Is there any truth in the rumour that Mintabie is to be shut down completely. All opal mining to cease and the entire town to be dismantled and removed from existance. This because of an aboriginal land claim.....Give me a break!! This country is going to the dogs ..read more

Question for Adrian, You have or had one, it only had two knobs and used 9v batteries, did it work similar to a Fisher Impulse PI Just stirring up old memories ..read more

IT'S NOT MINE I got a call on Friday arvo from my mate to say he had snagged a nugget,53 gms So yesterday I went up for a detect only to find him on all fours digging. I gave him a hand and after a while we'd uncovered another 36 gms from a deep crevice. Although not my gold it was great to share in the excitement of plucking gold out from the earth. cheers moredeep ..read more

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/voyager-1/103761504 When I read these sort of things, I just sit back and shake my head in amazement and marvel at the talent of the people who can achieve it. How this little space insect could travel so far without hitting anything or getting hit, is also simply unbelievable. I have also wondered what sort of battery this little space craft uses . Of course Google was able to inform me that “Voyager 1 has three radioisotope thermoelectric ..read more

[size=35]When turned on in a room with a large coil, the normal one does not work. everything works on the street. could this be a breakdown?[/size ..read more

This comet will be visible in the low Western sky after sunset below Orion or thereabouts. Take your binoculars and scan around you may spot it. It is visible to the naked eye but is just a fuzzy patch of light. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/how-australians-can-view-the-rare-devil-comet/6xi61txuw ..read more

Weather has finally started getting a little it better for detecting in the Pilbara. Managed to get out for a few days last break from work and the gold gods were smiling. Some nice little nuggets and a couple of speci's. They looked a bit ordinary until they had a bath for a few days in Alibrite. Bigger speci showed 18g with specific gravity but dont want to crush it to find out for sure. Think it looks good with the host rock still there. Will hopefully get out again this week as I have 2 weeks ..read more

So what triggered the actions of the Schizophrenic in Sydney?? There are currently 150,000 to 200,000 schizophrenics in Australia, they are not running around killing people...Well not very often ! There are approx 300,000 schizophrenics in the UK, they are not rampaging around  killing people. So what happened to this poor sole that sent him down a path of bloody destruction? It seems that he was not receiving correct medication and that, combined with drug and alcohol abuse has not done ..read more

Comes with new New Skid Plate purchased mid last year ..read more

https://australianelectronicgoldprospectingforum.com/index.php?topic=11972.msg55193;topicseen#msg55193 ..read more