sandgroper
Elite Member
I've just come back from a two week long holiday (mostly detecting), so here are all my goods finds.
The first few days were spent with the family in a small seaside town called 'Kalbarri', where I did a little of bit clad hunting in the local parks and playgrounds, and also found four old coins (two of which silver) on an old demo-house site. Other finds included a silver ring and pendant, and also about $64 in change.
The next week was spent gold prospecting in the Western Australian goldfields. All up, I found 26.78g in nuggets (83 nuggets) with the GP Extreme and the GPX 7000. I didn't find as much as last year (36.2g), but it's good to find what you've missed last time. As usual, dad found more gold weight than me, but he found less nuggets than I did. (His biggest was 4.8g, mine was 0.96g.)
I also tried my luck for some old coins by the nearby homestead (built in 1896), but didn't find any this time. But I noticed that the combined audio option on the CTX makes it really easy to look out for those high tone targets in trashy spots (the amount of nails and wire on this site is mind-blowing!)
On the way home, I also hit some more parks and playgrounds, and found another $50 in coins, as well as a silver anklet. I also found two of your US pennies (both on the same day actually!). One is a 1960 and the other a 2006D. They didn't sound the same so I'm guessing they have different metal compositions, but I like finding 'foreign' coins. You guys may hate finding those pennies, but I don't .
Overall, it was a very successful trip for me with over $113 in coins, 26.78g of gold, a few silver items and some old coins.
The first few days were spent with the family in a small seaside town called 'Kalbarri', where I did a little of bit clad hunting in the local parks and playgrounds, and also found four old coins (two of which silver) on an old demo-house site. Other finds included a silver ring and pendant, and also about $64 in change.
The next week was spent gold prospecting in the Western Australian goldfields. All up, I found 26.78g in nuggets (83 nuggets) with the GP Extreme and the GPX 7000. I didn't find as much as last year (36.2g), but it's good to find what you've missed last time. As usual, dad found more gold weight than me, but he found less nuggets than I did. (His biggest was 4.8g, mine was 0.96g.)
I also tried my luck for some old coins by the nearby homestead (built in 1896), but didn't find any this time. But I noticed that the combined audio option on the CTX makes it really easy to look out for those high tone targets in trashy spots (the amount of nails and wire on this site is mind-blowing!)
On the way home, I also hit some more parks and playgrounds, and found another $50 in coins, as well as a silver anklet. I also found two of your US pennies (both on the same day actually!). One is a 1960 and the other a 2006D. They didn't sound the same so I'm guessing they have different metal compositions, but I like finding 'foreign' coins. You guys may hate finding those pennies, but I don't .
Overall, it was a very successful trip for me with over $113 in coins, 26.78g of gold, a few silver items and some old coins.