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kiwijw  
Posted : Saturday, 5 January 2013 9:13:49 AM(UTC)
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Hi all & a very happy & golden new year,
Went out on the last day of 2012 & got 4 little blighters. On new years day I went & visited a mate who got 2.5 ounces for five 6 hour days dredging. Wow....that got me going. So I headed for the hills with my detector for a couple of hours & snagged only one piece. A nice little specimen.

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Headed out a couple of days ago & managed 7 little bits for just over 2 grams. Still swinging the GPX 4500 with 11" commander mono. Loving that combination at the moment. I think the 11" is the optimum size coil for small gold at depth. 4 of these bits were found in the same area that I had been over with the 4000 when I found 9 pieces. One was even in an old dig hole & 2 were only about 30 cm away in a deeper buried crevice. The signal was so very faint & almost nothing at all. I investigated & out popped a little nugget. I re scanned the dig before back filling & there was another beautiful faint gold sounding signal & out popped another one from the same crevice.

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All the very best out there for 2013

JW :)
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mem  
Posted : Saturday, 5 January 2013 9:36:46 AM(UTC)
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Thanks JW, nice to see it can still be found.
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NUGGY  
Posted : Saturday, 5 January 2013 10:23:57 AM(UTC)
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Nice going John. Interesting how the difference between the two detectors and the different coils, is making your old spots worth going back to.
Thanks for sharing - Nuggy
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