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    I'm new again to this Forum. Rob, WOW, that is beautiful work, the owner will have a piece to be treasured. Locally we have no talent compared to that, absolutely awesome.
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    Well we had our kids later, I'm 55 and really soft for all kids, was on the kindy Governing Council for nearly 7 years, LOL all my kids had finished going there, always get involved in school things from canteen, sports day, being involved in School Camps, stage productions, parent helper etc. Last thing we did, my wife and I knocked up 'Super Kids' costumes at literally the last minute for a concert, all 11 of them ! With no sons, my eldest daughter learnt how to use a mig welder at age 5 LOL, and all but the baby have driven a car under strict conditions of course One thing
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    Got a toddler and she makes us all laugh hard. After having 4 babies now, it lifts my heart to hear any baby or child laughing like that, I'm sure the dog got great pleasure out of it too. Thank you for posting that.
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    Rspca

    17hornet replied to dymented's topic in General Talk

    Oh jeezus Dymented, just looked over this thread, it is a sad case that an organisation with the word "Royal" in its title can do such things. The 'Royal' Seal gives them the idea that they are untouchable, police seem to view them as equals. In Australia we have had similar occurrences, and in one State the govt funding has been removed and they cry poor so loudly. I have had minor run-in's with them, and the Managing co-ordinator shits herself every time I pick up the phone, only one guy I have spoken to had any common sense but they contacted the local Council and that did ca
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    BH you are spot on there in my opinion. We have a BIG country and the native animals are in a harsh fragile place all over it. Few major predators and space to roam, make it a perfect place to breed up and damage what is there. Even our presence on the land providing permanent water sources that native animals use, give the natives opportunity to breed up into large numbers that need to be controlled. All these animals both feral and native are spread out and not so close by, only 30 million people and living mostly on the coast in cities, not that many actually hunt, so while we hav
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    No I dont, have not had that opportunity, but I am told that they are pretty finicky, let you get close and then go you. Apparently worse than the Water Buffalo that inhabit the wetter area's of the Northern Territory. Problem is that solid cattle are bred in the same area, and it has happened that prize bulls have been dropped by mistake, an expensive mistake. All those area's you need permits from Landholders or Tribes, so they soon know who has done what and where, just dont rock that boat I reckon. That opportunity will come up in the near future, a mate in Darwin (NT) has offered to
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    A couple of days ago I had a bad experience with a large gull, I think they are Pacific Gulls. Bugger snatched a squid from me when fishing, and I'm still a little peeved about it. Sling shot in hand next time..... and a pocket full of pink paintballs. Rats and Pigeons come onto the radar too as groups of ferals.
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    Hi BH, thats interesting about the deer, here in most States the deer are also counted as Ferals (definitely in my State) but other States they are a 'game animals' and hunting is a little bit restricted. I dont believe they are doing too much damage to trees but do compete for grasses. Our 'Conservation and Wildlife Management' group have been asked to clear the deer from a forest south of my city Adelaide, pretty much all Fallow deer with a few reds, this will be done primarily under spotlight, shooting from 4WD's with groups rotating thru a few weeks. I would look forward to that, and
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    I am a member of an organization in Australia that helps to control Feral goats in my State. Recently an associate went to the Flinders Ranges with a group of Shooters ( about 30 guys ), they went to an area in a National Park where their task was to find and shoot all Feral goats they could. This is about 4hrs from the city and done at the request and supervision of 'National Parks Staff'. The reports came back that in 7 days they 'culled' - 1400+ goats with some Shooters running out of ammunition. While this sounds like a slaughter, it is actually an important part of Conserva
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    Throwing a spanner in the works, an associate of mine plugs Foxes out to 200 meters with a 300BLK and a thermal scope here in Victoria. (Australia) Apparently a bit of a deadly combo on the farms around him too, Ruger American Rancher 300BLK using lighter projectiles, he does have subsonic loads too, those are used for Wild Dogs and Deer having a heavier projectile, but we can't own suppressors here in Australia. He owns quite a range of calibers and went from .223 to the 300BLK for the Foxes. Over here 200 to 350m is more the 22.250 range, another may be .204 Ruger, shoots
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    byron, thanks for the link, I didnt know 'side by side maps' existed, will try to find one for my part of the world and see what we can find. Earlier in this thread I mentioned a ring find in a Park, initially I though it was just junk but it was suggested to me that it may be an older ring, cottage made because of the style and inlay. I took it to a jeweler and it was suggested it may be a white gold ring and it was definitely older. It was found near the base of an old Gumtree about 8" deep, all this other rubbish was from the immediate surrounds and only a few inches deep. It's a
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    As a starter detector you cant go wrong, it is very intuitive to use and forgiving too, watch a lot of YouTube vids, go out and use it, come back and watch the vids again to learn where you may have missed out. After 4 or 5 outings you will get the feel for it and get better finds too. They say it takes around 50 hours to be good with any specific detector. But dont give up as it is a great machine the 250. We have 2x ACE 250's, MineLabs CTX3030, Mine Labs X-Terra 550, Garrett Sea Hunter and an older Whites. My 13yr old learned on a 250 and now uses the CTX, I started with the Sea Hu
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    Wouldn't it be nice if Light Force had their own Lithium batteries, at a reasonable price ?
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    Terrific finds guys, wish I was there with all your history. Would you believe that I found a Roman coin in the middle of Adelaide in Parklands ? Considering that We are only about 200 years old, its a pretty awesome deal... Look closely at the pics, I actually DID find this coin on 1/4/17 in the Parklands, after our entire family of 6 pulled 4 detectors out of the car for an afternoon dirt hunt and carp fish on the Torrens. A Ministry that had a large tent with displays and teaching about history of the Bible had lost a 1AD coin and asked if we could look
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    https://www.(!64.56:886/pg/LampingDog/shop/?ref=page_internal It's here. Also a review here of the 22ah
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    What great finds, my daughter will love that post. Heres one for you - Her Grandfathers backyard turned up a 577 Snider projectile, the South Australian Police were the only ones to have that firearm as it was new at the time, we could ID the projectile as it had no rifling marks but bore size, type, length and mass place it in that zone - date around 1867'ish. The Police only had that firearm for 6 years before going to the rifled upgrade. The land was all bush at that time, no block divisions, the area was only just named Campbelltown for a Mr Campbell hailing from the UK just
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    We use mincers all the time and never had one do this. Both manual and electric. After washing before putting away, we lube metal to metal contact points in the mincer side with pig fat or lard, and if mincing/grinding something else that needs it to be dry, we wash and dry it just before use. - then lube it again after cleaning before putting it away. It is possible that liquid has got between the drive shaft and seal making your bearing on the motor drive shaft rusty, you should be able to see that if you dismantle the mincer side. If the bearing has rust you need to replace it and
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    My appologies Chaff, I did not mean to commandeer your thread, is there a particular section or area where I can start new topics on Detecting ? I'm just new here again after 10yrs away. Cheers
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    I guess we have drier soils than you do ? This is a Community Hall carpark, only one building, no paving and dates from late 1800's, it has had 3 extensions over the years and is still used for local dances and get togethers. It is situated about 2 hours from Adelaide between two towns 45 km apart on the River Murray. My daughter found some early predecimal coins and a WWII Military Badge at this spot in the picture all in a 1m diameter, we guessed that someone pulled a jacket out of a car and dropped all his coins and service badge, he would have had a poor night as the money fou
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    LOL "Outside the box looking in!" Hi Mackem, well yeah, the major gold-fields are either 3days or 10hrs away solid drive, then you need to do the research and have an idea where to hunt. There is gold as close as 4km from our house in the metro area, but it is not viable for an income, other gold-fields that can and in the past had 'gold rushes' are about 2hrs away but little is found now, enough for hobbyists. There is more to find in Opal in the north of our State, but the 13yr old girl is hanging out to swing in the Golden Triangle of Victoria and has done some panning
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    Thanks toxo, I'll bookmark the links and go over them when I dont have kids climbing over me. Cheers
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    Hey DIDO, dont be disheartened, here in Australia the country is so young that there is not very much history lost to find, so we are very hit and miss but putting in some research time and time on the ground starts to produce. Luckily the number of people that detect is so spread out you can find a space that never has had a look at, even in the Gold-fields there always seems to be something big to be found just a swing away in a place where hundreds have gone over already. If you need some motivating, join a club (we are not in one) they can teach you better technique and
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    Nice ring, my 13yr old daughter would be happy as if she found that one, I have a silver band dating back to late 1800's. Good view of hallmarks.
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    Forum Upgrade

    17hornet replied to IanB's topic in General Talk

    If you cant log in from a device when a Forum is updated/upgraded, this is what I do. If you are trying to log on with a saved "bookmark", dont ! Because there will be subtle differences in the new URL and how your Ipad or PC or Phone looks at it. Delete the old "bookmark" and then... Type in the URL for the site or start a fresh search for the site and save it to "bookmarks" again so the URL is refreshed and new.
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    Hi toxo, please excuse my ignorance but where or what is ABBS, just not familiar with the abbreviation.
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