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« on: February 01, 2010, 07:21:03 pm »
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Just joined recently. Reside in Western Australia and gold nugget prospecting is my interest. Want to learn all I can about detecting. Have great fun getting out into the isolated places I go, beats an office any day!! I am going to start making my own coils and so I am sourcing suppliers for wire, coil covers etc. Should be interesting?!?!?
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« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2010, 07:33:11 pm »
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Welcome OzzyGold, This board seems to attract a lot of Australians and quite a few Britts and a suprising number of build-it-yourselfers.
 
I'm intrigued at the idea of winding my own coil. How do you determining how many turns?. I don't have an L/C meter just a crude homemade comparator and I'm not sure that would work. Any advice?

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« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2010, 07:43:53 pm »
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Glad to have nother Aussie,  sevral around here, I'm in USA,  Indiana, , flatlands, just corn,  soybeans,  no gold, no rivers over bout 6inches deep, but here I am anyway.  Wise Wise Welcome Welcome Welcome Wise Wise

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« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2010, 10:52:36 pm »
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Try this site:

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http://www.lammertbies.nl/electronics/PI_metal_detector.html


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Read all the various forums for ideas.

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« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2010, 11:35:55 pm »
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I have helped make coils before myself...pouring epoxy and such. Good luck! and good treasure hunting.

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« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2010, 05:17:48 am »
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Just joined recently. Reside in Western Australia and gold nugget prospecting is my interest. Want to learn all I can about detecting. Have great fun getting out into the isolated places I go, beats an office any day!! I am going to start making my own coils and so I am sourcing suppliers for wire, coil covers etc. Should be interesting?!?!?
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Welcome aboard! I live in Perth's northern suburbs. You?

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« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2010, 06:12:08 am »
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Just a bit North of you. Well, a short 16 hour drive, Pilbara region!!  Where do you normally hunt?

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« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2010, 10:21:49 am »
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Great  to  have you  aboard,  i'm  new  also  and  also  like  prospecting, i  do  it  over  here  in  the  usa  been  doing  it  for  awhile   also,  love  it,   i  bought  a   xterra  70   with  two  gold  coils  and  i'll   be  trying  it  out  this  year,  may  you  fill  your  pockets  with  gold,   Harold in Fla. Detecting

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Just a bit North of you. Well, a short 16 hour drive, Pilbara region!!  Where do you normally hunt?


Well, I never get up to your neck of the woods. Beaches, parks, tot lots and the verge in old neighborhoods are my favorite spots. A friend has a mining lease near Koolgardie which he works. I haven't been there with him yet. Probably over winter.

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« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2010, 06:41:47 pm »
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Ozzygold, These are two fantastic links on coils. I'm going to try it asap. Thanks. First thing I'm going to try is a small coil for trashy areas. I have a Garrett 150  and It blinds very quickly when you get in a iron rich soil. Garrett sell one. I believe its called a "hot shot". I'll let you know how (if) mine works. Thanks again.

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