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    Arizona City, AZ, Leonora , West Aust, Olympia, WA
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  1. GaryO
    Rob, Is this a different show than the one starting on the 8th in Quartzite? Will you be at that one also? Gary O
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  3. LipCa

    Just by chance, when you went with Hoss did you have a gentleman by the name of Norm Hatcher in the group?  He was from Yreka CA

    Was a good friend of mine ..... Passed on a couple of years ago

    That guy had 80 pounds of gold!!

  4. wltdwiz

    hey gary 

    the coil is still 4 sale give me a ring  928-715-5324 az time

    walt

  5. GaryO
    Still available?
  6. GaryO
    Hi, I've got a Joey, are you still interested? Gary
  7. GaryO
    BJ, Did you ever go back? Wife and I mostly went for 3 months at a time, starting in 1996. Have a bum leg, or I'd go back this year Think we went for 8 years. Just got back on the forum, or I'd have asked sooner. Gary
  8. GaryO
    BJ, sent you an email. Gary
  9. GaryO
    The first year, we assisted Hoss Blackman when he had a GPAA tour group. This was just when the the SD 2000 came out. The tour group had all US detectors, Gold Bugs and Whites, my wife had a Minelab Gold Striker and Hoss and I had 2000's. We'd go out to a patch north of Leonora, and there was small gold every where. For some. Hoss found lots of small pieces, and some nice 1 oz + pieces at depth. I found enough that I was happy (first real prospecting trip, still learning machine) and my wife found several small pieces. The tour group found ZIP. Ground too hot, just covered with small ironstone. So is it worth while taking a US VLF machine? Not in my mind. Don't know what you'll be using, but I'd suggest buying a used Minelab, 3000 or Extreme or better, and just taking the box. Sell it when you get home. That said, some of my aussie professional prospectors still carry a SD2200, as they feel it handles deep ground as well as anything. Just our opinions. Gary and Agnes
  10. GaryO
    Hi, Just got back on the forum for a number of years. Too long Well, my wife and I started to go to West Australia (WA) in 2016, went most years until 2014. Up north of Kal, around Leonora,Laverton and north mostly. Usually for 3-4 months, sometimes more. I'd be glad to let you pick my brains (what are left anyhow) here on the forum, or for more detailed stuff, maybe the email would be better. Things always change, but we never had problems with taking batteries with us. We mostly used small batteries, such as Coiltek used to sell, or sold now by an unnamed dealer. Smaller, lighter, easier to carry. One year we did carry the bigger batteries from Minelab, and had to get a document from Minelab stating capacities, etc., and had to carry them as checked baggage. Mostly flew out of Seattle, either using Singapore Airlines (great airline), ask me sometime about flying between Indonesia and Perth, starting out with two engines and ending up with one. Mostly flew using airline miles with Alaska Air and Qantas out of Seattle again. You will love the country, the people and the gold. Gary
  11. GaryO

    The first year, we assisted Hoss Blackman when he had a GPAA tour group.  This was just when the the SD 2000 came out.  The tour group had all US detectors, Gold Bugs and Whites, my wife had a Minelab Gold Striker and Hoss and I had 2000's.

     

    We'd go out to a patch north of Leonora, and there was small gold every where.  For some.  Hoss found lots of small pieces, and some nice 1 oz + pieces at depth.  I found enough that I was happy (first real prospecting trip, still learning machine) and my wife found several small pieces.  The tour group found ZIP.  Ground too hot, just covered with small ironstone.

     

    So is it worth while taking a US VLF machine?  Not in my mind.  Don't know what you'll be using, but I'd suggest buying a used Minelab, 3000 or Extreme or better, and just taking the box.  Sell it when you get home.  That said, some of my aussie professional prospectors still carry a SD2200, as they feel it handles deep ground as well as anything.

     

    Just our opinions.

     

    Gary and Agnes

  12. GaryO

    Hi,

     

    Just got back on the forum for a number of years.  Too long  :)

     

    Well, my wife and I started to go to West Australia (WA) in 2016, went most years until 2014.  Up north of Kal, around Leonora,Laverton and north mostly.  Usually for 3-4 months, sometimes more.

    I'd be glad to let you pick my brains (what are left anyhow) here on the forum, or for more detailed stuff, maybe the email would be better.

    Things always change, but we never had problems with taking batteries with us.  We mostly used small batteries, such as Coiltek used to sell, or sold now by an unnamed dealer.  Smaller, lighter, easier to carry.  One year we did carry the bigger batteries from Minelab, and had to get a document from Minelab stating capacities, etc., and had to carry them as checked baggage.

    Mostly flew out of Seattle, either using Singapore Airlines (great airline), ask me sometime about flying between Indonesia and Perth, starting out with two engines and ending up with one.  Mostly flew using airline miles with Alaska Air and Qantas out of Seattle again.

     

    You will love the country, the people and the gold.

     

    Gary

     

     

     

  13. GaryO
    That was my point Doc, I was pretty certain it was just more sensitive. I'd get more useful info if the testers would describe the settings they are using, and which coils didn't give the EMFI. Gary
  14. GaryO
    Who is carrying Doug Stones new book on Australian Prospecting? I thought it was Rob, but can't find it here. Anyone know? Gary
  15. GaryO
    Come on guys, let's get realistic on this "evaluation". A coil is just an antennae. The coil doesn't quite down EMFI, it's the detector electronics that does that. On the other hand, if coil A has more EMFI than coil B, then coil A is probably more sensitive than Coil B. And if you are going to evaluate them, then they need to be used in some kind of "Apples to Apples" test. Or test it on known targets, one coil against a known coil. Ahh, just a pet peeve, like detector evaluations and tests in the magazines. Gary