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Date Posted: 25 July 2024
Building The Rocker Box
The Rocker Box or Cradle was a very simple piece of gear used by the miners of old, to wash gold bearing gravel during dry times or where access to water was minimal. It allowed them to process a surprizing amo
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Date Posted: 6 December 2020
Hunting $1 and $2 coins with the Minelab Equinox 600 and 800 for beginners and the more advanced
On a recent episode of The Minelab show, Gold Digger Dave presented us with a great and simple way to hunt for gold coins, suitable for both the Equinox 600 and 800. For the beginners or those with the 600,
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Date Posted: 9 November 2020
Crafting my Daughters 13th Birthday present from metal detecting finds
Last year I found myself learning how to refine precious metals- that is the chemical process of separating impurities to end up with 99.9% pure metal. So far, I have been successful with Gold, Silver, Platinu
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Date Posted: 16 October 2020
Trip to the Forgotten Country...
The name ‘Forgotten Country’ is taken from the 1977 book by Isabel Wilkinson, about the goldfields of the Upper Clarence region of northern NSW. It is rough and unforgiving ground made up in parts by steep Gran
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Date Posted: 30 September 2020
Detecting flogged ground with the Minelab GPZ 7000
This article is aimed at those starting on their GPZ journey, but those with experience may find some benefit also, as will other Minelab GPX and SDC users. Over many years in store, I was bombarded by new p
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Date Posted: 28 September 2020
Specific Gravity
Specific Gravity Test Instructions A specific gravity test is used to calculate the amount of Gold that is contained in a quartz and gold laced specimen. One method of conducting a specific gravity test w
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Date Posted: 2 September 2020
A Guide to Prospecting in Western Australia
To prospect in Western Australia you will require a Western Australian Miners Right. These are available from any Mining Registrars' office in WA or download the form from The Department of Miners and P
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Date Posted: 24 July 2020
12 grams of Beautiful Gold Nuggets
A Miners Den Australia blog post from the Archives, originally posted on September 28th 2014. A customer recently came into BendigoGold to share his finds with us; It was a nice day and I decide
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Date Posted: 10 July 2019
A Lesson to Be Learned
We all know as we gain experience as prospectors most of the trash is scattered all over on top of the ground and if you find a nail the audio usually gives you a double beep as it receives a signal from both e
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Date Posted: 4 September 2013
Hunting for Goldies with the Minelab CTX 3030
I often liken detecting to fishing sometimes we come home with very little, sometimes we get a lot. Like fishing rod, bait etc, detector choice and location can make a big difference. My passion for Metal De
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