Let me tell you about a story of a moron and a
very sad man.
It all began when a friend of mine and his wife came over to Ballarat to see his new grandson all the way from West Australia.
As on other occasions when he visited, he brought his ATX Pro detector so that I could take him to one of the many gold fields not far from home for a bit of fun.
Well we arrived at our destination to an area which has not been disturbed by other prospectors other than myself and one other fellow for decade's.
We set up in no time and began our little foray.
My West Ozzie friend was really looking forward to finding his 1st Victorian nugget and was really pumped, after about 40 minutes he comes over to me with a nice little piece about 2 grams and a big smile to match.
He gave me the nugget and I said, may I put it on the ground and run my detector over it?
Of course he said.
So I did an air test and then I asked him if I could put it in the 4 inch hole and put some dirt over it?
Of course he said again.
That was a big mistake , after testing it in the hole I proceeded to take out the dirt but could not find the nugget.
An hour later after using both our detectors and pin pointers and removing all the soil in and around the area and putting it into a large bucket, still no luck 8.(
I decided that it was like fishing and that all I did was catching and release.
MORON!!!!!!!!!
When I got home I panned the contents of the bucket without success.
I felt terrible and really guilty about the loss of that nugget and promptly named it the " Guilty Nugget".
He's still my mate but a little sad.
The reason our detectors couldn't find it again was because of some massive interference messing with our signals.
Rest assured, I will find it again.
Cheers Steve
very sad man.
It all began when a friend of mine and his wife came over to Ballarat to see his new grandson all the way from West Australia.
As on other occasions when he visited, he brought his ATX Pro detector so that I could take him to one of the many gold fields not far from home for a bit of fun.
Well we arrived at our destination to an area which has not been disturbed by other prospectors other than myself and one other fellow for decade's.
We set up in no time and began our little foray.
My West Ozzie friend was really looking forward to finding his 1st Victorian nugget and was really pumped, after about 40 minutes he comes over to me with a nice little piece about 2 grams and a big smile to match.
He gave me the nugget and I said, may I put it on the ground and run my detector over it?
Of course he said.
So I did an air test and then I asked him if I could put it in the 4 inch hole and put some dirt over it?
Of course he said again.
That was a big mistake , after testing it in the hole I proceeded to take out the dirt but could not find the nugget.
An hour later after using both our detectors and pin pointers and removing all the soil in and around the area and putting it into a large bucket, still no luck 8.(
I decided that it was like fishing and that all I did was catching and release.
MORON!!!!!!!!!
When I got home I panned the contents of the bucket without success.
I felt terrible and really guilty about the loss of that nugget and promptly named it the " Guilty Nugget".
He's still my mate but a little sad.
The reason our detectors couldn't find it again was because of some massive interference messing with our signals.
Rest assured, I will find it again.
Cheers Steve
