Over the past year, my brother in law and I have been working a patch in an old gold mining area. This is my effort for about five visits. The XT70 is amazing on small gold. The largest slug is about 1.1grams and the smallest less than 0.1grams. My brother in law lives in the area and has visited more often and now has half an ounce in small nuggets. The versatility of the XT70 is great!
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Xterra finding gold
- Thread starter Hoover
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nero_design
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Some of those smaller nuggets would be tough to spot where I hunt. Great job & Nice results.
XT705 and hot rocks
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?55,955353
Hoover, did you have any trouble with "hot rocks" with your 5x10" HF DD at that location while looking for those tiny gold nuggets?? Did you ever try the round 10.5" HF DD?(It will not find as small of gold as the 5x10" but will go deeper on larger gold.)
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?55,955353
Hoover, did you have any trouble with "hot rocks" with your 5x10" HF DD at that location while looking for those tiny gold nuggets?? Did you ever try the round 10.5" HF DD?(It will not find as small of gold as the 5x10" but will go deeper on larger gold.)
I believe the patch is on an ancient river bed, and the gold was trapped in a layer of conglomerate. The rock layer is only about 15 feet wide and the ground around it is very hot with plenty of false signals. The fact that the gold is in this solid rock layer means that when you get a signal, you know that its gold. Unfortunately it also means that you have to use a hammer and chisel to get it out. This was not easy gold! But gold is gold, and you do what you gotta do. We haven't tried the other coils yet, though the signals are now getting harder to find and we are going to have to change our strategy if we want to find any more. The big problem with deeper nuggets is that it will mean a lot more chiseling!
Mick in Dubbo
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Great acheavment Hoover!
I've just gotten home from my first nugget hunt. No gold, but plenty of ground noise and a couple of tiny air gun pellets. That yellow stuff is quite ellisive. To find it in noisy ground is pretty good!
Mick Evans.
I've just gotten home from my first nugget hunt. No gold, but plenty of ground noise and a couple of tiny air gun pellets. That yellow stuff is quite ellisive. To find it in noisy ground is pretty good!
Mick Evans.