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  1. Smigo

    Any idea on this?

    Having heard the comments ill share this one. Was I think in the early 90's when I started. In Talbot goldfields. Had just dug up a 2 gram bit then saw some pottery on the side of the hole. I carefully dug out an old ink pot. This was from the mullock heap next to the shaft. What I love is that...
  2. Smigo

    Any idea on this?

    Draco solved my question very much. I actually took this thing to a coin gold and relic show a number of years ago here in Victoria Australia. I showed it to a supposed expert from Downey's who was there to identify and value coin and relic items. I kindly handed it to him asking "hi, can you...
  3. Smigo

    Any idea on this?

    To all, big thumbs up to @Draco for the help. Yep its a double side french wax seal. I found this on a hillside in an Australian reef mining area from the 1800s. The exact area was Ferrons Reef Fryerstown. 20 or plus yrs ago I gained permission from the landowner to detect there. I found...
  4. Smigo

    Any idea on this?

    Thanks for the info and taking the time to check. That picture in the link, in the middle of it is identical. I live in a small country town. I think a shop here will have some plasticine. No craft shops that will have clay. Yeah I reckon in one way or another its been identified for me. Great...
  5. Smigo

    Help for a detector in the $200 range

    @u2robert Hi. Ahh, a Nokta. Heard good things about Nokta. The Simplex sure gives you bang for your buck by the looks of it. Very much in design like my Equinox. Shame they dont make longer shaft options. The Equinox was way too short for me so I got an aftermarket GPX longer shaft and made it...
  6. Smigo

    Any idea on this?

    Here is a clearer look. And thats as clear as I can get it any way. This took dozens of shots each side to get it to here. I cant make this writing out at all. Im not even sure it is backwards at all now. Just an odd old coin thing I guess. Google lense shows zero matches.
  7. Smigo

    Any idea on this?

    Hi all. I found this years ago on one of our goldfields. I have never been able to really figure it out. Not sure if its a tiny seal or what it is. The letters, seem to be, in reverse and I think I can make out a reverse Fidele. Im not sure what the piture is on this side. To me on this side...
  8. Smigo

    Help for a detector in the $200 range

    The Simplex sounds good. My last coin relic detector was an Equinox 800. I liked it and it but was mainly for my misses to use. But she ended up not being able to use it after she broke her wrist and they set it wrong. I just wasn't using it much at all, prefering my GPX 5000 so sold it.
  9. Smigo

    Help for a detector in the $200 range

    Hi. He pulled the trigger on the Ricomax. There seems to be a lot of new machines I haven't heard of now. I used to do a lot of relic hunting here but just go for yellow these days. Cheers though for the reply. Out of curiosity ill have a look at that simplex. 👍
  10. Smigo

    Help for a detector in the $200 range

    Hi. The mods here helped me get my old user name going and password. Im not sure about swap cards. I do though see Aussie Rules football cards on the shelf at the supermarket checkouts so I guess they are still a hobby to some. You dont see the amount on shelves though like you used to.
  11. Smigo

    Help for a detector in the $200 range

    Great thanks for the quick reply. Iv given my friend the link to here and this thread. Appreciate your help. 👍
  12. Smigo

    Help for a detector in the $200 range

    Hi everyone. Have been a member here for many years but have been inactive for several. But as I got a new phone and new email, could not for the life of me recall my old email or password, had to rejoin. I am from Australia. But I have a good friend there in the US who is thinking of delving...
  13. Smigo

    What's happened to Whites?

    Hi guys. What's happened to Whites? I haven't been here for a few months and have noticed they have gone. The main dealer here in Aus closed not long back too. Are they going bad or something?
  14. Smigo

    New Whites gold detector?

    Hey everyone. Heard a while ago about a new gold detector coming from Whites. Was supposed to be imminent a year ago. Any idea about it? Any link with it and the new machine in Australia being sold by the Whites dealer perhaps?
  15. Smigo

    Problem maybe with my Magellan Explorist 110

    Hello everyone. I recently got an Explorist 110 and cant get to, or it doesn't work, any sense out of the compass feature in it. North will sometimes be actually pointing west, or south, then it will move slightly and stop but still not in the right direction. This happens even when it shows...
  16. Smigo

    New Infinium?

    Hello everyone here on the Garrett forum. I heard a rumour over here in Australia that Garrett are going to release a new improved Infinium, is that true or just another rumour?
  17. Smigo

    2 Nice bits today. 19 g

    Hi guys. Got out today and was battling to find a target. Was going home and decided to stop at an old spot. When I got there someone else was parked where I was going to detect. I sat in my car for a couple of minutes and thought "ah, just go home and watch the football game" but then I thought...
  18. Smigo

    Anyone ever seen the Desert Gold detector

    Hi, here In Aus there is a new VLF detector released called the Desert Gold detector with a picture of a camel :lol: on the control box face. The add says its the best depth or possibly the best of any VLF on the market. Hmm... Anyone seen one or know anything about them? Looks cheap to me...
  19. Smigo

    Little micro patch

    Someone found a little micro patch last week. Just above a very, very small surfaced area about the size of a suburban house block. All the nuggets were down about 12 to 16 inches and found in red ironstone clay. Some quartz but not a lot. The patch was only about 100 foot long and 15 to 20 foot...
  20. Smigo

    Crow creek Alaska

    Watched a reality show, vary rare for me as I generally hate them, but as I was chanel surfing I saw some people using little suction dredges on a claim at Crow Creek. Nice looking place indeed. Lots of black rock, sands and gravels. Ours is all multi coloured over here in Oz. Must be a top spot...
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