he had just received from the US. fiercely defending his expenditure of about $1K on the device to a group of mostly skeptical locals he walked down the gravel road of the CP. Finally with his device pointing to a patch of ground, he announced to all that there was gold under that gravel but that he couldn't dig it up because it was a private road.
Looking around at the bemused group of prospectors, I noticed that he and his thing had walked past at least three of them wearing gold chains and/or substantial nuggets around their necks. The "thing" never reacted.
To this day I don't know whether anyone bothered to secretly dig up the spot he pointed out.
Looking around at the bemused group of prospectors, I noticed that he and his thing had walked past at least three of them wearing gold chains and/or substantial nuggets around their necks. The "thing" never reacted.
To this day I don't know whether anyone bothered to secretly dig up the spot he pointed out.
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Got one of those high powered magnets for black sands, anyone doing cons from Eldorado/Woolshed would know why.
Anyhow it worked by getting about 1/3 of them out, not nearly enough. Took it to a nice ironstone area, and it worked too bloody good, couldnt get all the tiny fines of the sides of the bloody thing without using a smaller slightly more powerful magnet.
Still in the shed somewhere.
Could make an argument for the trommel the great DWT had made for me. Used it a handful of times, bloody awesome thing it was but to lump it out, get it near the pay, setup the pump, start the motor and then pan the cleanup felt a bit like low paid hard yakka.
On a good spot with a machine would have been insane, but just day trips wasnt worth the bother. Still wish I kept it though.
Anyhow it worked by getting about 1/3 of them out, not nearly enough. Took it to a nice ironstone area, and it worked too bloody good, couldnt get all the tiny fines of the sides of the bloody thing without using a smaller slightly more powerful magnet.
Still in the shed somewhere.
Could make an argument for the trommel the great DWT had made for me. Used it a handful of times, bloody awesome thing it was but to lump it out, get it near the pay, setup the pump, start the motor and then pan the cleanup felt a bit like low paid hard yakka.
On a good spot with a machine would have been insane, but just day trips wasnt worth the bother. Still wish I kept it though.
i am with you magnetic sand, the turbo pan ,it is a good frisby for my mates dog though :lol:
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